THE FLAG THAT FLEW.
A haracti.ristk story of British foolhardiness is told with regard to a certain village square during the -three days of tiie Herman occupation. In one corner a flagstaff had been erected, and from it the German flag was flying, says a Scottish Chaplain." writing to th e Scotsman. Two sentries were posted about a hundred yards apart, each about- the same distain froui the flagstaff. One day a motor-car dashed up with some British officers in it. Stopping at the flagstaff thes lowered the Herman colours and hoisted in their place the Union tack. I lien with the stolen flag as a trophv they dashed off again. And the Herman sentries only i hundred yards away never noticed what was happening. . ICvideutlv the alert Huu, like Homer, can nod at times I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16050, 16 October 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)
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136THE FLAG THAT FLEW. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16050, 16 October 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)
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