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"WE ARE SENDING YOU SOME TOBACCO" Mes cher amis Arous tralian Nous arons pris notre cadotse Conseretn et mous In October 1915 Major Leslie Fussell was instructing some troops of the 17th Battalion at Quinn's Post on how to throw bombs. At one point, Fussell demonstrated the correct technique by hurling a tin of bully beef toward the enemy trenches. A short fumes en plus aise time later, this note (at left) in rough French – the nearest bet cadsts est pass ont Vhus demendons de nous approximation to a lingua franca in the circumstances - landed in the Australian trench. It was attached to a parcel of tobacco. un sauverire lie vostze A translation reads: Sourienire Nous donnorons un outre sauenire mountenant orecepter My dear Australian friends - We have taken your gift of preserved meat, and we are delighted. It is an excellent gift. We would like a souvenir from you, and we shall give you another in return. Please accept our gratitude. In return for the preserved meat, we are sending you some tobacco. - Your fellow soldiers, Turks.

This story of a misinterpreted excellent gift thrown by Australians to Ottoman trenches in WWI. | /r/mildlyinteresting


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