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IN THE TRENCHES.

LETTER FROM CAPT.

SIMSON.

Experiences of Sir Frederick Lugara's Former A.D.C."

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915.

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forms a bit of the Gordan salient into our line. I got up at 5 a. m. with another officer, came up the hill from which I am "A few days ago I rode to Ypren Bow observing, fxed two to ace the extent of the damage straw dummies olad in kaki there. The Germans are still in likely situation to attraal dropping occasionslabells into the les obus allemands," and then town-to no purpose, for it is cams on to cur point of vantago almost degeited-no doubt out of from which we bavo a wonderful pique at not having been able to: viaw over the Purrounding connentor it in epite of their most uy, also a desp shelter trench. I supleme efforts. It is curious to see might add that the spot where we a fair sized town with empty streets 6xid the dummies is outenanted I do not suppose I esw as many Daily life in the British tro- obes, near the places where they any living soul within several as fifty people in my half- Germans delivered their fisteest hundred yards. By the time we hour ride about the place. The atthoke, at Ypres, are described eached our trench, dawa was havoc in one quart raia terrible, in a letter from the front, written just breaking away over the hat in spite of what the papers by Capt. Noel Simaan, R. G. A, enemies' lines; the view extends say, large parts of it have suffired of the 48th Heavy Battery, Third for fifteen or twenty miles and little beyond broken windowaand Division, en native service, and more than half round the horizon-chips in brickwork and plaster. Inblished below. Out. Simeon you can imagine what a spec, In some places a block of six or will be remembered in Ilong kong

tacular sight the artillery bom. more houses is completely demolished, crumbled to pieces as a former A. D 0. 16 Bir baril went prosented, Frederick Lugard. Tho letter was Fortunately the day is quite by shell, and everything in- The public written to Mr. J: S. Smivor, of clear, the first fine day we have flammable barnt.

where the Germans Monterey, California, o brother,bal for weeks, and a thin crescant quare, Capt. Simon was not allowed to 10000 and brilliant Venus adited directed most of their fire, ban There nome the place from which he to the beauty of the sunrise, se rod tremendously. wrete, but was able to date two At geven harp the artillery bom: irretrievable damage has been section of tho letter. It is as bordaient began; the sun had not done, the ungoificent town hall is follows:

yet risen, of couree, and the burnt out, its massive tower You bay been very good about brilliant fishes of shrapnel urst-pierced by huge shell, and great writing during the rush mding in the trees and among gps in the solid masonry, show- tormcil of travelling. far better the bouses of the village, ing what heavy guns have been

Reports are to hand of the trial German Estimate of War's Cost. than I can ever claim, I am afraid, with their pufe of pure white brought to brar on it. One ob- though the turmoil of active ter spoke, drifting away, booked ex vitaly antique building, if a shell of the first neutral ship arrested vice is perhaps even a little more traordinarily pretty. Here, on the af tottering walls can be graced by British ornisers for carrying pronounced than that which the hill, we might bara boen watch by that name, turned out to be the contraband. The trial took place. most constant traveller caning a mook artillery pageant, museum on enquiry from a youth, before the St. Lucia Prize Court experience.

for there is nothing to disturb a native of the town. Some of the in October. It appears from the

made by shell

are ovidonos that the ... Lorenz One of my letters has probably ous's peace of mind-except the holes never reached you, my Brat, costant booming of dingen, to stupendoas. I enclose a picture (3,063 tons gross, built in 1913, addressed to Paris before I knew which bave all become from a daily paper to give and owned by the New York and idea. I Saw. Porto Rico Steamship Co., of Now of your departure; hover mind, thoroughly familiarised long ago. you some

The British Government, states it wasn't a long oue, noither was modern battle viewed from any number like this in the York) was applied with 3,077 it of any great interest beyond position where a general, ides of vicinity of the railway station, tone of coal from the Berwind the journal, recently declared that what attaches to any letter from the proceedings can be gained mest foursome hole! Thank White Coal Mining Co. and 150 its daily war bill amounted to the font. At present we, the appears to be noise, emoke, and goodness, I have never had any tons of foodstuff, sud left New $1,000,000. Thus it must already British army, are practilyshen (at night) the human of them burst near me; I find York" for Buenos Aire" Suor have spent some £150,000,000.

