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The results of the military exercises taking place on the

great and small scale up and down the country are yielding results always interesting and sometimes instructive. The re- sourceful private who borrowed a " Stop me and buy one " outfit, and gleaned valuable information from members of the opposing. force to whom he sold ice-cream, has already gained recognition in the Press. Another incident I have just been told of is more disturbing. An ambulance drove up to an important aerodrome in a manoeuvre-area, was admitted with- out cavil or parley, and forthwith disgorged a party of assailants so businesslike and well-equipped that the aerodrome was adjudged to have fallen to them uncontested. JANUS.