THE WAR.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1915.
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ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED, Army corps is a complete army on a small scale in itself; Thi strength' varies from 35,000 in 45,000 men.
Division is a force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, naually with a atrength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men.
Brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 1,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from
1,000 to 2,000 strong.
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Regiment of infantry is from Bolition, Mrs E R
2,000 to 4,000 strong. A cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 150
to 200 mon 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 150 men, In the Russian Army it consists of guns and 250 men,
PRINCIPAL EVENTS.
June 28-Archdaks Francie Fer.
D'Almada Castro e
Mr & Mrs Almada Castro a
Miss
D'Almada Castro
4
Master Davis Mr&Mrs FE Dorham
Dowley W A Duffy Miss M.E Ehrenfels li E
Evensen E
Faria Mr and Mrs
Finney AC
Fronch
Joseph & M Joseph S M Jones MT Kay G A Lumbert EB
0 Laysecu
LAW HD Lloyd GT Lorgfald S Lopes J M
Mala
Markham B
King Edward Hotel.
Almond Men R.
Bettison Mr & Mrs
WH Brown C W Budge W Boala Mix Ciuxton & A Cookers FL Cooke Mise
Mastor
Cooke
Course A Dutloa
alloa Mr &
Marriott Fr & Mrs Olson WT
Mohta K B Merecki
Mody Mr & Mrs J H
Neighbour WR
Ormiston J
EH
Pegg Piston Mies
Gee Mr & Mri
Foy Mrs A
F
Lauretsen Mr & Mr
Lon W-D
Los TH-
Luanox Miss Leanox J
Macdonald Major D
Murphy H Nakal it
MS Passmore Mm WC
Peaning A L Radford H
Mrs.
Hashirapto FR Hoshing A 1 Hunter Mr& MrJ Jackson Mr & Mrs Joseph J
Pitcher A J
Poti D
Patt Mr & Mrs FT
Kalve TH
Keay WE
E. H
one Capt & Mra Reay. Miss F
Ray Filzwilliams D.GHLRandall M&J A
Robertson R S
Donmзn Fuller Mr & Mrs S loss K G
'dinand assassinated. July 23-Austria sende an ulti-
matum to Servia.
Fuller
Gambrill Capt
Glaister Mrs
July 31-Russin" orders general
mobilisation.
Aug. 1-Germany deolares war on Russia, French Cabinet orilere general mobiliantion.
German forces enter Luxemburg,
·Aug, 2---
Aug. 4-England sende ultima- tum, demanding observance
:
of Belgian neutrality. Ger many rejects ultimatum.
Aug. 5.--England at war! Aug. -Germans enter Liege, French invade southern Alsace.
Aug. 15.Austrians enter Servia. Japan sende altimatum to Germany.
Aug. 17. Britial land in France. Aug. 10-Begianing of battle of
Lorraine.
Gibb
J
Gould Mr & Mrs J Goulbourn
Grimits 11 1:
Goodrich C1. Hairiteur M
Lambert Mrs
Mrs R. A
amor & Mis
Richardson W
Rigge Mr & Mrs II E
Robson Mrs Ramon Mu
Super CH
urt R
Sylvester Mrs S
Tanso XI
Tall Mr & Mrs A N Taylor F Threlfell Mrs Tourtello Mrs EL Tanda S
Underwood Mr &
Mrs J H
Kingsclere Hotel.
Rowell J P
Fielder E Vilkins Miss D'
Rawlinson R J
Ehelidan Mr & Mrs
RD
Forbes Mr & Mrs A Forbes A
Robertson Mr &
Mrs J
Fulder BE
Sachse
Mr G
Sheldon Mr & Mrs
RD
Smith W II,
Smith Mra A
Somervillo II E
Horby V
Hall Capt T P Hall W Hannibal Mr & Mra Vain Dr&Mral de
Hewett Hoa MEA Well Mr & Mrs A
Hicks
Hollingsworth A H HLH
Hicks Miny
Hodgo WI
W
Johansen CP
Irving A
Hardman A Hoogeworff Logan W
Lathes J. H van Nixon 'C
Grand
Allen Mr & Mrs Androwa W J* Ankor J C
Arntzon Mr & Mrs.
Crow Mr & Mrs. Ducrich A
LeBue
Shields A L
Singer Mr&MrE
J Perey Burt Wilson MJ
Hotel.
Lackoy WH London R Nixo. A.C Odner T Reynolds C W Robertson D Rooze FG Steen M.G
Taylor Mr & Mrs J
V!
