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Uno of then, sploodid fellow of the Royal West Kent Begiment, maid: "e ware in a seruhog position just outside Mona from Saturday aftermon till on. dach of our siz big gros nos pub out of day morning. After four hours of action

night and having a rest. Suddenly, about midnight, we were ordered out, and set off to march to the village of Denti, some miles way, a news had reached us that the Jermans were daughtering the mutarea chere..

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It was a thrilling much in the dark nas, across the unfamiae cocutry. We were liable to be attacked at any moment, of course, but everyone was keen on sing the women and children, and hurried on. We kept the sharpest I-viant on all sides, butsaw nothing of the enemy.

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The delivery at Belgrads on the July of the Austria sota to Servia w przeded by a period of abenlute silence at the Hallplatz (the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Dice). Except Herr Tehiseliky (th German Ambe muching, who must have been aware of the tour. ŢIE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tf the acous Club will be helt st if not of the usual words, of the note the Pavilion on WEDNESDAY the 26th tour of my cellaenguks were allowed it at 5.30 . for the purpose of son through the veil On the rd al receiving the Report of the Committee 23rd July M. Dumaine, Preach Anand adopting the Accounts for the yest sador, had long interviews with Dan ending 31st Arors, 1914.- Machle, one of the Underdigereturios of Stute for Foreign Affairs, by whom he was hit under the impression that the words of warning he had been instructel to speak to the Austro-Hungarinus Cavern. ment had not been unavüiling, and that' the note which was being drawn up would found to contain nothing with which

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in Vienna on the following morning. Count Forgach, the other Under-Seere

When we reached Diani a number of tary of State, had Indeed been gl the inhabitante rushed out to meet qus.nough to confide to me on the san They were overjoyed to us, and specdiay the trus character of the note, and ly told what the Germans had dous. They

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So little had the Russian Amber cruelty of the a village, and we saw signe all around us of

Pirate R. Will, of the Highland Lightben made aware of what was prepusing Elter the gunners were killed or at the Offices of the Undersigned. No 4, or the guns themselves damaged. Infanity, who also took part in the march tak be actually left Vienna on a furt Chem's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkqaz or the rest of the sime-that is until to the village. here continued the story. THURSDAY, the Ctly November, 1914 a

Monday morning, when we retired-we We found that most of the Geinans bad night's leave of absence about the 20th had to stick the German fire without being not waited for our arrival, and there were July. He had only been absent a few able to retalia. I was bad enough to only fow fait in that place. However, days when events compelled him to re stand this meant banging away, but it we made sure that aeremained there.

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All day Sunday and al! Bunday night the Germans continued to afranuel us. At night it was just hellish. We had con NOT structed some catrenchment, but it didn't afford much over, and our losses were very heavy. On Monday we received the order to retire to the cuth of the town, and some hours later, when the toll-call was called, is was found that we had 100 dead alone, incleding four allicem.

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Our men went into all the houses, and that Duke Avarna, Ambassador of the every now and then they found one or two allied Italian Kingdom, which was bound of the enemy hiding in a corner or up to be so closely affected by fresh com W. & A. GILBEY'S-WIVES & SPIRITS.

Many of them readered at osive,plications in the Balkans, would hard stairs. others did not..

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of us lag down go pie pavements, and Count Berchtold during the critical time A. S. WATSON & Co. Limited snatched an hour's sleep. At 5.30 In point of fact, his Excellency was left AGENTS for Menta, W. & A. Gilbey's coupletely in the dark. As for mysel no indication was given me by Count Berchtold of th: impending stonia and it was from a private source that I

marched away again, having rid the place of the enemy, and, getting back to rimp, were glad to turn in.

* THE GEENAN YATILLERY.

Then an errardinary thing Exppened, Me and some of my puls began to dance. We were jus dareing for jeg at having escaped with our skins, and to forget the things we'd sent a bis, when hang and artillery-tire was good, see the enemy's graphed to you the following day. there came a shell from the blue, which Kuaders got the mngs, they did well. is true that during all this time the "Their shooting was every bit na good as Neue Freis Press and other ling burst and got; I should think, quite twentyours and although shattery made Viennese nawspapers, were using la

A sergeant of the Royal Fiel, Artillery, Lesived on the 15th July the forecast of who was wounded by shape just outside what was about to happen which I tebe Mona village. said that the German

of us.

excellent practice. thze of our men were killed, and twenty out of thirty-size were weanded. I ler on the feld all night, and was rescued the next mining. Fortunata

That's bow some of us got wounded, as we thought we had escaped. Then another half-dozen of te got wounded this way. Some of our boys wear down a street near by, and found basin and some water, the Germans did netcome and find me and were xashing their hands and faces during those long hours ef loneliness." when another shelf hurst above them and laidust of them det.

