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THE · BATTLE IN FRANCE.
Repeated German Assaults,
London, April 5.
THE. HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1918.
THE BATTALION COMMANDER.
A Britlib Army Type:
THE RUBAIYAT OF A BAD SHOT.
INSIDE THE WIRE.
Here with a rifi: naw Beneath the Bur
The beat and most usual Upe At range five hundred of Battalion Commander now For a Trial Ran, Field Marshal Sir-Douglas Hig reportsThere was heary serving with the British armies is Might just as well be in Ighting in the afternoon and late evening between the Lase Biver probably the road who was The Wilderness, and the Somme. The sosny, employing strong forces, delivered junior regular officer at the be- My Be wilderedness just reposted sessulle, and these were beaten off with less to the enemy, ginning of the war. If wounds Takes the Ban. but we were slightly pressed back to eastwards of Villers and have not incapacitated him for
too long a poriod, it is more I sometimes think that never Brattoneaux, where our positions were maintained.
The enemy's artillery to the north of the Somme was active likely than not that he is by this Looks so Bed ng the night in the neighbourhood of Baoquoy and in the time to be found in command of The Flag that waves where
Some wills shot has sped ; pe Valley. We engaged hostile concentrations in the neigh-ļa battalion.
One such, known to the writer, And every miss the marker lood of. Albert,
was no more than a Second Registers; Lieutenant, with only a few Draws curses on his poor months service, in August, 1914. | Devoted, Head. *
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SPLENDID FRENCH RESISTANCE.
MORE ABOUT PEACE."
He earned his promotion step by The moring Figure Flits, step by aspable service, and has And, haring fit
Germany,
*
an umbrella, or the sign of
Now they fhe appeared loaded with mystio significanser, `expressing some
By a British Prisoner of War in thing to the heart of the watcher, as intimate as speach", and sa purifying the Gospel of Christ "Hage aloudy symbols of a high romanos"!
Kt. Cyras H. Brooka writes to to Daily News from Ruhleben au follows
Bat the emp remained, and one cannot always look at the
THE DISCHARGED SOLDIER
No Recall Whon Dals
The Review of Except
discharged and diesblad “noldlines have been called upon to play-/ beauty in the camp itself. The and milors subject to vadi It is a feminine part that we sky. Gradually some man found passed lust Apell, what
Leanine res first caught their nok examination, so that more conventionally shan that of our mothers and Ca the patch of earth enclosed betalen bwok to the eistars in England. They ase by the rescourse and two been robbed of st their dear ones march away to poplare, like patient priests of an harshness, gritga the war and they are left to wait infinitely mild divinity; and Correspondent. This is shiny and watch at home; but their beyond the limits of the course, due to the movement initiated by
Lobby
| waiting and watching is not a young cops, serious and intent, Mr. Hogga, M.P., and Mr. Pringle,
is work into which they can throw stand alone before them in virginal Federation of Discharged and- themselves; work as necessary sa loveliness. Na aya-could pass Demobilised Baldinea and Sailors, commanded his battalion for more Bobbe down, nor all my energy, that of the fighting men, and there without notice when Spring protect their interests, and who- than a year, though he is barely Nor wit,
The Line Maintained.
London, April 5. The second portion of a French ommunique to hand say Our regiments by their resistance, step by step, and by energetic 27 years of age. He went into Can cause it to revole;
Oxford first, which Drill one small hole counter-attacks, maintained their line entirely, inflicting cruel losses the Army rather iste, having Or all my shota on the enemy; whilet to the north we bave withdrawn to the been ta neighbourhood of Castel. We repulsed the enemy from the Bois de socounts for the fact that he is
And that perverted ghoai la Arrisrecourt to be west of Mailly and Meneral. South-east of somewhat older then others with Grivernes a brilliant counter-attack gave us 81. Aignan Farm, which the same length of service.
He may justly be taken se s The Silhouette we retained against all assaulte.
type of the Commanding Officer The Bobbing Fiend of to-day for, though he has You never get, done supremely well, and bis Look not to that for help; lor
shasa courage and common-sense could hardly be surpassed, he is noout standing genius, and is representa Live rather than exceptional. His Oh, Thou, who didst with
rage is that best kind which Rifle sights that alip chinks from no necessary risk and Bestrew the Fath that leads scorns the risk which is more To markamanship, bravado. Four times he has been Please do not with Compulsory wounded, but thanks to luck and Drills enmesh me;
splendid physique he has never Three months of this would been on the shelf in England for Fair give me the "Pip."
