GERMAN AIRMEN REVILED.
i It is scarcely probable thai (he enemy I air service would be particularly pleased lif ho knew just what a soldi, -of the 125 th j Regiment, captured the Dclviilo Wood, had I written about it in his diary, lie lay: : I "During the day one hardly .'.ires to '" ' seen in the trench, owing to the English : aeroplane*. They fly so low i( is a wond<o i fhev do not pull one out ol Ihc trench. 'Nothing is to bo seen of our German hero , airmen.' and vol the brilliant ratio is -.up : posed io be '2l lo 89! The fact thai the i English are a thousand times more daring ■ was. however, not meniioncd. One can hardly calculate how much additional loss of life and strain on the nerves this costs I ~-. | often feel doubtful regarding the j I's-'ue or our good cause when such bad I fighters arc there jo champion it. No ov> out here need- t i be foolhardy, hut everyI ,„,.. has the duo and responsibility ol so hilling hi- place that he can always answer I to his conscience.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 6
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188GERMAN AIRMEN REVILED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 6
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