卜
THE WAR
OUR STOKERS.
COUNTRIES ENGAGED.
Their Fearlessness in Battle.
Gerntany
Austria
Turkey
against
Britain.
Russia,
France.
Belgium.
Japan.
Servia,
Montenegro
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corps is a complete army on a small scale in itself. The strongth varies from 35,000 to 45,000 men. Division is a force of infantry cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men.. Brigade is a force of infantry
cavalry. The infantry brigadë is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong.
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The following is from Truth of February 3:-
"Sir David Bently has officially noknowledged the public obliga- tion is the onginc-room 1:fi for the fuo steaming of his squadron in last week's action. The captain of the Kent had previously thank- ed his engineer-commander for getting two kaots batter than keg best out of that cruiser durinr. the fight off the Falklands, and thereby ensuring the sinking ofj the Nunberg. These compliments
voios the general sentiment of what the Navy owes to the stokers? I have nowhere come engineers. But what about the across any tribute to their share in the battle work; and yet a larger proportion of stokers have baen killed in action than of any other ratings.
“I asked a naval man the other
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915.
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HOTEL LISTS.
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Atrabaix, ES
Bookingarle L Allen G Anderson Geo E Belitics, Mra FR
Lloyd OT Luja Mr & Mrs Malcomson Capt &
Mrs
Maan MrR R Mardling II J Marriots Dr & Mrs
Bell ODJ Bellamore D G Bean, GA Benoy Chpt & Mes Martin HO Beswick Mr & Mrs May Miss F Bishop Mr & Mrs A Moulure Mrs L
Mehun BK
Bothwell E F Braga Mr&Mrs Campbell A
Black W M
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Mott EL
Muller DP
The cavalry brigade is from day how he acopanted for this,
Mayer Mr & Mrs C 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Regiment of infantry is from and he replied that you cannot
JV Morecki j
Middleton 8 keep the stokers below during a 2,000 to 4,000 sirong.
Chuan Mr & Mrs H Miller Mrs Jams Those who have not
ModyJHN cavalry regiment ie fron, 500 fight.
actually got shovels or alices in Clayton, WE Mach M to 1,000 men strong.
Colo Xra 8 TH Moore Win Coleman DrAL EF Mcaier Mixe Squadron of cavalry is from 15 their bands, he said, insist on ex-
ihemsolves in order to see Cornelinsson Ma posing to 200 men strong.
what is going 'Ou.. The Craig R.HA Battery of artillery in the British
Cruickshank MrandMurray and French armies.bas 6 guns Sighting men are behind armour. Croxton Miss A
Mr J and about 200. mon. In the During Admiral Sturdes's e- German Army consiste of 4gagement one of the cruisera was Dale Wo
'Dalius Mr & Mr In the truck by a bursting shell in a
Davis HC gude and 150 men. Russian Army it consiste of 8 bunker. There was a regular Derby A
scrimmage amongst the alukers Douglas Cupt To secure fragments of the pro- Downie *W jedile s trophice. That was.
Dowley WA their first thought; not whether Lully Mas the ship might be sinking or not."
guna and 250 men.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS. Jane 28-Archduke Francis Fer
dinand Reseinated.. July 23-Austria sends an ulti
matum to Servia.
July 31-Russia orders general
mobilisation.
Aug. 1-Germany declares war on Ras-io. French Cabinet ordein general mobilisation. Aug. 2 German forces enter
Twenty-two Tons of Sliver
for China,
A New York wire dated Feb. Latatos that bankers there have
Coina.
Luxemburg. Germany, de-exported 754,000 oz..of silver to mande free passage through Belgium,
Aug. 4-England sends altima
tam, demanding observarce of Belgian neutrality. Ger- many rejects ultimatam. German"troops attack Liege Acg. 5.-Eaglund announces.
Biate of war with Germany. Aug. 7.-Germans enter Liege. French invade southern Alance.
reafirms Aug. 8. Italy neatrality. Aug. 15.-Austriancenter Servic. Japan sends ultimatum to Germany.
Aug. 17-British expeditionary force completes its landing in France.
Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of
Lorraine..
