Walter Emanuel, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3827… (19th and 20th century)
“ The only animals left alive in the Antwerp Zoo are reported to be the elephants, which are now being used for military traction purposed. Later on it is proposed by the Germans to drive them into the lines of the Indian troops with a view to making the latter home-sick. ”
Walter Emanuel, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3827… (19th and 20th century)
“ Our choleric contemporary is evidently unaware that we are allowing German prisoners to reside in Olympia, which is the next best thing to Olympus. ⁂ The British steamer Remuera reported on reaching Plymouth last week that a German cruiser had attempted to trap her by means of a false S.O.S. signal. We ought not, we suppose, to be surprised at a low trick like this from the s.o.s.sidges. ⁂ There is one quality that no one can with justice deny to the Germans, and that is thoroughness. ”
