'I believe the box in his hand is the cartrides for the flare gun, the lid of the box is sitting on the sandbags in front of him.
with regards the trench raiding partes conducted by the Bulgarians, I remember reading this a long time ago........ the British troops found little pieces of paper fastened to stick stuck in the ground in front of the trenches, in crude english was written the following verse on oneside:

"I am Boris the Bulgar The man with the knife,
The pride of Sofia, The taker of life.
Good Gracious how spacious And deep are the cuts
Of Boris the Bulgar, The Knifer, the knut"

" Dear Englishmen, We are singing these words to your pretty tune called Gilbert the Filbert. Will you join us tonite and sing heartily?

On the reverse written in pencil was the following:

" Dear Englishmen,
Why are you so foolish as to continue this war? Rumnia has been beaten and you will soon lose also. Why not put aside your weapons and be friends? We like you and do not want to fight you, but if you will not be friends we will show you what we will do with our bayonets.
Yours truly, Boris the Bulgar.'


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