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Portuguese Army Chaplains.
In the name of the Portuguese- Bishope the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon has addressed a repre mentation to the President of the Republic, asking that military chaplains be appointed to regi. ments preparing for expeditions.
The Last of the Britannia. The old cadet training ship Britannis was towed away last month from Dartmouth, were she has been since 1889. As the vessel left in tow of three tags the cadeta of the Royal Naval College cheer- ed,and their band pisyed "Auld Lang Syne," while the children of the town assembled on the embankment sang "Rale Britan- pis" and the National Anthem, The vessel is to be broken up and her metal used for munitions.
For the Red Cross. Mme. Olara Butt has issued a statement showing that she raised £5,365 for the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem during the first five months of the year. The Det profit on "The Dream of Gerontius" Festival at Queen's. Hall in May, the expenses of which were £2,154, was £2,707. To this sum have been added
A $2,561 raised by a series of Red Cross concerts and £97 collected by the sale of photographs.
Well-known Ex-clergyman's
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The death has occurred at Colway, Lyme Regis, of Mr. O;by Shipley, one of the last of the band of converts to the Church of Home whore secession is trace. able directly to the Tractarian movement. Both his great-grand- father, Dr. Jonathan Shipley, and his grandfather, William Davies Shipley, held high preferment in the Church of England, the former ag Bibop, the latter as Dean, of St. Asaph, while his
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The Rocky Mountain section of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway, a distance of 440 miles, has now been electrified, the first unit of 115 miles being barrassed and hectic reports of London, Aug. 3.-In the em already in operation. Under normal conditions 42 electrical the great battle of Picardy which locomotives are required to haul Germany has circalated in neutral division of Verdun fame. The countries the commonest mis-state-latter was as faithfully dealt with freight and passenger trains over
дан Bri- by the new British battalions as the electrified portion of the line.ment concerns the Each of these measures 112ft. Sin. tish armies. It is admitted that by the French 20th Corps in their in length, weighs 284 tons, conta
the old expeditionary foros was famous counter-attack on Dousu- £25,000, and will haul an 800. ne material, but the new armies mont plateau.
Attention is called to the British ton passenger train on a level raised in the past two youta áre
described as andisciplined and Now Army which showed its stretch at a speed of 60 miles an feeble in attack and irresolute in merit at Loos last September and hour. The work has taken three defence. They are formidable, which has won great glory in years and has cost about two
any the German reports, only very phase of the Picardy battle. millions and a belf.
March Towards Kut in the because of their numbers, and To talk of new armis,” to-day,
March Night-Tide. these numbers · sra. venishing | is indeed a misnomer. The whole under the German fire,
British force in one sense is new.
Mr. Candler, the representative Saey have received the following No item of this statement is The famous old regiments of the of the British Prong with the Ex-
trae. The osaaltion hare not line have been cable from Uspe Towndated July been out of proportion to the completely sincs Mons, and reports how at the Pajaile Re- renewed peditionary Force in Mesopotamia 7:-Balvors require 80 per cent.
drawn doubt, seven miles east of Kat, our payment on sccount. Sound cargo ground gained, and in the attack their forwarded Singapore, basis thirty
of July 14th, which carried a from the same source as the men forcee met with a check. in their pounds ton. Seventy-seven sons large part of the German of the new battalions: The only advance to relieve Kut on the forwarded .B. · Agapenor.
second line, the British loses | difference is that in historio bat. morning of March. 8. British Knight Companion now here tak- were extraordinarily small. The talions there is a regimental troops now occupy the Redoubt, ing thousand tons, sails te-aight. individual fighting value of the tradition already existing, where- and the whole of the enemy's 8.8. Protesilaus arrives Dassen British troops has been equal to as in new battalions that tradition formidable Sinu position on the daybreak. A further wire on 10th any in the campaign. For example, has had to be created, and it has right bank. states Weather unfavourable wood was taken by the Germans been
A reputation
The attack in March failed for yesterday's attempt fist off. Pro- with nine battalione; it was re-second to none in the army sad a variety of reasons but it was ceeding discharge carga, until captured by the British with two, in dozens of new battalions, has very near to being a success.
and the British New Army, which been laid in Picardy on a fighting The nowombly was at the Pools weather improves, spring tides showed its merit at Looe last foundation of proud tradition. of Siloam, a spot where the British St., Macao. Jaly 15. No.1 badly holed, pumpe September, has won great glory Take the great fight of Jaly sad to water their horses, two fall control water, but No. 2 sasily held. Captain Squance died sud-in every phase of the Pioardy 14th, when, from Paxieres to miles south-west of Thoray Nal-
battle. denly July 5.
Delville Wood, the German lab, They left camp at seven, In a later phase of this battle a second-line was carried and the just as it was getting dark, It is reported that a marriage is certain historis British division third line pierced. It was an. Mr. Candler gave fragments of being arranged between Prince advanced on the line between enterprise as bold as it was no- an overheard conversation of the
guides:- Likon and a Japanese Princess Bazentin le-Grand and Long costal.
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To begin with, they managed to An English General offered to Prince Yi of Kores, and wOS brought to Japan six or seven of the intervening ground and eat his hat" if it did not come that." years ago by the Iste Prince, Ita. get up to withia 200 yarde of off. When the Franch General
"Oh, you are going by the He has since been receiving his the enemy's wire entanglements heard of the result, he said: Corps map."
without Casual "C'est bion. La Ganers! no education in Japan, and is now at- practically
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"—Renter. tending the Military Cadets' ties, which was School. It is stated that Princess proof of discipline. When at
Any European, Non-Asiatic or Maske, eldest daughter of Prinos dawn they attacked with superb
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Captain Superintendent of Police, and as soon as Imperial notion perfectly cut and they had to
at least 48 hours before the in- is obtained a public, announce make their way through it ander four new mailing and steam ship
tended hour of departure, giving meat will be made of the engagea deadly fire, bat by little after companise bars been formed at bicycle. There was no cyclometer, supplication, crying out," Ar-rab, name, nationality, age, sex, Prince Likon was born in 1897 midday the work was done, and the Copenhagen with capital amount-bat two men checked the revola- Ar-rab. an effective, though height and occupation of the and Princess Massko in 1901.-German second position was in our ing altogether to about 11,000,- tion of the wheel. And there were probably unmerited, shibboleth.applicant, and stating the name Japan Chronicle.
hande, as well as 663 unwounded 000 kroner. One of these is other counters of steps. |--Ad-be-kosit, his women at of the steamer or other vessel or men, 38 «fficers, including the sailing ship company with a fleet They passed among Arab tenis the other end of the camp were the hour of the train by which battalion commander, four howit of 12 large seiling ships, totalling without a shot being fred. Ahead driving of the village dock, the applicant wishes to leave. were four field-gans and 14 about 20,000 tons and it is there was a camp in the onllab. Here I remembered that I won their passes at the Centrals de manor Choo
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One of the bia variety of ment of four battalions of the of shipping companies with norme ad mersight into në......
ON SA Police Station between the hour Giagra cual frondi dainty dishes at the ALEXANN Army which had never millions of capital are under con- He threw himself pa li
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