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COL. REPINGTON'S EULOGY.
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Colonel Rophagia, the military correspondent, who puid a visit to the Verdum frost, pais a very high tribute to the valur of the French troops, and the military judgment of their ummaders in the following interesting Fespatch:-
We must reader great homage ter hure quorn defenders of Le Poivre Hill, the
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"The, battle of Verdon is not yet COAL DEPARTMENT. fished. All the line on our side is rely watched by Tuffre and Castelmas why have ample reserves in hand.
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SHINOTANI, KISHIDÄKI, HOJO, French pitis on the Nevlun front for eront posite the British army and SHINNEW and KAMIYAMADA their nakuterat fighting theagh, the the seed in tha: Venlo theatre. great Verday tile
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"The Freach avlators also deserve the divisions, including reserve divisione. AUENTS or SAKITO, & OYUBARI ranty aviators have the enemy's anti-The rt of the tiernan line in France is The second consists of thirty divisions. alternis guns with the greatest intrepidity, thinly furnished. but I did not are a single German aviator fo
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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
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Lanst it also appears to one that our Allies Sand Track, Grass-Track, ne in the
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They then withdraw them, bring them up * General Pevate realised the mole which to strength with men from depots and TR-ADDE for above:IWASAKL This Led Rule applies only to Early artillery was to play in this was giter trash flow back to the front. They do Codes:-AI, AB 8th Ed., Western Union, Morning Golf, and has been introduced to ath of the nigration. He this beete they have no other large atoid ansoyance to siders and ponies on the track.
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One evening a Prosch patrol was sent but to examine an ivanurk” “Gomasaj trench which was reported by the aviatory to be full of men. The patrol found that, the trench was indeed crowded, but every one of its occupants was end....
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