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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 86, 13 April 1917, Page 6

Of a certain Anzac general who is not exactly popular with his com- ! mand an excellent story is told. When inspecting his men in the trenches he 1 invariably orders his guard, or six or a do/.en men under a sergeant to escort him—why no one has yet been able to discover. Recently, when per--forming this hazardous duty, the groat man was fired at by a Grernian snipor.' Enraged that his sacred per-; son should thus; bo endangered, -lie ordered the sergeant of his, guard to round up and sottle- the.impudent enemy rifleman With many silent. ..curses the sergeant got' out of the trench and took his men with him in such military manner and with such skill that before very long he had "spotted" and completely surrounded the sniper. Everyone knows of the alacrity-'with which a beaten German will surrender. The sniper dropped his riflo, flung up his hands, and cried, "Mercy!" •'What!" said the .'.sergeant, ''mercy—for you? Not much, you blighter. You had three