*O.K." in the Singapore Fres longer than three months. Ho has won the D.8.0. and a bar to Press. it, distinctions richly deserved. His most notable qualities are asbrewd common sense, which
A German Expert's Views.
London, April 5. 4. Amelerdam telegram says that Captain Perains, writing to the Berlin Tageblatt, expresses the opinion that even if the British Army is amashed Germany cannot land troops in England until the British Fleet is besten. He double the ability of submarinis to starve Crest Britain. Hence he comes to the conclusion that Great Britain and Germany should make pesce, as neither can destroy the other, Such a peace, he addu, should now be essier in view of Prince Lioboowaky's and Count von Jago's disclosures to the effect that Great Britain was not responsible for the war.
EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
An Interesting Survey of Operations.
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a
About the worst shata Happened
yell
also have raised the an Parliament
The first reform obtained wit
which can still their yearnings had dressed them in her grey in the coneciousness that they are least of all that of a man sated giving their energica truly and with brick walls and trampled directly to their country. We earth. Ons began to visit them watch from star the danger of daily se oue visite a dear friend a War Office instruction that mes our brothers, but we may not or a lover, to be relieved in their who were disabled - should be share it; we watch the toil of our presenes from the daily cares entitled, if they had been serving sisters and the shame of in-With increasing intimacy their overseas, to get their faal. H charm was not exhausted-rather charge. Bat this half and half astivity falls up us.
the Prime Minister, which w
In three years under these con-it grow more haunting, until it rangement left a large number ditions we may, to some small seemed that their movements of men-perhaps running to significant gestures nearly half a million-in this. their faint mur. country still in a vary unfoætmasila extent, bave developed a woman's qualities. Vivid impressions from and the shock of outside life, denied maringe the very wonda of position. The matter he
farther, and "in". for us the relief of motor reaction, speech. Perhaps it was the premed tend to seek expression through mystery of remotenes which gave the House of Commons M the tangled, overgrown paths of the copes its powers for although Hogge, M.P.. put a question to memory and imagination. Emone could approach within City tion, which the Englishman, of feet of it, one knew that while answered by Mr. Beck, who stand the camp remained it could never that the Government proposed to all peoples, teada to handle an- examined into the engine of his be entered. To the watcher in make a further concession to man activities, can burn here applied side the wire it became like a who had already served in the to any sim. Every wind fans it; eacred grove of antiquity. What forose and who might become sad the fire which might have were those movements behind the subject to re-examination and driven to deeds, glows like a bedge? What was that and dental ander the Military Barvice of Ex.eptions) Act." flash? The tara of a leaf or the (Review beacon before one's passive con- serves the requirements of his
wiousnese. Men who through gleem of a naked limb? Did a They would be given one mouthe business career have atyr ran there, or a nymph? which might be extended, in Was Artemis within that wood? order to allow them to engage in position better than genius, and
been controlled and calculating. But such thoughts were only the work of national importance, such an aptitude which amounts simos:
If become emotional. They becoms to a gift, realising the preotical virtue in a battalion.
munitions, or agriculture. values of a totical aitastion battalion is possessed of this impressional to the slightest play of a relieved and delighted shipbuilding, iron ore mining
The Act still leaves. the modi- Atrifle, which sense. Bia med
worship him-in quality its work will never be influences.
formerly they would have direct proportion to the period elip-shod, for it will aim at doing
cerned.
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and aims at making its section of the line ideally serviceable.
Proper pride is a self-evident
out a
For some time the trees were
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkon
ponses: Festal Vanite: Elves April, 1918. Holy Communion
Landos, April 5, General Van Derventer's firat lengthy despatch covering the operations in German East Africa for the six months ended Decem for which they have served it better than any competitor. To ignored, is sufficient to sleva a One's whole relief, bat one day-caily, rejected men who have not bar 1, shows that the campaign was of the most exsoung nature, owing to the bad effects of the climate on all bat the indigenous ander him. Well they may, for encourage such a spirit: in his the to extravagant hopes or throw must begin to be personal-one been in the Army subject to 19
stirred. Icame down from the far Africans and other campaigning dificulties, such as the character he is as just as he is fearless. men is no small achievement on them into extravagant despond day of early winter, when a pale examination."
