BLAZING OIL SHELLS.
REPRISAL FOR LIQUID FIRE.
LONDON, August 1. The new oil shells and aerial canisters are the allies' reprisal against the German liquid fire jets, writes Mr. Perry Robinson. They comprise a thin metal shell filled with oil of a highly-inflammatory nature and a percussion charge. The shell, hurled by a small gun, splits on striking an object. The percussion charge | ignites the oil, which scatters over a wide area with deadly effect. Vast numbers of these were poured on the German positions yesterday. Men were seen with their clothes ablaze running and screaming with pain and terror. The new type of tanks also did most effective work. They are armed with a much bigger gun than the old type, and manned by crews inured to "tanksickness."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16620, 17 August 1917, Page 5
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