Thompson. W
Watkins CE
White FW
White Mr & Mrs
Wilkie J W
Wood OG
釀
Wood Mrs RF
B
Todi C W
Johnson C
Turnor CH
Kiovjer A
Voda V D
Leur G W
Wright SHI
Leon B
Baxter H Bowdler Mra Butler PR
Lambert Eng Lieut
Carlton Hotel. Carson Mrand Men Macgregor D Carson Miss H Clarke Miss May Craig 11
Cropley L
Crapley NC
Cropley CC Fulcher WO
Goodall Mr & Mrs Ooodall Misses Hallway II D Hoshal Dr. J Jou OLD Killor S A
Aug.20-Germanosenter Brussels. Aug. 23-Germans eater Namur. Aug. 24Britiel begia retreat
from Mona," Aug. 25
hausen. Aug. 26-German's lake Longey. Aug. 27-Louvain burned by Germace. Japanese block- ade Taingtau. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-Uermansdvance reaches
French evacuate Mul on H
"Banlis. French Government
moves to Bordeaux. Bopt 3-Russians occupy Lem-
berg. Sept. 5-Battle of
begine.
it. the Marse
Sept. 7-Maubeuge taken by the
Germans.
Sept. 12-German retreat halts
on the Aisne.
Germone
P
Sept. 20
Rheims. Sept. 22- German
bombard
submarine
sinka British cruisers Abou-. kir, Oressy, and Hogue. Sept. 28-Indian troops land st
Marseilles.
Sept. 28-Germans begin siege of
Antwerp..
М
Oct, 2-Germans defeated at
Augustowo, Oct. 5-Belgian Government re- moved from Antwerp. to
Ostend.
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Malcolm J
Marshall J
Meek Thontas
Melver
Pasadil WV
Penson N Season Plumer Capt R Rayner Mr & Mrs Sega T Tapsell E Taylor W
• Thora Wi Winterson R
Odessa and in the Crimen Oct. 30—Col. Maritz, robal leader driven out of Cape Colony.. Nov. 1 German naval victory.
off the coast of Chili,
Nov. 3-German squadron makes a raid on British coast. Nov. 4-Gorman erniser Yorck strikes ming in, Jade Bay. Nov. 5-England and Francs de-
clare war on Turkey. D.
danelles forta bombarded. Nov. 6-Tsingtau surrenders, Nov. 7 -Russiane enter East
Prussia.
Peak Hotel.
Carasiobaci Mr and
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Cary F.W Clair G Compton & C Courland A Darling Col RE Ellis S Falchino Major Hale Mr & Mr B Hall Col Gordon Hansen W. J Hardman, A Hind BA
Johna Mis TJR Kadobrie E Jones Leo
Humphreys Mr
and Mrs Joha Lambort Miss Linton A Marriott Mra Mitchelmore My &
Mrs V Mois
Mr & Mrs DK Olivecrana Mrs Perkins TL Pountney H N Pyne Major RE Ralphs Mr & Mrs E
Sinclair A Skinner Miss
A Skott C
Smith Mr&Mrs E (
Emith Mr & Mrs AF Squair Arg Tiadall Mtn E W Tistall G Train JA Mr & M Varondson
Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on
the line of the Bzura River, Deo. 23-French Chamber votes
war credit of £340,000,000. Dec. 25-British naval and aerial raid against Cuxhaven.
Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed; Nov. 11-Germans capture Dix-Deo, 28 French occupy St.
mude.
Georges, near Nieuport. Nov. 19- House of Commons Jan. 1, 1015-H.M.S. Formidable
volena now army of 1,000,000 anak in the Channel, mes. More than 1,100,000. Nov. 23-Russians surround Ger.
mon corps south of Lodz. Nov. 26-British battleship Bul. wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River.. Dec. 1-German Reichetag votes new credit of five billion marks. King George visits Flanders:
Jan. 3-French capture Steinbach. Jan. 3-4-Russians win decisive victory over Turks in the Caucasus,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
2
8-French advance across Aisne, north of Soissons. 13-Turks occupy Tabriz. Coubt Berchtold resigna. -
19-German air fleet bom barde Yarmouth.
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NOTICES,
Feb. 27-Allied Fleet enters the SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)
Dardanelles.***
Mar. 1-Hones of Commons voles
supplementary credit of 37 millions had a fresh credit. of 250 millions. March
8.-British aeroplanes aflack Ostend.
