Catapults at Gallipoli
An Englishman who served at GaL imoli says that catapults weie used there by Btilisli troopsvery primitive “home-made aftans, somewhat resembling an artist s easeL 'l’lip r>rone 1 lent consisted ot several end of which was a cup m "bicli a bomb wns placed. .W-nwurds The elastic was stretched doinwaul 8 by means of a hundle-and-iatchct; a rangement, until it was f when a trigger released the cup an away roared the bomb to buist Qv was as ? toffiseprojecting which had to be Ut wWi a match just before the cup i cn i Onfi had to be careful west.” —.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6619, 4 August 1931, Page 3
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103Catapults at Gallipoli Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6619, 4 August 1931, Page 3
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