Moreover, if an attack is to be the part of a Commanding Officer, noy. Each man's effort is in the was shining and no wind
/ CHURCH SERVICES. of the country, which was largely to the advantage of the snemy.
saddenly round the corner of a The despatch denis st some length with the operations against carried out, the infinite trouble and the Colonel, in question pursuit of equanimity; and yet, and of the camp, and, farning one small mobile column commanded by Colonel Naumann, which he takes to study every detail and achieved it. Those under his perhaps, the few who find it are
Bat this development towards building, came as though an was particularly troublesome until captured and dispersed, owing possibility beforehand provides command never thought of being the most unfortunate. to tactice reminiscent of the paceait of General De Wet. General assurance that he will secure satisfied with work se it was done
EBY "anexpectedly," Van Deventer believes that Colonel Naumann's raiding exploits access, it it is secarable, thereby by some other unit. In this, and sensibility is not wholly deplor-pectedly upon one of the grand were only possible in 3 country like German East Africa, where lessening the risk to all con-in other waye it was their aim to able. Memory and imagination stande which line our recourse.
go one better healthy rivalry, can bring to treasures which
thousands of times before. The the bush is so thick that two considerable forces are able to pass
detailed preparation can hardly be trenchea was of a high level; and i can never attain. Patriotism, truth is, it behaved differently The value of such careful and So the work of this battalion in successful commercial commercis bough I had seen it hundreds, within a mile, unaware of each ether's existence.
built up of old sweet recollections
towards me, Formerly I had over-estimated. Again and again it was carried out with keenness
always thought of it as banal the house he had just i aft was in this war success has depend by the rank and file. The wire of one's country, has revived së hit, whereupon he can back agained on it. It has been said that entanglements in front increased strongly to the prisoner isolated, objects thing intended to SO-
impatient, conscious of his use
commodate crowds while they through heavy shell fire to see if genius is an infinite capacity for steadily in breadth and attempt; leseness, as in the free Englishman watched trotting races; but that 17, 18, 23, 54, in maison, Hynn:
WAS immensely his services were rigaired. taking pains, and although this the parapet
his improved, a lateral communics faced by the crude sad severe call
day it was different. A shoulder T√2nd LLQ. J. H. Tolly officer may not be a genius, wali ed in tront of his tank anni capacity for taking pains is at tion trench, perhaps, was due to arms. Patriotism was a thing of mellow, red brisk stood stark|· Hymn: 138, verse 1, în unison
and bare against a pole far sky. close to his objectives, and then least remarkable. But what it all close behind the front line, all mentioned rarely and shamefaced
olive, and the amounts to is simply that heart dug-outs were made stronger and before the war. People thoughs Is appested as a brave individual Evensong (6.p.m.) Responses dispersed the
and soul must be in the work on more habitable, and, if it were it as a mild, rheumy dragon, thing, anddenly raft of its soci 66parate machins gans and Stirring stories of endurance silenced them, capturing one him- hand. If a Commanding Officer winter, the draining done was somehow rigualy vicicae, which demand associations of use and
and advertisement by Mr. Bernard been and daring are told in a further self. He thus materially assisted is so keen that his whole stten-is magnitude af which the R.7 had been skin with gress pony | praction, and the great wall list of L. swards published as the infantry in the exptare of a #supplement to the Gasette. It is strong enemy redoubt which had
HEROIC WAR DEEDS.
Devotion to Wounded
Under Fire."
tion is concentrated on every themselves might have problem that arises, little more proud. than common-sense is needed to
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of
1st Sunday after Easter, th
(7.50 8-m.) Matins (11 a.m.) Boë-
Psalms: Henley. Te Deum : Oakley in F. Jubilate: Felton “ (14th evening.) Hymns: 199, 138. God Save the King. N.B.-Psalm 135, verses 2,9, 94"--
199, verses 16, in unison.