Aug. 20-Germansenter Brussels. Aus: 23--Germaue, enter Nomor
and begin attack on Mous,
Aug. 24-British begin retreat
frim Mons,
Aug. 25- French evacuate Mul-
brusen.
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Aug. 26- Non-partisan French Cabinet organised. Germans take Long". Aug. 27-
Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block- ade Tsinghu. Aug. 28-Batle of Heligoland, Sept. 2-Germen advance reaches Salis, thirty miles from Pair, and swings enstumil. Fiench Government moves to Bidenux.
Sept. 3-kus:ions occupy Lem.
keng.
Sept. 5-Battle of the Marie
brgine.
Sept. 7-Maubeuge taken by the
Germani.
Bapt. 12-German retreat halls,
on the Alaso. Bapt. 20- Gerinaas
bombard Rheimsundiajure the famous Osthedral.. "Bopt. 22-German submarine
sinke British craizora Abou- kir, Cressy, and Пegue. Russiane onpfare Jaroslav. and invest Przemysl. Sept. 26-British troops fromá India land at Marseilles. Sept. 28-Germuns begin siege of
Antwerp.
Oct. 2-Germans
Augustowo,
defeated at
Oct. 5-Belgian Govornment re-
moved from Antwerp to "Ostend.
De-Bombardment of Antwerp
begins.
Det -Antwerp occupied by
the Germans."
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Oct. 12-A Boor commando in the Cape Province mutiuies. Oct, 13 Belgian Government transferred from Ortend to Havre.
Dovo RS
E Ehrenfeis Mr & Mrs
Esdale O Evensen Ferguson S
French Capt & Mrs
Fry 0 G
Fuller Denman
Gallett WO
Gelfer L. V
Gibb Gendur F Goodrich CL Goulbourn V
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Gould Mrs J Griffiths H L
Hall Capt. T-P Haambal Me &
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Camull Mr Mrs Colleystaw EH Cousland Crichton Mr & Mrs Edwards Mrs RO Faichins Major Gaudcot Mr & Mm Gibson Mr & Mrs A.
son Halo BA Mr & Mrs Hall Let-Col 0 Hazeland FA
Horbrender Mrs:
Tol. 1245.
Mra Pringle W J Prior Miss Murray Pyne Major Ralphs Mr & Mrs Bincini A Skinner Mi Smith Mrs. Grant Smith Mr & Mrs A
Findlay
farner Mrs Walcott Mrs
Humphreys Major Walton Col & Mrs Humphreys Mrand Young
Mr WO
King Edward Hotel,
Alison D
Almond Mrs R
Bettison Mr & Mrs
WH
Beale Mis W.
Brown C W
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Hudge W Buna R.D
Cress Mr & MrJ
Murray Mr & Mrs Cartan J
Joseph J
Larber Mr & Mrs Lacombe W Lauritson Mr & Mes
Lennox Miss Leanor J
Low L Murphy
H
Newall 3 T
Nx Chit
Chit Mi
Pashmore Mrs, W C
Peatroan Mrs Hi
Penning
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Peterson NE
Ramsay Mrs R A.
Sasamatan K
Course A
Crichton
Can HR
Miss
..} Cross Dr O'
Dr O'T
Denison UG
Newton D
Dlandson R
Neighbour W R
Duckworth
Nicolson, JS
Funs
FF A
Sibroo Dr
Nicolson MC and
Foy
Shore F
Fyfe A A
Super C H
Hizot LS
Sylvester Mrs S
Hunter J
Luy. b
Mr H
Grand
Jo Mre W
Nye Mr Mrs F Ormiston J
Paspla Dr A A Patt-rion M People
Mr & Mrs
Peoples Miss B Pluygue-M ra Homeroy D
DE Purves A
YOU A B Ramsay HE Randall Mis J
Li Coland
Miss F
C
Smythe Mr & Mrs C
Square Miss A
Robinson Rawell Ryder Mrs CB MrsSalisbury F
R.B Sibley J U Harper G
'Silva Lt HE Enifield Dr F
Sraith, Mrs A G Huges Mr & Mrs D Smith WH
Mra F Hewett Hon. Mr
F A, OMG Hirschman F L Hodge W J Hough Mrs H H Oct, 14-Allies occupy Ypres.Hunter
R Jenkins EL Battle begins on the Vistula. Jakilis
Jones HT Oct. 15-Ostond occupied by Jones A
Vallavo the Germans.
