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British Anti-Aircraft Work In France
MEN WHOSE LIVES ALHAMBRA
ARE SERIES OF ALARMS
By E. A. MONTAGUE
Somewhere in France.
I saw this morning by practical example why it is so difficult and dangerous for German 'planes to come reconnoitring over our Army area. I had gone to visit an | anti-aircraft battery which protects a valu- able railway station from air attack, and had splashed my way through the mud to where one of its sections was located.
Suddenly the section commander broke off his explanations to blow three blasts on his whistle: the section observers had seen a 'plane, Gunners rushed out of their dug-outs and manncil the guns. The men at the height-finders and predic- tors shouted strings of incomprehensible figures and the guns obediently swung round in concert, searching for the 'plane, so distant that I could hurdly see it. Within a few seconds of the alarm they were on the target, and following its course ready to fire the instant that it was identified as an enemy. In a minute or two, however, the) section commander lowered his glasses and gave the order "Stand easy.” It was a friendly 'plane, and the gun crews went back to their dug-outs to (wait till the whistle should call them out again.
MANY ALARMS
Thut la the daily routine of one of the most uncom- fortable jobs in the Expeditionary Force. Always the observers, laking half-hour shifts turn and turn about, are sweeping the sky with their glasses. As soon as 'plane is sighted, however for away, they give the alarm, and the section stands to. Not until the section com mander has identified the 'plane as. harmless is the ten- sion relaxed. On a Anc
day there may be thirty or forly alarms between dawn and darkc. I saw three In tess than ten minutes, all of them abortive. In the in- tervals the men have to strengthen their defences and keep their dug-outs in good repair. On a wet day there boredom takes the place of constant, jerky activity.
THE BEST OF ALL... IN MOTION PICTURES' GREATEST YEAR!are tow alarms, but most work is also impossible, so that
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The anti-aircraft gunners have been issued with a higher proportion of "gumboots than any other branch except the signallers, and they need them. The gun positions are dimcult to hide, and so the gunners have to build dug-outs for their protection against machine-gun attack from the air. In those dug-outs they live through- out a much longer working day than talls to most of us. In some mysterious way they keep them dry, and the warmth of their stoves makes them
not unpleasant on a winter day, but the ground around them is as muddy
as any I have seen in France.
The Other Enemies
Such is the life of the men who keep ceaseless watch and ward over our Army. Their job is a skilled one, involving a good deal of dellate hstrument work, and certain parts of it, such as the observing, cannot be done adequately except by cer- lain types of inen. Their enemies are mud and boredom-the enemies of everybody, but their great long Ing is to fire their guns at a hostile target. They have had weeks now
The oldest inhabitant of a Buckinghamshire village had his customary drink, but the string on his shoulder carried lits mask.
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BUENOS AIRES, DEC. 13 (UP)— THE BRITISH EMBASSY HAS AN- NOUNCED THAT TWO BRITISH AND ONE GERMAN WARSHIPS CAME INTO CONTACT OFF RIO
of standing to again and again, but PLATA.
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the section whom I saw had not yet IN THE ENSUING ENGAGE. had a single alarm that was genuine.MENT, SOME DAMAGE WAS They might be excused for relax- DONE, BUT NONE OF THE SHIPS ing unconsciously, but one sees no signs of it. Their vigilance, and the other systems which exists for re- porting all hostile planes, provide together n complete protection against surprise.
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A MESSAGE FROM MONTE- VIDEO SAYS THAT THE BRITISH LEGATION TO-NIGHT STATED THAT A NAVAL BATTLE IS TAK-VOLVED. ING PLACE OFF PUNTA DE ANOTHER REPORT, AS YET |LESTE IN URUGUAYAN WATERS, UNCONFIRMED, states THAT In spite of the conditions of their IT IS UNCONFIRMEDLY RE- HEavy gun fiRING IS UNDER. Hre they seem well and on the whole PORTED THAT THE CRUISERS WAY OFF PUNTA DE LESTE IN happy. They get accustomed to ACHILLES AND AJAX AND THE THE PREFECTURE OF AMARI. dropping a hand of solo in order to ADMIRAL
IN-TIMA, EAST OF MONTEVIDEO. rush out of the dog-out, and to shovelling mud which runs off the spade as you lift it. Like nearly all The men here they long for dart boards, and wonder audibly when they are going to see one of these concert parties that the papers are always telling them about.
CHOLERA INCIDENCE
Sir Henry Pollock Queries The Government
A question regarding the recent incidence of Cholera in the Colony will be asked by Hon. Sir Henry. Pollack at to-day's meeting of the Legislative Council. Sir Henry will nsk:
"In view of the statement in the Government Gazette on December 8 that Hongkong is declared an infected port on account of Cholera in Bang- kok, Tientsin, Netherlands Indies, Singapore, Federated Malny States, Amoy, Egypt, Palestine, Tsingtao, Shanghai and the Philippine-Islands, will the Government state how many. cases of Cholera have been reported in this Colony during each of the five weeks up to December 97"
Also on the' agenda' is a
a resolution to be moved by the Attorney General that the style of the offices of the Monopoly Analyst be changed to that! of Government Chemist (Monopoly)
and of Government Analyst to Government Chemist,
The Attorney General will move the second and third readings of the following Bills:
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A Bill to amend the Vagranicy Ordinance, 1897.
A Bill to amend further the Rating Ordinance, 1901.
A BI to amend yet further, the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933:
The Attomey General will move the third reading of the following Bilt.
A Bil to consolidate and amend the Prevention of. Eviction Ordin- ancos, 1938 and 1939,
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