Holy Communion (12 noon.)
Festal. Psalms Goss. Maghi-4" ficat: Smart Nuno' Dimikia Woodward (14th evening) Hymns: 612, 281, 137, NB, Psalm 37, verses 1, 2, 5, 6, 18, 14, 25, 26, 41, in unison. Psalm 612, verses 1, 4, 6, în unison. Organ Recital on Monday at 6 p.m.
Union Church, Kennedy Riade
Sunday Services, April 7th- Morning 11. Hymns: 379; 540,
95, 230, Psalm 148. Bubject :- The Doctrine of the FuLLED Life No. 5. Faith and Sight," Communion at 12 Collection for Widows and Orphans. “ Evening 6. Hymns: 599, 273 392. 235. Preacher: Rev. J. Kirk Macouschis.
Peter's Church, West Pola Sunday April 7, 1918. 8. m Holy Communion, 11 m Morning Prayer, Holy Com
munion and Sermon: Prescher,
Ber. W. T. Featherstone
The - Glospol. Hati--(No. 10 and e 1 Pedder Strast). Weekly Services:Sunday, Bresking of Bread, 11a.m. Gospel Meet ing, 8pm. Tuesday, Exposition of Boripture, 8 pm. Thunday, Bible Clase, 8. p.m. Frida Bible Class for Ladies, 5:30 pm,
Shaw. Bat, like all profound beneath the shallow slanting roof The daily routine of the 0.0 things, it was present silently, wore an inexpressibis dignity and stated of 2nd Lt. J. Q. Sharp that|beld up the attack for some time. ensure a high level of capacity." comprised sa much work-in waiting in the hinterland of kindliness. Bergson might have|
T./2ad Lt. 0. W. Waldron when on pstral his machine was
In a tour of duty in ordinary some cases twice as much work memory, ready to utir under the called its para perception, or s shock of catastrophe to a real and Post-impressionist painter a sign brought down by an anti-aircraft carried one gas himself, with trenches this young Colonel would as that of any officer or man in gan and turned completely over ammunition, througn shear naturally apply himself first to the the battalion. Besides the and poignant thing. The name of camt form. I only know that in on landing, pinning the pilch barrage, after whion he had two details for the relief. He would lewe" returns" and all be had to England, so long to the Briton on its serene mass, as in the eyes of underneath. 2nd Lt, Sharp, who guns mounted, and remained in visit the position to be taken over do in connection with the the Continent a subject of vague a dog, lisa something which had been thrown clear, amwater up to big walk for 12 hours, beforebend, if it were new to him, 1 gads, his self-imposed duties in and rather vulgar bosating became olemeurs sorosa the abyss of it
with the human spirīt. went his resistance revelation of kinship Since then other things have and pulled him out. They then sotion for 30 hours, in spite of care. Then arrangements for the to a sum of labour that no 'rades evening skybright with deep ran towards the canal, which they heavy abelling sad sniping, relief were worked as so thor Union would have countenanced. meaning, lurid with mysterious swam, and reached our linea in during which he fired over 19,000 |oughly that, a hitch or mistake It seemed that he was never auguries. Kemory welled up fit confessed their beauty-build-| ohimney-pota. It may be that afety. They were under con rounds, pasting two final fire, but both escaped machine gaus out of Botion and got his battalion in, he would see on tasks of the utmost momenting in the base of its spray image nothing is ugly, except perhaps St.
10y was hardly conceivable. Having leep bat aight and day engaged a fountain from the depths, bearings, beds, beams of wood sad
of English hills and English unwounded.
messing infantry. He himself personally that everything was There was that new sap to be Lt. L. L. Williams, L. Horsewice dispersing wiped 4 of the done that could maske for security; dag, that other sap to be ad ahires, recollections which atured insincere wocks of art. Out of
two snemy with, has ride.
and next decide with each Fanded; an important reconnaissons strangely, unaccountable in the boredom, the monotony, the Begt alter having mat enamy corairy patrols, which fell
TILE T. G. D. West, M.B., Company Commander in turn on ance to be made; a scheme for their selection--soms beautiful, yearning of captivity, something come queerly commonpisos, but arises which in broad and posse all: poignant.
