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Emu War of 1932

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Battle of Campion

This team arrived in early October, but just after they got there, a rainstorm drove all the emus out of the fields. They managed to take out about a dozen birds before deciding to change their tactics from seek out and shoot to set ambushes near water sources. November 3rd passed without any kind of incident. On November 4th, about a thousand emus came out of the trees and approached the ambush directly. The ambush was set on the walls of a dam and the machine gunners opened fire and hit a few birds before the machine gun jammed.

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