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platoon Sergeant in another trench about 100 yards away. He told me some exciting & amusing incidents. Lieut Armitage single handed & without a revolver - just carrying the ordinary stick - captured a dug out containing three Germans & two machine guns. One of our platoon found a wounded officer in a shell hole & demanded his wristlet watch. "Oh, no, no" said the German, "me officer", as if satisfied that a German officer was loot proof. The Aussie's production of an automatic pistol, however, was an effective judicial decision as to ownership. Some good work had been done with rifle grenades, especially with
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