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We Lanas into action at Vernovili s very small village about eight miles to the south of Soissons on Moistxy, Sept. 14 Thora wo were in action, for twenty- two days. We had rather a lively time, { with plenty of the celebrated on

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Every day men and horses were being | killed or injured. It was on the Satur

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being unknown." Wo were in the train! thirty hours...

Major's Last Letter.

A curious result of the German artillery is shown in a letter which Major James Browning, Bad Dragoon Guards, wrote the day before he was killed in action. I Hs myst

We last three mete officers ; killed and about 120 more men.

Every man Germany has is cut, atal fevery dead man is a man lost to her ary. The German losses here urs per- fectly gigantic, and we are Winning all The Germans opposits us have been An offiger in the 1st Battalion Devon. long. The splendid behaviour" of the "having a high old time the last dow egirent, in a letter to a friend in English traps has won everyone's ad-days," shelling a beautiful old church. which dates from 900 X. Yesterday Ragtatal, dated Nov. 3, gives a graphic mini-even the German.

Acter our last fight the Devors again they managed to set it on tire, and now

· divcription of the work of this Devona, - of how they held a position against they can ratulated all wind. They have it in destroyed, only the walls standing "Corn inces untly for a considerable made a tremendous name here, and every-I went into it this morning, and found perital, displaying remarkably powers of where one goes ali runks pass the wards cthing left of it execpt the cruciña, which was absolutely untouched. 'Curions endurance and fine fighting qualities, in

case, was it not?" Daily Telegraph.”

the face of tremendous odds Hy

Ow the night of Oct. 22, we advataend a Mond dog egenskem mice or less in "y, down, and roon after light we saw gr at omstess of Gerteán infantry entrie fong winds and hedges some 1,000 yard÷ > our front, and advance to attack is

Goal old Devons ***

CHURKAS IN CHARGE.

Offer's Account of the Fight.

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W opeurs, fire on them, anal hibed in the North of France, and before the I met à soldier" to-day, one of the dens. This was answered by the tiert wir French coach to officers and Army King's Down Scottish Borderers, writes a TOTICE IS OKREUY GIVEN THAT Ons with a tremendous shed fire from yandidates as the Wellington Staff Cal-correspondent in s Louder paper. He NOTIC

the TWENTY SEVENTH OR their heavy gans. The Devons were lege. Aldershot, writes to a friend was trying to buy tooth-paste in a

·DINARY» MEETING of SHARE-

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Accounts for the year ending trenches, only to be hurled beak by the death. If they lose a position they try beggars learn English? 31st December, 1914. ***

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The REGISTER of SHARES of the ons bayonets Down bruke on the to recapture is regardless of lives. That right, le sou; you're it it. That's Compsor will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 24h with the same struggle still going us cannot last long. We took lots of pasto, that is; paste."Combyong *** 22nd January to TUESDAY, 2nd February, on, and it continued all day and night. prison. They all say they are gloi |

Wa..went.fogether to where we could 1916 (both days inclusive) during which all through the 25th We never to be taken. Yesterday I saw and spoke druk enfles and share Woodbine. He period mo Transfer of Shates can bet wink, and by night we were to two German hoys of 16 il 16 years had his art in bandages, but was us registered.

abolitely done. No humans could have one was crying. Ther said the Germans happy as ever I saw a mat. His wound,MALL BUNGALOW, Barker Road, By Order of the Board of Directors.

