A BELGIAN INCIDENT.
DRUNKARDS AT BAY. %
Press Awn—By Telegraph—Copyright Received 12.15 a.m. Brussels, April 22.
Two drunken soldiers with sixty cartridges apiece deserted and ran into the streets of Forchies-la-Marche, where they kept up a spell of shooting for hours, shouting "Long lire the strike." Finally, having killed a chasseur, they escaped to the woods.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1902, 23 April 1913, Page 5
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55A BELGIAN INCIDENT. Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1902, 23 April 1913, Page 5
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