fui and kinased, as the earth. Can We harried to
| back, with one N.C.0. and two attended to the wounded onceal the scheme of work which was broadening deep men pushed forward with the ngiy all day, under continuous advisable. On this important in front and filling it with wire Shakespeare, to Lime, Gold one compare it with the meaning forward party. He reached shell fize, repeatedly going matter he would, of course," take an extra sniper'n pot to be
cablished ; *. sham attack to be smith and George Eliot, and of a Greek tragedy, with, tha road, which be followed for some through heavy fire to administer the orders of the Brigadier.. distance and closely examined, first aid. Owing to the muú, Improvement of trenches, with engine.red to frighten the Boche recaptured an England infinitaly buildings, the trees, and the remaining for about an hour. He many of the men scald undoab, a view first to defence and second and make him reves: hidden dear, which had been overtrusted alouds for oborus? I never had hare known to one in s silvar cialiara and everyday. them remained, and on the way edly have been drowned but for 13 to making them more habit mystery; an important alteration with associations of commer sister, but the nearest thing I Baok his troops met troop of a prompt naÐISTÖÐ.
able, is the cardinal festor of to be organised in the bringing
Hence the incongruity that in birch which stande beside the enemy savairy, which they chased
288083 0JS/M W. H. Rookie, trench life. There is always very ap uf rations. Thus there was no is the darkness, ose probe Liverpool Be suring & hostile much to be done, even if the end to his activities. Every man an internment camp, a patch-acred grove of Dionysus in the being taken, who gave valuable sttack on bis posa a grenade was outgoing unit has fulfilled ite ander his comíand know him according to seɑaon-of parched / inteŝament" osmg for British information.
shrown into_bue wrench. It did duty admirablys point which is well, for at any hour of day or dust or padded mad, men begin civilians at Bubleben, near Span Capt. Malcolm Vyvian rushed not immediately explode, so with is only human nature to dispute, night he might be walking round to grow conscious of beauty. A dan, Germany. out into the open to extinguish great presence of mind he picked Moreover the mere upkeep of his trenches, talking to all and first it was a resotion against the There is no doubt that he isan them turn their eyes literally pile of burning cartridges, and up to throw it away, but; sa-existing conditions requires con madry and observing everything equalor of the ground, making anoceeded although higher fortunately, it exploded as he was atant labour. All the time sand. plosive shelle were borating with doing so, and he was wounded in baza are being steadily out to uncommonly goad, Battalion wards the aky. And there they vaat olond mountsing which in six yards of him, and he was about twenty place. Although pieces, and barbed wire to rib Commander, and the British New found magnificence in plenty. completely blackened by amcks in great pain, he remained at hus bone by the perpetual Right Armies include many like in shade the eye of sunset, the causing stoppage of work in pows and drove the enemy af with of ballets, and parts of the Esoh has his own idiosynarscise,nfernal red mürk of a winter's 1917, was (saye the Labour, Ga-|
trenoned are continually being but qualities in the main silmilse, blown in by shell fire, or falling To be an admirable Commanding dawn, the hurtling loada iying notte 683, involving 820,727 Roman Catholic
like visible thunder, from the workpeople, directly and indirect not necessarily in owing to climatio exigencias. Officer does Wiring, the filling and adjust assume genius, but it does require west wind's fist, came to the 17, at the establishments concern. ment of sandbags, sad much courage, good sense, and char prisoner like an unviewed, and ed. The aggregate duration of dispates amounted to 5o man, when he hurried to his spade work are therefore necess- noter. If am a ban these, and awaited spectacle. To the same the ery merely to mainisin up-keep his heart is really in it, he can office, these drama of the sky But for more then this is required command even haitalion et lite beyond the need pod of's quit that is proud of itself cellently well.
and debria
bombe sad Lawu gun fire..
Capt. B. M. Bpoor, R.A.1.0, under an intense bostile bombard- mant, deabed out of a cellar.
Enemy Trading. where he was sheltering, and ran scross the open to attend The Gametis contains important tamen who had been amendments to the Trading with wounded in dog-out. After the Enemy Proclamation, Hong.
ading to them be potiood tist kang.
Million Days Lost,
The number of labour disputes
the average
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