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requested further investigation into the veracity of the story. At this time the German government formally requested that the
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holder attached a name to the victim: "Sergeant Brant". The sworn testimony from the two
English soldiers, who claimed to have seen "the corpse of a Canadian soldier fastened with bayonets to a barn door", was subsequently debunked when it was discovered that the part of the front involved had never
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