GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS.
BAYONETTING FRENCH PRISONERS.
"FRANCE MUST SIGN A PEACE OR DIE."
FIRST-HAND EVIDENCE 1 FROM GERMAN LETTERS. •
By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received October 25,10.50 a.m.) LONDON, October 24. The French Embassy has issued the text of a letter found on a German, body, stating that when the Germans captured a French trench on September 14 it was so crowded that it seemed to be full of fleas. "We took no prisoners. One/lias got to finish off tiiese vermin. It was a most bloody affair. A second letter, found on another body, confirms the "former account of the same affair. ' "We bayonetted the lot. I showed, no'mercy. These filthy French' must be stamped out. Tliey must either sign a peace or all be killed.''
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 533, 25 October 1915, Page 10
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