Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1917 — One of the Strange Stories of the European Conflict [ARTICLE]

One of the Strange Stories of the European Conflict

Of the myriads of strange happenings that have drifted in from the battle, the most remarkable concerns two brothers who lived in Poland at the outset of the war. One joined the Russian army; the other was pressed into the German army. The Russian fighter was sent to France, where in a recent attack on the enemy’s trenches he captured his own brother, who as might be supposed is a most williing prisoner.