During the first two weeks of the British advance on the Somme the hand-to-hand fighting was particularly fierce and merciless. Yet there was one British soldier who could not forget his native sportsmanship even then. He was a quiet-looking fellow, and he asked a comrade to hold his rifle while he polished off a German with his fists. When he was asked afterwards (says the "War Illustrated") why he had chosen this method, he explained ingenuously that "the bloke was too old ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Sat 14 Oct 1916, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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