Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1910 — A Chinese Trick of War. [ARTICLE]

A Chinese Trick of War.

A curious artifice of war was adopted by a Chinese junk when attacked by a man-of-war. The crew threw cocoanuts overboard into the sea and then jumped in among them. Nearly all escaped, for it was impossible to tell which were heads and which were nuts.