Up to Dicember 10, the war bill, stagnating in fröct of the German element is absolutely invisible. 100 pounders quite enoughly after leaving New York, how-

Isaw the King, twice when be ever, the vessel's course was alter in France totalled 425,40,000 line. After very severe fighting Every variety of Loies can be

the fiercest of the whole war so heard, from the sharp crackle of was over here, the first time by led and it transpired that sto went of which amount Belgium bal re-

$10,000,000, Servi farthe Teut n's have apparently rill: fire and the busy top-top of chance. I happened to have to a rendezvous for the purposo received given up their attempts to break machine guns through the de-ridden into a town about five of meeting German cruisors with £3,600,000, and Moltecegro Through to the coast ports, Calais, scending cale of "bangs" to the miles in thorecr of our position for a view to supplying them with £200,000, and a loan to Greece of

She was optured by e1,810,000. "boom" of the beayy guns throw-some things for the bittery and coal. Dunkirk, etc., and if reporta provo correct and they do make ing 120-pound shell and over. wis in the seat through which H, M. S. Berwick when about 350 Russia apert during the first ITALIAN GRAND OPERA further attacka to sever the Allies' The smoke, too, presents many he passed in his car, The next miles off the course from Now three line, it is probable they will cetur varietis. Shrapnel gives a puff day he came to within one-halt Yerk to Buenos Aires. When £192,750,000, and her daily bill in the vicinity of Arras and of pure white, lyddite bursts in-mile of our battery, and we sent captured the supereargo, who was is about £1,895,000

differently black-if detonation is any spare men available to line employed by the Hamburg. England, Fracos, and Russia During the very fieres fighting perfectar, if imperfect, all abades the (filthy) road and give him & American Line and was a Gertogether, continues the jurnal, man, destroyed his orders. The are daily spending atout £4,600, round Ypres, my great friend from bright to greenish yellow; cheer. I went too.

3 p.m. 14. 12. '14. chief justice held that the vessel 6,00, and, as they together have --was desperately wounded. Through sheer determination to of pink smoke, but have never Tho bring still continues, the had been chartered by the Ham- probably not more than eleven live, he is slowly recoveting, but been able to decide whether it is Germans hardly replying, apburg American Line ostensibly it has been a terrific struggle. On the real barst or clouds of fine Paily of course, one bat nol for the purpose of carrying coal

It stands to reason that the cost October 31 his leg was blown off brick dust, for 1 have never noticed tell what it is like in the forward and provisions to an unnamed and his horse killed by a "Jack it except among buildings. The treaches. I came down from the consigues in Buenos Airee, that of the, wer for Germany and Johnson," a fragment of which peace of mind of which I spoke bill about the middle of the the penalty clause in the churter-Austria is about the same, which also scored bia body and face an was not to last continuously, how-morning to the guns to see how party was unusually full, provid- would make for both Brater, with severely that it was thought at ever. At 7.10 (I Ínokad at my the ammunition supply, which ing that if the vessel was not a mobilised figating power of first that his eyesight had gone, watch) the bum of an approach is my especial job, was proceed-delivered at the expiration of the some ten million men, daily Now, more than five weeks after ing abell told us that the earmy ing. It is always very dull as time specified the charterers were expenditure of $1,200,000,

Then the cost of the Belgian, wards, he can at least be said to bad realired something was "up" the gun; I ought to say "gener to forfeit $350,000, that the vessel be out of danger, and he has re-and was not going to let us have ally," instead of "alware, for proceeded to a rendezvous to meet Servian, Turkish, and Japanese gained the use of his eyes, so that it all our own way. It was a sometimes it is far from dull, as a German cruiser, and that the Armies must be added, which can his family and his fiancee ere light field-gun shell and burst in some of our poor fellows have whole of the cargo of the vessel be estimated at the lowest a thankful that his life has been the grass about twenty-five yards found to their cost; I should have was contraband. He therefore con- £400,000 per dar All the spired instead of being de- to our left; another one a few said it is dull until the enemy's demned both the ship and the car-belligerant Puwere together have spendent about the wreck his moments after sailed overhead aeroplanes have discovered one go. In the same court the Norwe therefore a daily war bill of at wounds have left bim,

and fellon the other side of the bill, there is no view, nothing to show gian 8.9, Thor (1,510 tons gross) Tonet £9,600,000.

Tue firet five months of the He is at a hospital in Boulogne, and having sean plenty of the at what you are shooting, no was also condemned, together with

her cargo. This vessel, which war have therefore cost about where bia sistors and fiancee have born bardment, I retired into my knowledge of the results.

