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Escape from Germany After Buried Alive and Ruse
Paris dispatch reports Sergeant Letor of the 228th French infantry who was captured at Guise recounting his escape from Germany after two failed attempts. He was buried alive in a stump digging ruse, then fled via woods and marshes toward Holland and Sennelager, evading German patrols and barbed wire, with Corporal Brousset.
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Associated Press
Paris
Letor
Guise
Charleroi
Germany
Leter
Rmny
Holland
Lippe
Altern
Borken
Sennelager
Brousset
Beleteld
Rheines
Metelen
Ahama
Breden
Broveset
Nennelaver
Reckinghausen
Bienvenu
Lith Infantry
Duruot de Balaine
van Calster
Yves Leguen
Marseillais
Winterswijk