Two Couriers with Dispatches
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Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”A game in which 2 patrols, or 2 troops, compete for superiority. The patrols stand at a distance of 4 kilometers from each other. The troop instructor or referee is positioned at an equal distance (2 km) from the patrols, in a town at the junction of 2 streets, or on an outing in the middle of a forest. At the appointed time, couriers from opposite sides set off simultaneously and punctually.
The task of the remaining scouts in each patrol is to skillfully place obstacles in the way of the opposing courier so that he cannot deliver the letter. To this end, they lie in wait for him in an ambush along the route he is most likely to take to reach his destination. However, they must leave 200 meters from the start and 200 meters before the finish line free. A captured courier may be held, and his letter taken from him, but it is forbidden to struggle with him, let alone strike him. Simply touching the courier during pursuit by opponents already signifies that he has been caught.
Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — image 37.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Herman A. Mojmir, Ćwiczenia i zabawy skautowe (1912)
- Printed pages: 25–26
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 25
- Read the source text: ciz-036