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ALL the piece of ground situate at- Yaumati, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Lard Office as KOWLOON INLAND, LOT No.
200.
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The property consists of a piece of ground abutting on Battery Street and
Fourth Street (near the Praya) in Kow loon and contains an area of 4500 Square Feet.
The Lot is held for the unexpired ra sidue of a term of 75 years created therein by an-Indenture of Crown Lense dated the 4th day of May 1888.
The Annual Crown Fent is $en.
ARRAS AND MESSINES
THE SPRING OFFENSIVE,
A REVIEW. [Cowelled]
[By Col. REFINGTON, MILITARY
DUAKUVATIOxs.
The Hindenburg-Ludendorf combina, tion was new to the West, and novices are spt to fail there. We have heard of Grea: Twin Brethren hofore, but there www something gollike in the sample of Lake Brilhis; and we dont reckon the Bernan type as either great or godlike, Wo were, it is true, solemaly lectured
· Countsens BEST OF me “Tisins.2]) { during the winter against, the impiidence i
Af pitting our puny brains against those of the German leaders, but as the Allies in } the West, in this first round, have exp- fured 70,000 Germno pristners, nearly 500
is, masses of trench-mortars) and tunchineguns, and butà disposed of some 200,000 German tighters, we still await the ixanifestation of the military superiority at the leaders of the German huts. We
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wider even whether the mils-which are
Fnumerous as they piere,
es with his general reserve. That would
„The general result of the British atincks, from July'1×2, 1918, to June 8th, 1917, had been to deprive the cemy of early all the advantages of ground which he had gained as the resils of his initi" aggression in 1914. But-the Messines Wytscharte ridge, dominating the Ypges: maljeni, still remained in his hands, and it was part of the plan of the iritishdrigen inte the unfortunate wrederi head Commander-in-Chief to drive the enemy of the Hindenburg image are quite a from it in the spring campaign.
General Sir Herbert, Plumer, wher
We'kriew our old Marshil Vorwarts and' Second Aring held the northerly sector et
ar grandfathers admired him. We know the British line between our First Army'
now his successor, this Marchal -Ruck- and the Belgians, band hung prepared the
warts, and we do quot "ilnice him. -Why, attack" and thought it practicable. The should we? His retreat tri the Somme Second Array had been used during the as held up before us, as a "stroke of "your 1916 as a reservoir from which, fresh genius, and we were, of coure duly awed. divisions were drawn as they were derided expecting that the off Marshal woult for the Somme battle, and to the nation stand with all his frees united on som soctor there usine for rest, nups way-wornwell-prepared line and then counter-attack units frans the suthern front In 1917 the Second Army was nine similarly, drawn upon for the proft of the Arras battle. The Southern Armies fought with their OWD resources, and they were conse-arts of our front and stood still upen quently fresh troops to whom was confled others, thus increasing the dangers of his the attack on the Messines ridge. The Lenes who held their ground and cumbling long patience of the defenders of the Sir Douglas. Haig to desi,with them 5 famous salient, and the steady loyalty, of successiva. Wherein, the, resides the their commoder to his comrides, werk discernment of Marshal Buckwürts? « at last to meet with a merited reward. We were told a feat deal about this The naval forces cff the Belgian east elasticity of the German defensive line. were also prepared exectively to intervene, The German wireless, ever ready to find excuses for failure, declares that General Plemer was able to prepare initieuzed dog-like German public sure rather positions en xa'extensive scale under the Messines Ridge because he could uses a clas stratum impervious to water, and becutive &
sandy stratum under the Gerter position prevented counter-in ing and observation of the work in pro- were not then the tronpw wựre interior to This friendly attitude of geologyllir lissin. & the pretations thant
huve been quite a big thing in its way. But with. an infirmity of purpose which we did not credit to him. I retired cu
we have been favoured with a great dent of rubbish on the subject by Lideg durft's subservient Press. The patient
worried, becwise, some of theni are told
that Agris and Mexined" were sorptiacs and thers thus they were unt. We see the dilemma. If they were surprises then the leaders were incompetent, and if they
was very sad, but the fact remains that the term "hines were held by advanced cur miners and tunnelling companies, not tess with missioni to, retire when for the first time by any tacos comprised are refuted by numerous captured pletely packeyed their opponents, and German orders cumtuanding the divisions were able, by exploding 30 zines, con- to resist to the last, and informing them faining some 500 tons of explosive, almost that ample reserves were available to simultaneously, to open the ball with a support thera. These reserves certainly complete surprise..
existed. They were steadily draws into. the line and as steadily exhausted, j But they failed in both battles with immense Losses, and we receive the impression that the tactical handling of the German /
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cot learnt the lessons of the Somme, und
From the general point of view the British attack, which opened at 3.10 am. où le moraing of June 7th, was not n surprise to the enemy. It is almost impossible to keep such great movements troops was directed by leaders who had secret unless the asquilant deprives hineither did not understand, or refused to of the advantage of, a great anillery acknowledge, the superiority of the British copeentration or the enemy's airmen are
in battle. completely useless. Actually, the Ger
The Germans are also told that all their man, reports for 10) days before the attack hundreds of lost guns were destroyed drew.continual attention to Wytwchete.before they were abandoned, that our
and all that can, or may, have remained unknown were the expet data and the hour
Angies
lowww were immense and cut of all pro portion to our gains particularly at
of the attack. The artillery preparation Messives, and after each British attack with price more of
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lost 14 machines in April alone, were by our counter-batteries, and as we have completely outclassed and driven from thesed German guns and shell against the When the mines went ap" theyGermans the latter will know, or at least their troops at the frost will, what to materially damaged the first Gerond line, think of the first of these claims. and struck dumb with amazement the delenders "of the rearward lines." "Da" a
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1829
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Two Upholstered Suites, Armchairs and Sofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Farai- tare, comprising Double and Single Brass-mounted Beristeaia and Twin Red. RICKSHAW, second hand. Reply, attacked directly the mines were fired
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We owe thead victories to the Arm our siren, skimming close to the groin solution of Sir Douglas Haig, to the attacked the advancingency every skilful leading of the Anny Commanders whore. He was completely defested, and and their stalle, to the competence of must have been satisfied with his experie, subordinate leaders, to the perfect
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