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Lirut. Col. Repipyton, writing in the ** Morning Post on General Gough's Army, says: I notice that the Cavern- ment Press is doing its best to load the responsibilities of its must upon the soldiers, and especially a bite our Command in France and our Fife army for the soccess of the German attack on
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Why was our line extended south of the rise?
extraded at the. Head Office:-TOKYO.
argent solicitation of the French, and contrary to the reamed views and reiter. Branches and
Representatives
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the Milk, and rih Kenny Cops, number. ing the ath, 20 Ligvisibus in trdat line and 17 in close upsets making 40 Divisions. in it, with guns, which realy outzenberest bib, our infantry, and card gaw All Gefle battalong, achuting- their machine-un courrunic), W***** 31
to 1000 m. hereus in der Filth Arms, for tousons into which Eneed mot, enter. the actual teeth strength was 60%) at
DEATH SENTENCE ON GERMAN SPIES.
REVELATIONS AT TRIAL IN GEFSA.
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During his "recapitulation of the danıa-
the next. The thrman troops, hiding evidence against the Germans spy had the advantaj erer os or to mouth, at Genon, the Crown Fromeutor at traluing for the little. They were rapidly Milon produced an incriminating slow- and cleverly copetrated, many Arrivingment of exceptional importance. only in the nigh before the battle. Out numbered four to one in infantry and more than two one, our Fifth Army awaited to shock, confiding conte
It appears that in October 1914. al though then. Germany. nominal ally of Italy. Davarian Alpine was still the troops were fighting against the Italians Iless in the WarCabinet's assurauthar Treasing and Cudere, and Gaiman anb they were not dugorously outnumbered, a marines were torpedoing Italian merchant What huppen The stack began byrussels in the Atlantic and Mediter the easiest hobaniment yet experi ered by Deitisimops, a bombardment
razena..
Germany had urgent need of getting
of some six hout duration, daring which through to North and South America
the Germs gu bez robot. Avery large quantity of wireless telegraph
This material was
eventually wanted to the care of the
excess Fetrieni Rower Company by
Herren Suclier acul Soyku. pcuratore of
Tatal representations of our Command is
France. The opinion was, when I Just thick mist hide advance of the ther material for the purposes of its underses THE Ladersigned have received instruo Nagajaki, Karatɛn, Wakamatsu, Moli,“ visited General Healyuarters, that we man masses, whir, dowed between the cutpaign, without attmeting the motive
Knre, Kobe, Osaka, Tsuruga, Nagoya, Jevuld not afford ro take over more posts of our outft lion and surmandel of Great Britain. Tokohama, Tekyo. Hakodate, Muroran, grand, not only because we had not many of them. The mutual support of Otaru. Vladivostock. Peking. Tientsin, cough Divisions, but because those divi-ch posts as hadist bean destroyed by Dairen, Tsinanfu, Hankow, Shanghai.is themselves wer
Mo redaced in the bombardment was rendered impos Taipeh, Hongkong. Canten. Halphons.strength by the failure of the Govern- sible by the in, and nearly all the,
nt to supply drafts that our new line ring was at range. The berole
ruanner in whicmasy posts held out Berlin, while Herr Ampt, one of the direc would be too thin. The French, on the for long, though ompletely surrounded other hand, desired us, both on military base of energie was marked feature and
political groumis, to take over rare
of this phase of tight. line; and they, too, were right from their point of view. We were both right, and if the British Command had to give way
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What was the itation of, our Fifth Army at dawn on March 29 It stood with its 14 Divisions on a line 30 miles in length, from Barisis, south of the Oise, to In Vacqueție, some vine miles with west of Cambrai. It had 11 Divisions in the line and shred in reserve it bad only taken over the lide on Junnury 20, d. the troops were so bhey digging and wiring that few, except those in rere had more than seren days for training during the two months which followed, | Its advanced putpof line ran from Barists to the hills west of La Fere, thence along
A CRFIQ, Dretslag, The Geticamas came up against Regardless of Is by presset co, and tan battle positiu d there lost heavily, during the day 1st, after a long struggle hud moter fighting on the part of neat overwhelming uids, effected fourruches in aur lines, RILEY: ut Ter, Essigny-le-Grand'. Waisteray, and Ricours. The local supports and our rve Divisions came up and tule vit, counter-attacks. Some of the surfed in their special purpose, but the ging ambers of the rear, threw.ut last oreng, costazily bereaved from: the the Command of the Fifth Army, theemity of taking un importam der namely, whether to stand and fight it or to fight Lek...
