AUSTRIANS SICK OF THE WAR
PREFER TO BE PRISONERS. LONDON, Feb. 11. "Tho Times" correspondent with the Servians describes the Hapsburg soldiers as being frankly sick of the war. There arc 60.000 prisoner's of mixed nationalities who prefer captivity in Servia to liberty ,in Austria. •Strong escorts from the battlefield are not needed. - I The correspondent gives one amusing "instance of a single 'Servian soldier who marched at the head of eight prisoners, and presented his papers to an officer at a railway station. The officer counted the prisoners and said : "You have 150 here." The soldier replied "I cannot help it, sir. The others kept joining en route."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1915, Page 5
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109AUSTRIANS SICK OF THE WAR Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1915, Page 5
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