Saturday 10 October 2015

Hunting Snipers

Sniper camouflage at the Imperial War Museum

Sunday 10th October 1915: The adjutant of the 7th Bedfords has sent us some more information about the hunt for German snipers. Last evening observers and sentries reported two masked snipers at a certain position. These Germans kept putting up dummies and firing from behind and between them. These dummies and the snipers were dressed the same and could be easily seen through glasses, thus showing the dummies to be ineffective as decoys. After three hours the Battalion’s own snipers scored a hit and the enemy fire ceased.

Source: X550/8/1

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