THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS.
ARTILLERY TRAIN BLOWN UP.
GERMAN LOOTERS SENTENCED TO
DEATH
(Received Oct. 7, 0.15 a.m.)
Paris, Oct. 6
An aviator observed two reconstituted divisions of the Prussian Guards advancing, their heavy artillery being sent by railway.
A column of Lancers formed an ambush near the line, and blew up the train.
Two German soldiers were sentenced to death for robbing dead and wounded. A third was sentenced to life penal servitude.
French soldiers relate that David Kay, of the Fifth Lancers, was separated from his regiment and took refuge in a railway carriage. He refused to surrender, and shot six German officers befor© being killed.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13598, 7 October 1914, Page 5
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107THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13598, 7 October 1914, Page 5
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