WITH THE AMBULANCE.
DRIVER TELLS HIS STORY.
I ... RESCUE WORK UNDER' DIFFICULTIES. '■lbn/s'.' and. "Sydney Sun'' Services. .;..' .deceived November .27, 8 a.m.) LONDON, November 26. The driver of a uiotor ambulance in the war zone details some exciting experiences. He says: "A dash past blazing buildings and then a sudden halt and a rapid retreat to avoid falling buildings, or to avoid the shells of the 'Jack Johnsons,' as a certain type of German big guns are called, is our hourly routine, relieved by dodging showers of shrapnel from aeroplane bombs. The German big guns play ' hell and tommy,'/and- they seem to have endless ammunition. The German spy system is, perfect, and we are baffled .toiknow. -by/-' what mysterious' rapid means.they, so quickly transmit 1 news of the arrival of an ammunition column or when reinforcements ate received. Immediately there are volleys or shells, which immediately cease'on their departure." . .....'.-•'
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 252, 27 November 1914, Page 7
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149WITH THE AMBULANCE. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 252, 27 November 1914, Page 7
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