WATER FOWL.

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 May 1941, Page 4

WATER FOWL.

Infantry battalion was having a little training s in crossing streams. Under the guidance of officers and N.C.O.’s the men constructed several types, of simple bridges, but none was really successful. Eventually a squad of engineers arrived, to act in an advisory capacity. They made an inspection and test of the infantry efforts. One bridge collapsed, and the two engineers who were looking it over had to swim to the shore. They cracked hardy, grinned and gave another bridge the once over. Same thing happened. As a bedraggled engineer pulled himself up the bank of the stream, he said to an infantry officer: “You chaps don’t want engineers. What you really need is flamin’ ducks.” ■- '<•» . • , • * * . * Deutschlandsender radio recently stated that the whole British nation had take nto drink. Apparently it is not realised in Germany how much the stuff costs in Britain.