AXIS PAYS TRIBUTE
BRITISH WAR PRISONERS London. Dec. 28. British prisoners are described as "the silent service,” according to a document taken from a German officer captured in the Middle East. It says they are proud, cautious, and absolutely secure. As a prisoner an Englishman counts on German justness and correctness and usually behaves toward his own prisoners in a correct and fair manner. Experiences to the contrary should perhaps be counted as exceptions. A captured order of the day issued by General Navarrini, commander of the Italian Twenty-first Corps in Libya, stated: "When subjected to questioning all enemy prisoners firmly and categorically refused to give any military information of any kind. I wish these facts to be brought lo the notice of all units."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 5
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125AXIS PAYS TRIBUTE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 5
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