During one of the massed German attacks on Verdun the French found it necessary to straighten their lines. A whole German regiment Wat launched against them to cut off the retreat. This might have succeeded but for the heroic conduct of two machine-gun men, who brought their guns to bear on the advancing German host, and despite a murderous fire, plied their guns so effectively that the German advance was checked, the retirement made good, and the French troops, in their ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Sat 10 Jun 1916, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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