March 0.Second Canadian con- March 3-10.-Four German" sube
tingent lands in England.
marines accounted for. March 10.-British capture
Neuve Chapelle. March 14.-German losses at La Bassee total 10,000 in three days. March 14. The Dresden, sunk
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Correspondenca
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Day by Day 1-4 Concerning Sihon, King of Steamers on (asteris 5 Passenger Lista ..................... Hotel Lists ...............
the Amorites... ... ... ., 37–3: On Account of the War...38
The Colony's Health 38 Sanitary Board
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The Courts 0-13 Hongkong Piers............40 Leading Articles 14-20 Enemies Expelled .......41-42 Notes and Comments...21-25 9.8. Oriental Sold ....... 42 The undersigned having been Special Artioles......26-31 Prince of Wales' Fund...42 appointed Agents for the Cowie Sport
....32 Harbour Coal Co., Ltd. are The Now War Loan....33-34
From A Hongkong Man's prepared to quote prices for best Killed at the Front.........34
Letter
..42 Local Examination Resalt43 quality Silimpopon Coal trim Shorthand Sandakan, med into Bunkers at ebatlik or
Examination Accidento Mr.B. W. Grey 43 (British
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Among the Chinese.....35-36 Commercial Silimpopon Coal com pares The Yellow Dragon... 36 Telegrame fovourably with the better grados of Japanese Coal and gives good' results on a very moderate con- sumption.
NOTICES,
KEROSENE OIL,
off Juan Fernandez Island, March 16-Sir John French estimates German losses in La Basseeregion to be 17,000. At Sebattik steamers are March 18.-British battleships berthed alongside the Companys Irresistible and Ocean and wharf where there is a minimum French battleship Bouvet depth of 27 to 28 feet at low wator aank by losting mines in Spring Tides. Dardanelles. March 19.-Russiansenter Memel, March 21.-Fatile Zeppelin reid
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NOTICE.
44.
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Notice is hereby given that at on Extraordinary General Meet- ing of Members to be held on Monday 12th July, at 12 noon in the Chamber of Commerce Room, New Government Building, the following resolutions will be pro- posed and if carried by a majority of those present and entitled to vote will take effect.
Oct. 7-Bombardment of Ant-Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bel-Jan. 21-General Falkenhayn, March 29.-Iussian Flest bom. CLEARANCE SALE" ( (2 blocks West of Cent. Market) tions of the Chamber towards the
werp.
the Germans.
grade. Gen. De Wet captur
ed.
Jan.
Oot. 9-Antwerp occupied by Dec. 3-Servisne defcát Aus-
trians in bree days battle.
Oct. 12-A Boer commando in
the Cape Province mutinies. Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz, Oct. 13 die Belgian Government Dec. 8-British naval victory off
Falkland Islands.
transferred from Ostend to Havre. Oct. 14-Allies occupy Ypres. Battle begins on the Vistula. Oct. 15-Ostend occupied by
the Germans,
Ost, 16-British oruiser Hawke sunk by German submarine. Oct. 24-Ten days' battle "be- fore Warraw onde in German defeat,
Oct. 27-Russians
reoccupy
Lodz and Iadom.. Oct, 20-Turkish naval attacks on
Deo. 8-Gen. Byers, Boer leader,
killed at the Vaal River. Dec. 13-British submarine sinks the Mesaudieh in Dardanelles. Dec. 15-Austrians evacuate Bel-
grade.
Dec. 18-German.cruisers bom-
bard Scarborough Hartlepool.
and
Deo. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorato. Gen. Botha reporte Boer rebellion
as at an end.
German War Minister, 24-British naval victory in reaigns. North Ben: the Blucher sunk. Jan, 26-Germana lose heavily at
Givency and Cuinchy.
Jan. 31-Germany inaugurates
submarine raids,
Feb. 3-German auxiliary cruiser
Bunk off Patagonia. Fab. 5-Tarks attempt to cross
Suez Canal.
י
Feb. 6-Allies resolve to unite
financial resources.
Feb. 8-Total British curaalties
to date 104,000. Feb. 10-Germans execute the
rebel Maritz. Feb. 17 -Canadian contingent
lands in France.
bards the Bo-phorus.. Ger- man submarine sinks West African liner Faluba. March 31-Australia offers an
other contingent.
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1, That, in the opinion of this Extraordinary General Meeting of the Chamber, it is inconsistent with the purposes for which the Chamber was formed and exists, and inconsistent with the obliga-*** Government, and inconsistent with the interests of the Chamber as a whole, that any member. who is the subject of a nation between which and Great Britain. a state of war exists should con- tinue to be a member.
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Any member who is the -subject of a nation between. which and great Britain a state of war exists shall fpso facto cease to be a member."
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