Jonepit E M Joseph S M Oct. 10-British cruiser Hawke Kalos
ir . Mrs A sunk by Garman submarine. Karashi Capt & Mrs White Mr & Mr
HTB Oct. 24-Ten days' battle beating Mrs
1.00 W D
White FW: fore Warenw enda in German Lampen Mr& Mrs Wong Sing
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Wood GO ..defeat.
Lawrence A Wright Mr & Mrs
Mr Mrs WJF .8
Oct. 17. Russian
Lodz and Radom.
reoccupy Lewis
Oct. 20-Turkey begins war on Russia by naval attacks oo lessa and in the Crimea.
Oct 30-Col. Maruz, rebs leader
driven out of Cape Colony. Nov. 1 German naval victory
off the coast of Chili,» Nov. 3-Garman squadron makeg
Steckman: S Swalled HE Tyler W B Waylor Capt
Peak Hotel. '. Armstrong Mr& Mrs I-en Li Col H
Jeffries HU Bernard Flout Surg
W
Johns Mr.R
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Keicwise Mr & Mr Bowdler Mrs Bowen Mujor Left A C
Martin Mr R Carmichael Mr and Mischelmore Mr &
Mrr
MME V Moss Mr & Mrs. Cartwright
Phanmor J wir để
a raid on Britteh coast near Cory M Yarmouth.
Nov. 4-German craiser Yorck
Nov.
and ain ka.
5-England and France de
clare war on Turkey, Dr danollee forts bombarded. Dec, Ita aina reoccupy "Jaroslav. Nov. 6-Tingtin surrendera. Nov. 7 Russian enter East Dec.
Prusia.
afrikes mine in Jado Buy Dec. 8-British naval victory off Falklbod Islande. British Acceupy Bugsore, in Asia
Minor.
Gen. Byers, Boar lender, killed at the Vail River, 13-British subra:ing sinks the Mesudiel in Derlooelies. 11-Servins capture large Austrian forcue.
Nor, 10--The Emden destroyed, Nov, 11-Germana.capture Dix-
mule.
Dec
Dec. 15-Austriate evacuate Bel
grade,
Dec. 16-German cruisers bom- bard Scarborough and Hartlepool.
18-Eg3pt proclaimed a British protectorate. Gen. [ Botha regarde Beer rebellion as at an end.
Nov, 12-Russians cocupy Joban. ni-barg in East Prussia,
House of Cmmons Nov. 19-
votes a new army of 1,000,000 meu. More than 1,100,000 Dec. men already under arm, ex- clusive of Territoriale. Nov. 23-Kaesinne surround Gor
man corps south of Lodz, |Nov, 16-British battleship Bul wark destroyed by explosion
Dec. 20-26-Stvors fighting on
the line of the Bzura -River.
Dec. 22--French Parliament as
Bembice.
in the Medway River. Ger mans break through Russian Dec. circle near Lodz, Do. 1-German Reichsing votes Deo. new credit of five billion marke, King George in Dec. Flaudere.
23-French Chamber voteg war credit of £310,000,000. 25-British naval and aerial raid against Cuxhaven.
28
French occupy St. Georges, near Nieuport. Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bal- Jan. 1, 1915-British battleship
grade. Gen. De Wet captur ød.
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Jopes D H
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Greonas Mrs James B
Hotel,
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Kingsclere Hotel,
Breon M Carleton"A E Donglas Mr & Mrs
RK
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Fielder BE
Filkina Misa D
Lawin D Logan W Luhr J Ivan G Martia HO Martin Mr & Mrs
Nixon. C Rawlinson RJ. Robertson Mr &
Mrs J
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Gray
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| Jan, 13-Turks occupy Tabriz. Cnt Berchtold resign
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Hongkong as It Was .....53
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Legislative Council.........58-64). Sport
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BUSINESS:
1.-To Receive from the Com- mittee the Report and Accounts for the year ending 31st Decam- ber, 1914
2-To elect a President, two Vice-Presidents, Hon. Treasurer,
Jan. 10-Qerman air feet hom-Ha Librarion, and Committee barda Yarmon h and other of Management for the ensuing Norfolk coast towns.
year.
