PRISONERS' DIET AS SUPPLIED BY HUNS.
WALRUS AND BLUE SHARK. LONDON, Nov. 27. ■ . Our. prisoners are returning m a steady stream of thousands . daily through Denmark; Holland, and Belfium. Yesterday's arrivals included 25 -Australians, who were greeted by ail .Australian/ band at the station; and matched thfOugh' : cheering crowds to headquarters. Some of the prisoners came through Holland and, others through., our lines. Tho, contrast is. strikingly apparent, the latter class betraying m their.emaciated condition and hollow faces the terrible' nature of their experiences •" : One said; "They gave u s walrus and blue shark to eat. yv had to skin it, and it smelt horribly. A bucket and a half of horfiobeang provided a dinner for 150 men."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14787, 14 December 1918, Page 8
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