MILITARY RIFLES.
BRITISH INFERIORITY. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—
London, November /l. Colonel the Hon. T. F. Fremantle (A.D.C. to Lord Wolseley when Commander-in-Chief, 1895 to 1900, and author of " Notes on the Rifle" and "The Book of the Rifle"), responding; for the English team after presentation of the Elcho shield at the Mansion House, said that in consequence of . the use of more modern ammunition the French and German service rifles were greatly superior to the British in respect of accuracy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14208, 3 November 1909, Page 7
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