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WAR ITEMS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915.

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'Petrograd, April 15.-Tae Tear at two o'clcok this afternoon pro ceeded to the Putilof shipyard, where the enormous population of the Patiloff suburb, gently eighteen thousand people, torced ont to greet his Majesty, soclaim- ing him with prolonged cheering. The Tser visited various work- shops which were making muni tions of war, sad had a White- head torpedo tried in his presezer His Majesty was photographed with the workmen after having spent three hours and a half among them. Uper leaving tho Tear that ked the men för. the zeal they were displaying in carry. ing out the urgent orders for munitions and in working even daring the Ester holidays. The men gave his Majesty an ectbas." iastic ceud-f-Router.

Ammunition Expenditure.. The British troops used to blow up the German position on Mont Si, Eloi 0,000 kilogrammea (13,000 lb.) of dynamite. It is stated in military circles that 7,000,000 rifle cartridges and 7,000,000 machine gun cartridges were used daily by the Franco- British forces in the battle of the

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Growing Wheat for the Empire.

Winnipeg, April 10. The seed- ing of the greatest crop on record is well atarted in Northern Saskat- chowan and parts of Southern and Eastern Alberta. It starts next week in Men'toba and Southern Saskatchewan, and în, a fortaighit in Northern Alberta. Through out the prairies the farmers are on the land, in some cases sowing sced provided by the Dominion or the Provincial Government.

The dominant thoughtis traid the Empire to meet Great Britain's needa: Increared acrenge is re- ported everywhere. The condi. tions are ideal, the ground b ing moist and the weather warm. Reuter

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France.

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C W sinke British cruisers Abou-Budge W kir, Cressy, and Hogue. Chipp ON. Russians capture Jarosinv and invest Przemyal.

rejects ultimatum. Sept. 28-British troops

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Aug. 5-England announces a Sept. 28-Germane begin siege of Dultan Mr & Mrs G Rahardson Mr & Mrs James Mis. D

Antwerp. athte of war with Germany.

Det, 2-Germans defeated at

Montenegro, Aug.-Germane enter Liege. French uyade southern Alsace. Aug. 8. italy reaffirme

neutrality. Aug. 15.-Antrians enter Servia.

ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corps is a complete army on a small scale in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to 45,000 men.

A

Division is a "force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men, Brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Regiment of infantry is "from

2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 150

to 200 man strong. Battery of artillery in the British and French armies has 6 guns and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of 4 guns and 160 mon. In the Russian Army it consists of 8 guns and 250 then.

"PRINCIPAL EVENTS. June 28-Archduke Franois Fer

dinand Basseinated.

July 23-Austria sends an ulti-

matam to Servia." July 31-Raseis orders general

mobilisation.

Aug. 1-Germany declares war on Russia. French Cabinet orders general mobilisation.

Japan sende ultimatum to Germany.

Ang. 17.-Brities expeditionary force completes its landing in France.

Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of

Augustówo.

Oct. 5-Balgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostend.

'.

Oct. 7-Bombardment of Antwerp

begins.

Jan. 8-French advance across

Aisne, north of Srissons. Jan. 13-Tarka occupy Tabriz.

Count Berchtold resigns." Jan. 19-German air fleet hom-

Lorraine. Aug.20-Gormansonter Brassele. Aug. 23-Germans enter Namur Jan.

and begin attack on Möns. Ang. 24-British begin `retrest

from Mons.

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Aug. 25- French evacuate Mül-j

hsured.

Ang. 26 Non-partisan French Cabinet organised. Germans take Longev

Aug,

27- Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block- ade Tsingtau. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-German advance reaches

Sentia, thirty miles from Paris, and swings eastward. French Government. moves to Bordeaux. Sept. 3-Russians occupy Lem

borg.

Sept. 5-Battle of the Marne

begins:

Sept. 7-Maubeuge taken by the

Germana,

Sept. 12-German retreat halts

on the Aisne, Sept. 20 -- Germana

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Feb. 27-Allied Fleet enters the

Dardanelles after destructive Nov. 11-Germans capture Dix- bombardment.

mude.

Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by Nov. 12-Russiana occupy Jobau-

the Germans.

Oct. 12-A Baer commando in

the Cape Province mutinies. Oct. 13 Belgian Government

transferred from Ostend to Havre.

Oct. 14-Allies occupy Ypres,

barde Yarmouth and other

Battle begins on the Vistula. Norfolk coast towns.

21-General Falkenhayn,

Oct. 16-Oatend occupied by

the Germans.. "German War Minister, Oot. 16-British craiser Fawke resigua,

Jan. 24-British naval victory in North Sea: the Blucher sunk. Jan. 26-Germans lose two bat-

taliona at Givency and Quin ohy.

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Jan. 31-Germany inaugurates submarine raids on British shipping.

Feb. 3-German destroyer sunk

sunk by German submarine. Oct. 24-Ten daya' battle be- fore Wartaw ends in German defeat, Oct. 27 Bussians

Lodz and Radow.

reoccupy

CONTENTS.

