Punch,  63 (1872), 157.

The Mouser

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Military Technology, Crime


    Notes from The Times that the Prussians have 'invented a most destructive gun called "the Mouser"' (a mis-spelling of 'Mauser'). Suggests that the Prussians use the gun on 'our garotters' to 'save us the trouble of applying the cat'.



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