take the responsibility of arresting you. But perhaps I ought to resign. Come and have a sandwich, I've just time for one, and we can talk it over."

   "Right," he said, "we may as well. By the way, it was my grandparents on my mother's side who were French and German." Then, producing his warrant card, he said, "I am a Special too. My name's Briggs."

    Some of our Soldiers, who were within seventy yards of the German trenches, hoisted an improvised target. The Germans did the same. Both sides signalled the result of the shooting.

     First Tommy.

    "

     Get down! Do you want 'em to cop yer?

    "

     Second Tommy.

    "

     Blimy! The perishers signalled my bull a miss, and I'm just agoin' to 'op over an' tell 'em abaht it.

    "

     "

      Army Troop Order, No. 40.

     —Information has been received that many Field Service postcards are arriving at the G. P. O. without any address on them. The instructions printed on the cards that nothing is to be written on them does not apply to the address. O. C.'s are requested to bring this fact to the notice of all ranks.

      Oct. 12, 1914.

     "

   The discipline in the Army seems to be almost too good.

     "The German Press is conducting a campaign to prove that Belgium was deceived by the English, who, it is asserted, depicted the Germans as sausages; hence the people were frightened when the German troops approached."—

      Yorkshire Evening Press.

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