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**FOR OUR GERMAN FATHERLAND.** One of the preliminary letters rend in court, sent by coyka to Anapt, runs as follows:-
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Herr Sneller is furnished with the necessary papers; an one for the Ger mna Consul General in Genoa, should El intervention, brasme needin. In conclusion; I intend proposing you for a deporation of turrik.
on of this kind hang been consider. The possibility we need for a deci
ed, and it was not felt that it was better to keep thermy together and to fight back than break it to pieces by standing to that in a position the Dise to May whence, the empriority. Hall alen. Divisions meri where the catat sich man west of St. Quentia and so worth, went in rewry might he turned the yule of the St. Quentin-Le Catelet rond. The even then.hult a frein Palestine,; outport line was well wited and consisted Safouka, and Mesnis, but they of a number of posts which afforded each were far away. Tene, owing other mutual support. The fighting posi; forced upon the Comid of the Fifth through the gaps whthey had mode, tion was in rear from Condren on the Army the only decisioossible.
In fact Amps later received anth an Oise, through Tergnier, Hintcourt," "Ros
honour from the Imperiul Gorerament That, under the 'peare of this mass sinyol-le-Grand, Kompy, Maisey, Hargi, attack, some units ware was inevitand, like his three e-directors in the court, `L'Empire, to Royautecourt, and able in the circunstar. But the Fifth Genos Company, he further secured the on this line every preparation was made Army, as a whole, wiever broken. In title of Cavaliere of the Craws of Italy...| for a strong resistance! There were sup and eight days after opening of the this quartette should be sentenced to be retained its general ament in retreat, The Crown Prosecutor demanded that porting positions in rear, and much attack was still in te aloor its whole shot in the spine, tint Briand Huber be
ORDER wire, but time had not allowed front and still figitituriously against
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all the rearward positions to be organised, great odds. At the best cost to selflated to the galleys for life, that bard though this toops liud worked. Allt krut up its battle and cared Leter and Saameli and the decay g the bridges ware miced, and defachawent back with it nearly thirds of its pms. Frida Liebestul be condemned each to stationed by them to effect the der I gave time for the ach to come up, 20. virs strict confinement.
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itawebt of gratitude trying the charges of high treason in for their good comrai and prompt connection with the Gear electrical នឋន ឹ
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Owing to the failure of the War Cabinet to provide men, at the Divisions were down to nine battalions lusted of the twelve which they possessed the previous ye. For this cause one quarter of our
I do not think, whil the facts are infantry in the Fifth Army had disap-known, that the Arury will be peared. The brupking up and drafting blamed for their retre I think that it elsewhere of the battalions In cach w written on the land the figure that Locker and Saameli, for complicity and that any other would have is treason, to 20, 15 and 10-yeard hard Division caused great discontent, and, involved the destrofinis Army labour pectively; and Huber, for de- moreover, it. injured all the system of Of the responsibility ed to its Constroying and daraging plant, to 10 years' roulement, deprived each brigade of a mander by the War Ct to cover their
hart Intour... buttalion, and made much incre dificult own faults. 1. kun mg, All that I
All the accused were made Dable, for the system of reliefs. Thus the Fifth ball say is that if we on the link the cost of the trial. The prisoner aut foran Army Conder whoan Laizi Martin was acquittéd, and big ro teen, and 8,500 with much
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What tame against war Fifth Army? The whole of General von fiutier's 18th Army. This Army consisted of the 3rd,
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