INCENDIARY BULLETS.
LONDON June 9. “ Eye-witness ” with the British forces reports that the Germans at Souchez are using incendiary rifle ammunition. The bullets are filled with sulphur, which ignites on being discharged, and burns during flight, increasing the severity of any wound. A Berlin official message states ; “ Our
position at Vauquois (in the Champagne) was attacked on Sunday. Despite the employment of incendiary bombs and burning liquid, the French did not succeed in penetrating our position.” NOT A COWARD. LONDON, June 9. Professor J. H. Morgan, the well-known surgeon, has narrated the genesis of the Army Sentences Suspension Act, giving sentenced soldiers an opportunity of redeeming their character. A British sergeant who had lost his nerve was sentenced to five years’ servitude for cowardice, but before the sentence could be carried out the Prussian Guard attempted to break through. The sergeant fought with such bravery that probably, but for his sentence, he would have received the Victoria Cross. His sentence was quashed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3196, 16 June 1915, Page 24
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