13, Cigarette and Tobacco

Fund..........42

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Contemporary Opinion 43-45

P. & O. Mil Steamers......45 8-11 The Colony's Health....45

Correspondence ............7 Commercial

The Courts.....12-14 Bunghom Prisoner'a, Es Leading Articles............15-2?

Notes and Comments....... 25-27 Hengkong's Empire Day Special Articles 28-34 Gift ......... 45

Sportma.35 Prince of Wales' Fond...40

Sanitary Affairs in Kor

Tragic Dealb at Shanghai 46..

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loon ... .... ... .... ...........36-37 Local Wedding ......

Riview........

37-38 Over-Seas Airofaft Fund..:47-48.

39-40

Harbour Regulations.......38 | Legislative Council.......18-50 Empire Day

The Elucation of Hong-

kong..... Telegrams

From the Pulpit

The Scouts Rally........... 42

Dec. 16-German cruisera bom

bard Scarborough and Hartlepool.

Dec. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate. Gen. Botha regards Boer rebellion as at an end,

aieborg in East Prossio, Nov. 19- House of Commons

votes a new army of 1,000,000 Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on

the line of the Bzura River. men. Mora than 1,100,000 men already under arms, ex- Dec. 22-French Parliament as 23-Russians surr and Ger-

sembles. clusive of Territorials:

man corps south of Lodz. Nov. 26-British battleship Bul-

Nev.

wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River. Ger- mans break through Russian circle near Lodz, Dec. 1-German Rsiebstug votes new credit of five billion

Dec. 23-French Chamber votes

war credit of £340,000,000. Dec. 25-British naval and aerial raid against Cuxhaven. Dec. 28 French occupy St. Georges, near Nieuport,

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Muroh 16.-Sir John French estimates German lomas in. La Batees region to be 17,000. March 18-British battleships

Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouvet sank by floating mines in Dardanelles. Admiralty an nounose that it has reason to believe the Karlsruhe was sank off the West Indies in November.

March 19.-Russiansonter Memel,

East Prussia. March 21.-Fatile Zeppelin zaid

on Paris,

Jan, 1, 1915-British battleship March 22-Pizemysl sarrenders

Formidable eunk in the to the Russians. Channel.

March 24.British airmen carry out "Buccessful attack on Garman submarine works at Hoboken.

marke King Gerrge in Jan. 3-French capture Steinbach. Jan. 3-4-Russians win decisive Flanders: Oct. 29-Turkey begins war on Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bel-.

victory over Tarka in the Caucasus, Russians overrun Bakovino.

Russia by naval attacks en

Odenss and in the Crimea."

Oct. 30-Col. Maritz, rebel leader

driven out of Cape Colony.

German naval victory off the coat of Chili.

by Russian submarine off Denmark. German auxiliary Nov. 1. oruiser sunk off Patagonia... Feb. 5-Turke attempt to oross

Suez Canal.

Feb, 6-Allies resolve t näite

financial reson2008...

Feb. 8-Total British cagasities 104,000. Tarks retreat from › Suez Canal.

Feb.

10-Germans executs the

rebel Maritz.

Feb. 17-Canadian contingent

lands in France.

bombard Fab.. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-

mans surrender in France.

Bheime and injure the famous

Nov. 3-German squadron makes

Nov, 4-German oruiser Yorck

strikes mine in Jade Bay and sinks, Nov. 5--England and Frence de-

grade. Gen. De Wet captur-

od.

Dec. 3-Servians turn on Aus- Mar. 1-House of Commons vetes

trians in three daya battle

which ends in a notable Ser- vian victory.

Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz,

a raid on British coast near Dec. 8-British naval victory cff Yarmouth,

Falkland Islands, British occupy Bassorab, in Asia Minor. Dec. 9 Gen. Byers, Boer leader, killed at the Vaal River Deo. 13-British submarine sirka the Measudieh in Dardanelles. Dec. 14-Servians capture large

Austrian foross.

clare war on Turkey. Dar- danelles forte bombarded. Russians reoccupy Jaroslav, Nov. 6-Teingtau surrenders. Nov. 7. Russians enter Baat

Prussia Nov. 10--The Emlen destroyed:

Dec. 16Austrians evacuate Bel-

grade,

supplementary credit of 37 millions and a fresh credit of 250 millions,

March 26-German ambmarino March 20.-Russian Fleet bom- U29-Bank with all hande

barde the Bosphorus, Ger man submarine sinks West African liner Falabs.

Maroh 8.-British aeroplanos March 31-Australia offers an

attack Ostend. Mirch 9.-Second Canadian con-

tingent lands in England. March 3-10,-Four German sub marines nocounted for.

March

10-British capture Neave Chapelle, va March 14-Announced that Ger

man losses in La Bassoe region total 10,000 in three days.

March

14 -German oraiser Dresden sunk off Juan Fer nandez Island.

other contingent. April 6-His Majesty the King forbids consumption of wines, spirits and beer in any of his houses, April 8.-Prinz Eitel Friederich interned in Norfolk Navy Yard, U.S.A.AR April 12-Kron Prinz Wilhelm puts in at Newport News Announced that second Canadian contingent will be despatched in the near future.

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