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shell-shock (Bird Notes and News, vol. vi. 
p. 91), and two STARLINGS, roaming listlessly 
over the ground, every now and then stagger- 
ing as if weak and unsteady on their legs 
(Bird Notes and News, vol. vii. p. 106), may 
have been similarly afflicted. 
Naturally our soldiers took every oppor- 
tunity they could of having a day’s shooting, 
and any game they might get proved an 
acceptable addition to their rations; there 
are also stories of how our cavalry-men, when 
at rest behind the lines, used to delight in 
riding down PARTRIDGES. Shooting was one 
of the principal recreations of the Allied 
armies after the armistice of November 11th, 
1918. The German civilian population had 
to surrender its firearms of every description 
when the occupying troops arrived, so that 
large stocks of sporting guns and cartridges 
were available in every town and village. 
On February 3rd, 1919, an Army order was 
issued prohibiting, in accordance with the 
local game laws, the shooting of PARTRIDGES ; 
CocK PHEASANTS and WILDFOWL, however, 
still remained fair game (Daily Mail, 7.11.19). 
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