Inspired by tales of women helping to defend Russia, Mrs. Edward Frederick Boultbee, the wife of an air-raid warden in the village of Attleborough, Norfolk, last week edged up to an "invading" tank in British Army maneuvers, popped a rock into the open turret.
"You're dead!" she cried. "That was a bomb."
The tank commander said icily: "Madam, I'm not fighting women."
Said she: "Well, I'm fighting invaders."
The nearest umpire was summoned. He ruled the tank destroyed.
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