The sinking of most of ven was loaded with 2,000 tons of £1,540,000,000, without the been using him and I hope to treneb, at the bottom of which I see him the day after tc-merrow am now sitting on a comfortable Spee's squadion is a relief. coal, was rub-chartered by the damage done through the wa

have dined more than ace on Hamburg-American Line. Tue and without the loss to industries. if I oan succeed in getting away seat of straw. on leave, as I hope to do. Fancy The shells are falling over and board the Scharnhorst (she was vessel clet red on August 3 (that is, B situation which permits of to our left in tome numbers now, flagship on the China ntion befoi o the declaration of war) from officers and N. O. O.'s even-but in a good trench one feels some rests), and the Mosmouth, Newport News for Uraguay, and being allowed on leave! but such wonderfully nug, and unless which she suck, was the cruiser when re zed by H, M. S. Berwick is our present condition. After they start with their high explo-in which Sr Frederick Lugardon, September 9 was 360milea.out several seaks of terrific attacking sive ehell on us, my peace of mind and I went to Japon. Bob at Ee of Los écuree, after having brea on the part of the Germans with will not suffer any disturbance, bottm now... 1: will not save thirty-five days ten. Iusemuck By Order of the Mortgagee.

as the vessel left Newport News Mr. Geo. P. LAMMERT has vastly superior numbers, they The combination of a deep trench tims to send your letters via Beem to have worn themselves out and the knowledge that the enemy France; in all probabiliy it will bef re the declaration of war, she received instructions to sell by and all we have to do is to hold are ignorant of one's exact where-only delay matters. Thanks for wa exempt from confiscation for Public Auction afte the line in which we reenter noted abouts is very reassuring. the parcel you have seat; it carriage of contracand, but datan until the order eine that we are have been fired upon by trollery hen't arrived, yet, but I have he was obviously chartered or to push forw.rit. Whether that in the open and exposed to their hopes, as the letters managed to employed by the enemy govert- the 22nd day of March. 1915, at 3 pm at his Sales Roms, will be to-morrow of next view and I don't mind telling do se. I am sad that none of the ment or its agents for the purposes

Duddell Street, Victoria, month depende upon Joff e, aLy one I don't like it, but that Lifes have inccerded in reach of transport or supply, the court

Hongkong, who has conducted the cum was months ago during the now ing the front either, for I should condemced the vessel and her paiga to successfully so far and historic retreat, and we have have enjoyed them; perhapa. I will without doubt continue to do learnt a thing or two since then shall have a shower of them one! 50. Hie is the polioy of deliber-Here shripen my pencil. of these days. ation, taking no ticks, and since But we will leave the attack for delay suits the Allies and milithe moment,

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to-night, more probably to-morrow.j

Rome, Jau: 11-The Tribuna! Dec. 8, 1014 for it takes time for news to Nearly a week, and my leave filter through from the infantry Bays: The Geiman Government,

realising the painful consequences MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS which appeared so certain was to their brigadiers and from if that outrage against a Prince The es. ORISSA from Bhaughal and cancelled the day before I should them to the divisional generala of the Church, have, throughout Kobe left Moji yesterday afternoon have gone; I need not adil bat and so back to the artillery the world, and also among the and may be expected here on or abous every one was in the eams host; in the shape of a narrative Catholic populations of Germany, all leave was stopped, and if you of daily events. In this form of were sitting beside me at this fighting with a line 250 miles and out of fear of measures by the Vatican, decided burriedly to moment, you would know the long, the stillery does to moveatre things to their previous

Bulgarian Sympathies: reason. A fierce attack is pre- about, taking up new-positions state. Nevertheless the not of Bulgarian sympathy for Russia Deeding at this moment by our daily, any more than the infantry violence against the Frimate of is shown by the fact that large selves and the French en our left makes or takes trenches except Pelgium exists. The Holy See quantities of tobacco, uniforme with the object of capturing a at intervale sometimes of day has asked for reparition from the and other clothing have been sent ridge and village (I am sorry, and even weeks' duration. Our German Government for this, and from Sofia to the Russian armieg. but I must not mention armes gan find positions hidden behind ate for confianting the pastoral About 150,000 packages of fo The yon must be content with the low hille or rising ground, so letter. The explanation of Ger- lacco have been sent to the foot that it ie in Flanders) which to be invisible horizontally and

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