A GERMAN'S TREACHERY.
DEATH OF CAPT. JENNINGS, SHOT BY A~r.II I SON KB • CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12. ,\ tni'dc story surrounds tho dentli of Captain L. S. Jennings, formerly a well-known Canterbury tonms pwyei and prior to his departure with ,tlie forces a master at tho Waitakr Bofys High School. A soldier who has sUfco returned to New Zealand states Hint Captain Jennings was bringing m soyuo 20 German prisoners when, noticing otio limping along behind the rest in apparent pain and difficulty, bo went back to him and asked him if ho thought J l0 ‘ could got to the base without help- Iho German muttered something nnintefiigiblo, after which Captain Jennings had occasion to turn his back on him. Tho man instantly lifted a rifle from tho ground and shot tho captain tliiough the heart. The soldier who related the incident said it was not long before several bayonets had pierced the treacherous foe.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10108, 16 October 1917, Page 5
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153A GERMAN'S TREACHERY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10108, 16 October 1917, Page 5
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