THE AMERICANS.
WHAT GERMAN~SOI.DIERiS ARE TOLD. NEW YORK, August 31. Mr James, the “New York Times” correspondent on tho-American front,, states that German soldiers have been told by their officers that when captured by tho Americans then- will be well treated at the beginning and then shot. A Prussian officer who was captured and asked bv an American intelligence officer regarding the accuracy of the story replied. “ Yes; don’t you tell your men the same thing about the Germans?” WASHINGTON. August 21. General March states that the length of the hattletront has been reduced'by iilty miles as a result of the Allies’ recent operations. Tho United States is still dependent on British ships for the larger portion of its oversea transport.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12404, 23 August 1918, Page 3
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