It was a new broom-head, however; it had been left in the dixie to soak
for the night!--_G. H. Griggs (late Somerset L.I.), 3 Ribstone Street,
Hackney, E.9._
"I Shall have to Change Yer!"
In the Ypres Salient in July 1915 Headquarters were anxious to know
which German regiment was facing us. An immense Cockney corporal, who
was particularly good on patrol, was instructed to secure a prisoner.
[Illustration: "I shall have to take yer aht to-night and change yer."]
After a night spent in No Man's Land he returned at dawn with a
capture, an insignificant little German, trembling with fear, who stood
about five foot nothing.
Lifting him on to the fire-step and eyeing him critically, the
corporal thus addressed him: "You won't do for our ole man; I shall
have to take yer aht to-night and change yer!"--_S. Back, Merriams
Farm, Leeds, near Maidstone._