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gauge which pointed unmistakably to war with Servia. The official Fremden biatt, however, was more cautious, and till the note was published the preval ing opinion among my colleagues wa that Austria would shrink from course calculated to involve her in grave Euro pean complications.

On the th July the note was puldish

In a letter to relativest Jarrow, James What happened to

bappened to the Scott, reservist, in Nether Hospital, states Gloucesters. Their guns, too, were pat that British soldiers at Kons dropped like out of actiurt, and, like us, they had to legs. Germans were shot down as they stand the shalire for hours and hours came up. but it was the knocking overed in the newspapers. By conumen Com Lefore they were told to retire. What we cebiven hundret ane up for every sent it was at ente styled an iltimat.¦ would have done without our second in one knocked down. The Germans were Ita Integral acceptanco by Servin was command I don's know.

the worst sat of men he had ever sent. neither expected nor desired, and when Their cavalry drove women and children in

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During the Sunday firing he got hit in the head. He had two sounds through the esp in the front and one crtwo behind, and lost a lot of blood, Two of our fellows helped to bind op bis head, and offered to carry him back but he said, "It isn't that after the engagements be fought in take was quickly corrected, und ‘us soo Bazaar will ford a rare opportunity of

ad 11 be all right woon. Elespite his wounds and loan of blood, he carried on until we retired on Monday. Then, taink, they tak him off to hospital."

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The CHILDREN'S BAZAAR is a rumoured in Vienna that it had been special feather of this year's

sale. Writing to his sister at Doncaster. upoonditionally accepted there was lieutenant in the Belgan Lanessa alates rubut af keys disappointment. The mis-

the German dead were ft high. To pass. over those the Germans made, bridges of the corpses of their or men.

ATMOSPHERE OF EXAY,

A Visit to the Convent during the

ue it was known. Tare in the evening getting an insight into the educational that the Servian reply had been rejectul Yalas of the Industrial Section of the and that arcu Giest (the Austre H-School, wherein the technical training of A young French at the frentarian Minister to Servis) had broken hundreds of orphan girls, is being con

ucted from day to day. A walwart chap of the Cheshires bere writing to bis parents in Paris, Bays: 13 relations at Belgrade, Vienna burt

Hongkong, October 17, 1914, banke in Duc Cheshire chaps were also have received my hapton of fre. I heard into a frenzy of delight, vast rowly badly cut up. Apart from the wounded, the bullets whistling at my ears, and saw parading the streets and singing patriole several men pot concussion of the bram by my poor cocatades fall round-ne. The Rongg till the all hos of the pr the mere explosions. It was awful Under Geb minutes se dreadful. They are the the cover of their murderous artillery site, worst. You feel wild. You besitate; yoning. the German infantry advanced to within don't know what to do. Then, after three and five hundred yards of the order time, ya, fent quite. The borture the orderly, copaling for the most part of

our feel in u iz kavone, and stood up for the Geramos commit everywhere are frightful organized precessions through the prin

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They turned fail and ran for stengsinste men, woman, and children."cipal streets ending up at the Ministry Exporters & Importers

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Our captain cried out. Now you'va got 'em, men! But we hadn't. Thaiz aztillery begins with that to fire wor -ellish than ever, and before you could Also think what to do fresh lobs of the sau-ges' came along, and we had to 1102 beat a retreat

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During the ratreat one of our sergeants wanadad and foll. With that our captain sunn lack and tries to lift him.. bu was doing so he was struck is the foot, and felt Grer Wu thought he was done. for lyst he scrambles up and dings the sergeant along antil a couple of ss clups goes out to help em in. You should have Báez his foot when he took his.boot.of- Dean the captain. It wasn't half meshed."

MIDNIGHT DANII,

How a number of Dritish troops made dash in the night tu save some woman ind children from the Germans was told by 1915 Lance corporal Tapper, of the 2nd Oxford. shire and Fucks Light Infantry. On Sunday the regimens arrivodat the

up our position in

(E you havo list your uppitife, one of tranchés," besaid, “and fought for some the big Varialy of dainty dishes at the | time. In the evening the erder enma te ALEXANDRA CAFE le Sura to tempt retire, and no marched back to Cande, with the latention of Fullleting for the

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