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'Couldn't keep my eye

on the ball to-day!”

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*Never mind, you can tell this whisky blindfold”

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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 2, 1940

PATROL WAR FINDS A NEW TECHNIQUE

The Germans, after many months ['night. of futile attempts have captured some. British prisoners from an outpost on the Western Front.

These attacks, designed especially to obtainTM prisoners, are carried out by special storm troops dressed in leather Jackets and armed with sub-machine- guns-the gangster weapon.

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First their artillery put down smoke screen, and this is followed by a box barrage of shell fire with the object of cutting out one of our posts. Next comes a clever "lift" in the

-By- LT.-COL.

T. A. LOWE

centre of the barrage, and at a given signal, troops which had crept up close to the post rush forward.

The whole plan is cleverly executed,

The opportunity of taking` British prisoners for Identification purposes seemed good, but every attempt was repulsed, and for a while the Germans gave up trying,

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One of the lessons the new B.E.F. have learned is that all platoon posts must be made ready for all-round de- fence. It is not enough to put your barbed wire out in front; an enemy patrol in such a vast "no man's land" may attack even from the rear, so each post must be a self-contained fortress surrounded by wire far enough out to prevent the throwing of those heavy stick bombs which are still greatly favoured by the Germans."

The German Army, like our own, have not been wasting their time dur- ing the winter. They have. expanded and formed large numbers of freshly trained soldiers into new, divisions. These men are sent up into the Sieg- fried Line, not to hold it but, to make a sort of "Cook's tour", to gain ex- perience. They go out on patrol with other seasoned troops who have been

but there can be an effective counter-in the line for six weeks or thore and move. The platoon commander in know the country. charge of the post may not be able,

because of the smoke screen, to see anything, but from the sound of the bursting shells he can guess what is happening. He therefore gives the centre of that box barrage everything he knows. Not many Germans then can reach even the fringes of his bar- bed wire.

During the first week the B.E.F. held a sector of the front line there was no moon, and the blackness of the

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This country, remember, does not resemble that of the last war. In some sectors the Allies are holding covering positions to a depth of several miles, while the Germans occupy zones at least five miles deep.

Of course, these are in front of the Maginot, and Siegfried Lines respec- tively. They form a huge "no man's land," with deep outpost zones (ligne de contact) on either side and lines of resistance (ligne de recueil) farther

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tinguish German patrols. The Ger-ing to the permanent fortifications. man division opposite had been in the line for some time, and knew the ground so well that their patrols could find their way about on the darkest

In parts of this terrain there aré villages and many deserted buildings.

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--And This Is How They Storm An

An Outpost

B

B

EAT AT-

Jimmy's Kitchen

INEXPENSIVE ̈ SATISFYING

Bringing Up Father

WHAT OTHER PLACES OF

INTEREST ARE THERE HERE IN ST. FALLL BESIDES THE BANKS ?

ISN'T IT GORGEOUS

HERE?

I'D LOVE TO SEND A SNOW BALL BACK TO LONDON-

OF COURSE HOPSEN

YOU FOLKS HAVE SEEN!

THE ICE PALACE AND SKI SLIDE- THE ICE VANITIES AND THE-

MALTZ BREWERY

First the shell barrage (B) forms a completa "box” or squara (top sketch) enclosing the post to be attacked. Then the front bar- rage nearest the attackers is lifted (lower sketch) to allow the walt-- Ing men to advance.' The barrage is maintained on the other three-

sides of the square.

TAKE US THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL PART OF TOWN-I MAY MEET SOME-

ONE I KNOW –

WE ARE NOW PASSING THE

LARGEST BREWERY IN ST. PAUL -.

By George McManus

MAYBE YOU ARE - BLIT"

VM- NOT -

JIGGS!

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