HE WON'T GET HURT.
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A British prisoner of war named Lonsdale, confined in the Doeberitz Camp, has been condemned by a German court-martial to ten years' imprisonment for striking one of his custodians.
The incident is thus described by the Lokal Anzeiger: "When the occupants of one of the tents in the camp failed to turn out for work, a group of reservists in charge of the camp were ordered to drive them out. Lonsdale struck one of the German soldiers. A sergeant major drew his sword and hit Lonsdale several blows on the back.
"At the trial the president of the court-martial told witnesses to speak the truth and not to be influenced by hatred of the English."