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THE BATTLE OF LOOS. A YEAR AGO TO-DAY..

Graphic Letter from a Shaoghat

Man.

France, 3rd October, 1915. The following letter from a Shanghai man at the Front-his been sent as for publication:-

You will probably be glad to hear I have got through the great battle of the last week wilboat a

scratch. Our division (47th) start

LEADING BVANTS IN THE GREAT WAR. -

THE HONGHOTO TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBRA

YUNNAN.

** Some" of Its Possibilities

Batrasts from the war naưa cóm- tained in the "Hongkong Telegraph" of November 25,

1914.

A Hongkong Gentlemna's Interesting Impressions. (Continued from Ysiterday.) Mongtee is a treaty port, if the term is not a misnomer; and is and mining district. Later in the centre of a large agricultural thers articles it is the writer a ins tention to deal more fully with suitable moment, in accordance Mengise. But from the point of with the terms of the British view of the railway it is import Alliance, and also authorising the act to note that it has been

Is Portugal Coming In '7 Beater's correspondant: et Lisbon states that Congress has adopted a re-olation proposed by the Premier, &atherising Portugal ed the ball rolling on Saturday, intervene in the war at any the 25th September, and, after work in the front line, we have been brought back about 10 miles

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to “real”, and well we needed, it, | Déversary measures.

We are now in comfortable.

Terrible German Losses, considered worthy of two statione billete, getting over the most

An eyewitness with the forcing the nearest on the upward of approach, Dragon Noir afford-| sirengoat week I've ever had in operating in Belgium emphasise grade and Peite Teobai the most my life.

the terrible losses inflicted on the "About a couple of weeks before enemy round prea. After one bave only to say at this point that easy on the downward grade. 1 the great battle I was transferred attack 1,200 dead Germans were the rash traveller who attempta | a trench five the descent from Dragon Noir in bandred yards long. Despite darkness in the rainy setson must such sacrifice, the Germans never succeeded in getting near Ypres and the Allies' position is stronger than ever. The German Wolff Barenu statement that Ypres Caual is a pure invention: 15,000 British were drowned in the

to the Brigade Machine Gun counted before Battery-xactly the same as the Maxim Co. 8.V.0., and we have the same kind of guna se we bad

out there.

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know:-

(1) How to swima, (2) Bow to dive.

(3) The latent methods of Alpine climbing.

bin watch round his nok in s (4) How to wear his money and waterproof case.

(6) How to go without food and drink for an indefinite period.

(6) How to dis.

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Unemployment Contrasts, munition eto. So by Friday night,

In the United Kingdom the the 24th September we were all the end of October was 4.4 as percentage of unemployment st ready and moved up into our new compared with 6.9 at the end of trenches ready for the next day. September.

Our instructions were to open official Reichsarbeitblatt, the per the railway, we anaume that the

According to the fire, when a certain eignal was centage of unemployed in Geraerial railway gets you to Ami- given, on the German comman~ | iosting trenoties and fire over our 27 year ago. This is all the auoi-the first from Laokay;

many was 16 as compared with Toheon on the second day from own troops se they advanced. We more remarkable as 27,791 per were on a spe, tho advance was gent, of the member of San obvious error was made in not | The main point to note is that over a small valley and the Ger- Democratic Trade Unions are with taking the railway through Mong- mans were on the opposite slope. the colours,

THE A: xndra Cafi has Opared a Depot, at Tae. It is difficult to understand 31 Pekin Road, (Ahwee's Dairy) Kowloon, For At 5.40 a.m., on Saturday, tha 25th September, the order osms

why this was never done; and the through that the attack was then man Federal Council fixed the reasons financially, politically. Orders Taken for any of our Products which are

At the end of October the Ger-writer has been given a dozen

the sale of their Bread, Cikes, Pastry to start, and we saw little columns maximum prices of cereals and and commercially, nons of which of smoke and gas rising up from adopted stringent regalations to are really convincing. The pro- Guaranteed to be of First Class Q .lity in every detal our front trench. Our own enanre economy. The maximum bable reason is that like the in- artillery (which had been keeping price of wheat in Berlin is that babitants of Aylesbury in Back- up a steady bombardment for Bred at 55/- per quarter. In the inghamshire the inhabitants of nearly a week) started in agein, United Kingdom the pries of Hongtes did not hold with any of and the Germans etarted a most home-grown wheat is 37/10 and these are now fangled contrap. infernal bombardment, ahall dropping all around us, and their rifie fire and mschine gun fire was awful-most of it osme on lo

our trench as they could not see

for smoke.

