The Russian Review/Volume 1/February 1916/War Cartoons
War Cartoons.
(From "Satirikon," Petrograd.)
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The Merchant to the Generalisimo: Perhaps our combined smoke will prove more effective than the poisonous fumes.
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The Recruiting Officer: How can you go into the army? You can hardly be seen from the ground.
The Youthful Aspirant: Isn't that the chief qualification of a scout?
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War Correspondent, (dictating to his stenographer): I am sitting in a captured trench, astride an Austrian gun. Dense smoke envelops me. A little to one side, a machine gun is clicking rapidly...