Jau. 21 -General Falkenhayn, 3-Any other business which
Gemin War Minieter, my transpire.
J. S. CHAPMAN, -re-igor.
Secretary,
[Jan, 24-British naval victory in
North Sea; the Bluchersuck. Jan. 26-Germans, lose. two bat
A New Regulation
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
CEO. P. LAMMERT.
AUCTIONEER, SHARE & GENERAL, BROKER
PUBLIC AUCTION
of
A LARGE & VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE CHINA & CURIOS,
The Undersigned has received instructions from the well-known dealers. Messrs. Vun Yuen Tsar of Shanghai, to sell by. Publio
talions at Givency and Cuin- HOTEL FRANCAIS, Auction on
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chy. Jan. 31-Germany ipaugurates submarine raids on British shipping.
Fab.
Feb. 3-German destroyer suck by Russian submarine cff Danmark. German auxiliary cruiser sunk off Patagonis.
Turks attempt to oroas Sacz Canal. Feb. 6-Allies resolve to unite
financial resources. Feb. 8-Total British Casualties 104,000. Tarka retreat from Suez Canal,
Feb. 10 -Germans execute the
rebel Marilz..
Feb. 17-Onadian contingent
lande in France. Fab. 20-27-Over 10,000. Ger-
mang surrender in Fraco,
60, CHOW TOW CHOI, HONAM, CANTON.
GOOD CLEAN ACCOMMODATION, ELECTRIC LIGHTING,
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, the 16th, 17th & 18th March.. 1915. commencing each day at 2.30 p.m.; at his Sales Rome,
Duddell Street."
An Exceptionally Fine Lot of Antique China & Curios from Sung to Towkwong periode.
comprising:
Very Fine Kanghi 5-coloured Vuees with Decoration in relief, WHOLESOME EUROPEAN CUISINE.Red Lacquer Seal Boxes, Vises and Bowls, Jade Screens, Ornaments,
WIRES, SPIRITS AND BEER."
Terms Very Moderate,
JEAN F. SALES, Proprietor.
Over 30 years ago the laty Lord Beaconsfeld testiñet rotha tenebis to received from HIMROD'S
CURE, ko Jevery posturluge |
„Kasi'Ar lettori to-dky,
MROD'S
Formidable tank in the Feb. 27-Allied Fleet enters the CURE for
Channel. Jan.3-French capture Steinbach,
Dec. 3-Servisna turn on Aus-Jan. 3-4-Russiane win decisive
trians in three days' battle:
which ends in a notable Ser
vian victory.
Dec 6-Germans occupy Lods,
victory over Tarks in the Caucasus, Russians overrau Bakovina.
Dardanelles after destructive 'bombardment.
Mar. 1-House of Commons votes
supplementary credit of 37 millions and a fresh crodit of 250 millions.
ASTHMA
FAMES FOR 40 YEARS.
Sad lo tins by ali Chemists and Stores throughout the Country.
Beware
of Imitations:
and Snuff Bottles, Agate and Purcelain, Snuff Bottles, Crystal Orna- ments.
Jare.
Kanghi 5-coloured and blue and white Vases, Bowls Plates and
Kienlung Famille Rose and blue and white Vases, Bowls, Plates and Plaques. ;-
Very Ene Ming Sang-de-Boeuf Vose,
Very Fine Kienlung Imperial Famille Rose Vade.
Vory Fine Kanghi White Soft Paste Vase.
Very Fine Kienlung Imperial Yellow Famille Rose Vaso. Sanchow Redwood Bcreens Inlaid with Famille Rose and blue and white Plaques (Kienlung, Yungobing)
Towkwong Famille Rose Plaquos, Vasos, Plates and Bowls, ato. "Old Bronze Vasoa, Inconse Burners and Figures (Miog, & Bung),
also
Soochow Redwood Cabinets, Tables and Flower-atands. N.B. The Undersigned will give 2-wooks" guaranter as to the genuineness of the articles offered.
On view from Wednesday, the 10th inat.
Catalogue will be issued,
Terms: Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
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