THE BIRDS' WARNING.
It would seem that the birds liare ranged themselves on the side of the Allies against one of the most inhuman methods of German warfare. A soldier on short leare from the trenches tells how the winged friends of tho Allies' wan theiri ot the coming of the clouds ci' poison gas whan the Germans attempt that modo of attack at night time. In daylight the approach of tin: deadly cloud is easily detected, and there is* time to take precaution# against its effects. But in the darkness oi' the uiyht the coming of the gas is unseen. 'J'lien it i.-. that tho birds eoiue to tho help of our soldiers. Long; before jJio smoil of the fumes C-m i>§
detected in ths trenches there is a great clamouring of b rd> nwak-ncd 'fruaa their night perches. Tlie birds iiy away beyond reach of the fumes, and the silence .that follows gives invaluable •warning to the occupants ol vne trenches.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11507, 1 October 1915, Page 4
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