Picture No | 11357029 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | A pollarded German 'Guard': trees as a soldier, 1916 |
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Two French prisoners of war attempting to escape via the German-Dutch border, discover the German sentry they intended to overpower was in fact a pollarded tree, made to look like a German soldier bearing arms.
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Source | Illustration in The Illustrated London News, 26 February 1916, page 263. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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