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"General Agenda. Hongkonk, April 14, 1917.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY-EIGHTH OR- DINARY GENERAL MEETING will be held at the Company's fees. St. George's Buildings, on SATURDAY, 5th May, 1917 at 12 o'clock Soor, for the purpose. of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statuent of Accounts to 28th February, 1917, and electing. Diretors and a ulitors.
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FASCINATING.
RECAPTURE OF KUT...
A YEAR'S GAMPAION.
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BY PERCEVAL LANDON IN THE PILT
TELEGRAPHI
After a bag year of anxiety and ill. success the little town of Katel-Ana xe tre dies the Union Jack over what remifs of the public buildings in the Finistere winner. Only by a grim touch of fate tempered by geography, could an me the battleground of a year's insigailient point like Kur-el-Amara ever
heilities
this great war. Yet it is cerisid that aming the many Kuts of Ik am the neighbourhood this Hate ediction it hovel-fronted by dedent two-storeyed houses along the Tigris and around the town square, and gned here and there by the tottering
pour
ל
REFRESHING
The cust. These defences he had taken, thest without loss,, ng his way north at the end of September, agd he had > opportunity of rendering them useless ster his retreat in Hevember. They were therefore mediately re-occupied by the Turku, and formed at impregnable barrier eguizar all our attempts to relieve Towns bead during the historie siege of 147 days.
THE SIEGE..
Puring this sime news was received and sent by wireless, but apart from the matt pantity of supplies that could be dropped within the British detences, no food was cotizable by Townshend's force except
that which had been sent forward from Basra during his absence are for the porpies of a base supply which enaid bö reinforced at a few days notice thua: as provision for a beleaguered garrison-Band that which the retreating force carrie with themy
The position was,strengthened is far as
RECORDS, HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER minuret of a mosque will acquire the possible. Lines of redoubts were throwe
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prand" distinction of being Kutward arose the neck of the isthmus on NOTICE OF REMOVAL ..
excellence. And his new dignity will have Which Hut lies, and on the right bank of bern date solely to an accident of geology.The river, so as to lose the liquorice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bars and e'tsiphon--which is within an
The person is clear enough. Between factory. So far as the military require- CHAMBER ROOM and GENERAL ' exersion from Baghladhe ale. In fact, so strong was it that ments were concerneri 'General Towns OFFICES of the Hongkong Geners! there is but the point along the Tigris the Tarks contented themselves with a head's defence was as perfect as it could Chamber of Commerce : Haritone REMOVED from New Government
HAVE BEEN where the river bank rises twenty-five and Building to the Chartered Bank Build-feet above normal high water, and that is Quartette ing Queen's Road Central (premises at Kut. At Kit along the twisting and
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policy of starvation, and so occupied their old lines at Ex-Sinn, a little lower down
impregnable, and the Turks, under their and by the season-was thus rendered German commanders, sat down to await the inevitable surrender of the starving garrison.
doubling hanks of the Tigris is there a
tse river. There was thrown forward on vertais sinullity and protecting from the beavily armed forts, to take the place of the left bank of the river a string of flods which cut off all other bridge or terry-heads along the mucienter from fore, and the advance of our boats up the lighter trenches which had been dug halitution when the Armenian shoes come down. Therefore; when-in
the river was rendered impossible hy November, 1915-the battle of Ctesiphonplacements almost invisibly worked proved hut a barren victory, there was no position-mely strong by nature into the river banks both sides. The Salf-way house. Short of Kut there was no halting-place for Townshend, wad be made no stay between November 24th and December 3rd, when he re-entreed the little town in which he was doomed to wemain fighting till the bitter end, almuxt in sight of the waves of relief thai broke theinselves upon the German fortifications and Ex-Sinn. The approach, to Kit from the south paturally lends itself to defepee. The marshes from each side erup inwards towards the river from east and west, and the actual line of defence la shortened just as it is shortened in Belgium by the pedit south of Dixmule. There is no fear of a turning movement.
Sunna-i.Yat
KUT AND ITS ENVIRONS,
11
made to relieve the place. Oar-ic There were three separate attempts January, 1010-secured a position on the there. The second-in March-drove in bend of the river to the east, and stayed the Sauna-i-Yat lines, and could do no more: The third, a final effortia April Dujaidu lines and Kut was surrendered, -was repulsed by the Es-Bina and had been a gallant defence, and the behaviour of the local Turks to the defenders 3 honourable. General Towshend was sent to a gilded prison
In days before the war, as one paddled † an one at the Prince's islands in the Sea up-stream quist, the yellow resistinee of Marmors, and "the other captives were of the Tigris waters, Kat was a harbour distributed sinong various centres in Asia of refuge. Thats were passengers, to be Minor It is to be regretted that the taken on board, and a few tous of freight, chivalry of their immediate opponents has round the hots. That was ill. Ad'one behaviour of the authorities who are now while the khai, Hood curled and tore not been so certainly reflected in the then even wasted a page of his diary or responsible for their well-being. In many a chapter of his travel books upon Kutcases, information of the identity of these
Ic seened-sad it was exactly like all prisoners has been denied. other way side belting places, lacking the
sentimental interest of the Tomb of Fzra,
: THE HECAFTCRE.
With a silence and rapidity that is a
or the sporting attractions of anche palace new and commendable feature is our
as the lead opposite Baghela which i locally pronounced Bernirs."*
One Mesopotamian warfare, preparations for normally breaks a wheel here, and is tied the recapture of Rut were pressed forward A waste of wild by General Maude, and it is no longer a
have accompanied the first advance, are secret that this zallways, which should
win full working order. With such a service at his disposal the situation that
M LI HON FAN, & Chinese graduate rered in up for twelve hours.
has been a chac to Biropas liquorice plants, both to north end wonth, Oficials and Marchant la ure Colony for ten years, providea Kut with its one raison d'etre,
He has a rood methad of training Europeans
powered apart from its work as a bridge head. These plants are self-sown, and, except
uftrata deckliste una Chiasse thou
has a good knowledge of Mandarin's
Thom who istand lacing the Chinese InuZENET direct to Na. 238, Wellington Street/jldest 100%
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15, Morrison Hill Rond.
iraquenced to welder / Chim MM Tales or for the small expense of cutting and confronts the commander-in-chiet is carrying, and the almost nominal rest wholly changed. It does not mean that paid by foreign companies for the servigen immediate attempt le to be made to they occupy, offer an economical field for recover our lost prestige upon the battle. industry. The liquorice factory on the ground of Ctesiphon. Even less does it right, or western bank of the Tigris necessarily foreshadow an attempt to immediately opposite Kut was held by cups Baghdad itself. What it does General Townshend throughout the siege.en is that neither these two projects The full details of this investment are henceforth impossible, and that the still wanting, but it may be said the further prosecution of our combined Towashead after suffering over 4,100 advance, with Russia upon the valley of saeualles at the Battle of Ctesiphon, on the Tigris awaits the discretion of the November 22nd and 23rd, succeeded in two Powery concerned. In spy race, the making good his retreat to Kut without Turkish posts between Ctephon and Kat losing a rearguard setion.. He had about will be untenable when the water, risas 9,000 men left. For the reasons given and to those who are acquainted with the mediats halting-place, and entered, Kut on jacent Arabs the recapture of Kist above, he wisely retrained from any inter-sothowhat adaptable stopathies of the December 3rd. Bet hie, last fien posed together with the growing sut the British line with the enemy at their Sherif Mecca will seem heels, and Town band was unable to send me them much to thi out a force in render untenable the care fully and strongly designed freebies to
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