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Hongkong, Not, 5, 1914, Lark alle inte billets all the troop glas-only more awfuli,

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Last wick I was with the Indian had it three day and nights when we Darrien sent & wire congtulating us troops, and they were worth seeing was told off to clear outa little wood the on our splendid fight, Wo head officially Practically all the tribes of frslip are re- Germans ad collared. Waxis't I gluck: From Divisional Headquatters that ther presented. They aro

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e; chiefly the Bepral Lancers. They listing to stick me bayonet intre me.. the TWENTY SEVENTH ORnches. The whole plan was littered only cut out out, and they have an body. We cleared the Germans out, but DINARY MEETING M SHARE- HOLDERS in the Company will be held with their deal. We lost four officers cerm heal of pats. They are very, as they was cumming on beggar turned at the Offles of Mesare Janiing Matheson villed, four-wounded, and 150 merisou Do of them ene te me round a shot me in the arm. I didn't Company, Limited; : TUESDAY the and wounded. One shell pitched in my with a cup of run and, after saluting feel the tooth afterwards; shock, I win. 2nd February, 1915 at 11.30 1.30, for the company's tranch, killing and wounding Salaam, Salub, berged me to drink of pure. So then I got sent down ere with purpose of receiving the Report of the two offers and thirty-five pea.

the rum atul accept some nuts and dried, some Frenchies, a when the doctor Directors together with a statement of Accounts for the year endicy Stat Decam

raising. I did, and he salaamed again, comes to dress ine wound, Never mind and went away showing a string of beau-me Ari." I says, pull out this blommy ber, 1014.

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The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED (com FRIDAY,

Thore Indians have fought remark- 22nd January to TUESDAY, 2nd February

bly well. They had never heard, the 1915 (both days inclusive), during which,

I told. this incident afterwards to some period se Transist of Shates can heupation of a certain line of busca, us before, and ut fit they showed Hot Cross Trends of mitte, «** It's quite Registered.

the gallant officer state:

come nervousness, but the wood rewre they said, "that my number er Ws were met by a hellish fire, which customed to it The Ghurkas the the fellows in the trenches are suffering hilled both of my men. One bullet tore other day gave it hot town German rom toothache. They cut their ret ahol inside my thigh about 4 longegiments. They crawled in the fields wet or cold, and that starts £120 fund as deep ask "16" pencil. It was, how for two hours without being seen by the course, the virguns are too busy with THE BONGKONG LAND IRVEST-A, only a gruze, nothing sicus. When they got quite chino other things to attend much to the

MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD., the bullet went through my coat pocket kukti in hand, and what was left of the the Leith, which isn't mh wood. What to the enemy ther sprang im with their fellow; anyway, they can only pull out General Agents for

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we want is a little corps of qualified 25 war suicide, I led bule it The Ghurkas are born fighters. They dentists to visit gets ou statist

bufety, fearing every second would be very small men woll belt, with

There is certain to to a large, my list, and with dibeulty and in Tapanese face. They are as nimble as amount of toothach during the winte pain I got back to the general, and holdcuta.

why not suggest in the Daily News, that the Institute of Dentists or some similar body should send out a party of qualified would be most unfu-Sc I suggest it.

The West Point Building Co., Ltd.. Bouykong. Jau 13, 1915.

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE him the position. Reinsurermenta_were

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set up and the Germans turned back.

On the 27th we worn in another fight This time we relieved another regiment,

Gorming Lock to their headst

Exciting Gunnery Work.

JOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that the No

FIRST ORDINARY MEETING of some five milos, north of our last fight, A gener in the Royal Field Artillery; SHAREHOLDERS in this COMPANY and here we found the Germans en-writing to his parents' residing in the will be held at the Guices of Mzee, trenched forty yards from us We Mile-coil-road on Nov. 4, says JARDINE MATHESON & COMPANY fought here until Nov. 1, night and day DID, on TUESDAY the 2nd February,

We pa at present in the thick of it 1015 at 11.45 1.31 ́ for the purpose of win. The Germans modo six attacks having shifted our position from the receir dig the report of the Directors on our left on Oct. 29, all of which we Alene and gone further north, where we together with the tatement of Accounts drove off. We killed a lot herr: One had rather a quiet time until three days | for the year ending 3 st December 1914. of the hayonet charges accounted for ago, when two French battering erme The REGISTER of SHARES of the seventy dead Germans and fourteen peinte nation in the next field, and since Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY,

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