FIFTY YEARS AGO
TRAINED WAR DOGS The training of dogs for the Gernuo Army was causing some amusement 1 political circles 50 years ago, as , ca m be seen from the following extract tro the New Zealand Heralu ot jl arcn 5, 1887: "One of the novel features by meai of which Germany will defend }* ers r in the 'impending' war is a battalion trained war dogs, which are now wi » drilled by a regiment of chasseurs ' Lubben. Commenting on the ™H ,e--this new fighting—or rather "'t'n,, power, the existence of which 1S . c firmed in German military publicat-i i the Petjb Journal advises Geiri " Boulanger to act on the principl 'a tooth for a tooth' and COllt ' m ,; nl j 'lf the Germans continue the cc [ uc l a , v of their dogs, we ought, without ck ...» to enlist a regiment of cats, anc battles which these two hered . enemies will fight will lessen monotony of field life.' "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 12
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159FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 12
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