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The Egyptian Affair.

taken place between the enemy A small affair of outposts has

Egypt. The latter fought well and the Bikaneer Camel Corps in and killed a number of the enemy, their own losses amounting to 13 missing:

powers that were being with them.

Here we find the Pata Ho in its the West River. (This is disputed beginning, one of the sources of but the writer believes it to be

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REMOVAL NOTICE,

As the inhabitants of Aylesbury the need of retaliation, they are An Incident at the Police Court. THE THIRD YEAR OF THE did they now weep; and, feeling That went on for 40 minutes,

to the old and forgotten Aylesbury progresa yesterday, the stillnes attempting a branch line, similar While the Poliss Court was is REPUBLIO OF CHINA, then we got crders to open fire

and Buckingham line. But the which usually characterises the $16,000,000 AND SUPPLE with our machine guns and they

man of Mongies have achieved proceedings was broken by a just poured it out, adding to the awful noise and confusion. To

the vary some of sucosen in catt-start) ing yell, the reaalt being THE NATIONAL LOAN OF could only see, 50 yards în front

Serlons Turkish Reversen..

ing off their noses to spite their that a general exodus from the THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE of us for smoke eto, but I had continue to repulse the enemy in in accord with the French official tollor red. The cause of the dis The Bassinn advance guarda faces by employing persone not pracitate of the Court-houss arranged target over night by the region of Erzerum,

REPUBLIC OF CHINA, Ther to build a line running from Pai turbance was small terrier placing my gan about 20 yata completely defeated column of To Techai through Mongies to dog, who, evidently overcome behind two ruined houses, and Tarks, csptaring an ammunition the mining districts, of a gauge with inquisitivenese there was a rain in front which train. We also wos engagements even smaller than the metre what gave me the correct elevation. at Kara-Kilises and Alasohers; gauge. This was indeed stupid. below, peeped over s verandah Loans are hereby notified that

My own gan shot off 2,500 also on the heights of Khanow

WAS going on? Subscribers to the above two rounds in 30 minutes; and we were war. On the billa from Dilman to we are moving into a new bat not was no engrossed with what he month of November, each amount However, with this digression many feet above. Evidently he the Interest Instalments for the told by German prisoners that Kotour the Russians captured a strange land to Amitcheon, where saw that an ardent desire to take ing to Dollars One Hundred and our fire on them was so Bevers park of Turkish artillery, that it prevented their bringing

another of these wonderful Yar in further details overcame his Twenty Thousand ($120,000), up reinforcements, which wAS

nan plateaux is to be found. exactly our object-aleo our ow troope usid it was very comforting

What a different feeling one to hear the machine guns firing had of a dead German ! I looked over their heads and giving them on them with less respect than I support as they advanced.” should have done on a dead dog. Well, at the same time sa You need to have been out here our guns started, the troops and seen what I have the past

front our

lino started wook to get the true feeling of their advance and that was the hate and absolute contempt for Ansat night I've ever seen in my them. No words can express life. They went out beautifully one's feelings, they knew they were going to st On Sunday they bombarded as Pou Hi (or Po Hai), tack one. I the strongest points with gas shelle and we got some fall within the traveller's ken, water

May in the term a line; they know pretty near us and I had on that many of them would be dead anxious hour. I was the only on the plates beyond Amitoheon barrage lite outside the French Ice House Street from this date.

одо mult note that it is depth of many fest and the We have removed to No. 12 ius quarrys of an hour? yet they officer about, and all my N. C. but in the midst of the "bad sphere. went out as calm as any troops O's., wora "gamed" except one. country" se far se landslides and petitions, appeals and prayers, the

In spite of might be on a parade ground- However, I kept the fallows to washouts are concerned. But the authorities in no harry, no panic, just steady gather as our gas helmets were folk of Poa Bi will see you replied that they cannot offend walk, in beautiful order, line after very good, and it passed off after through all your troubles; and local prejudice.. Local prejudice line of them I fele proad I was an hour or so, an Englishman that moment, and From Monday to Friday we you will most unexpectedly and is that there are fout Dragons who proud that I had the honour of occupied the captured German to wash all taraaway. Goodnes plates and require drink-

"Johnnie Walker" "Blacklabel" periodically appear in this little meing them and helping them, trenches and had a wretobed time / known how fast there.

They carried everything before with bad weat: er, but they made Whenever and wherever the water will go down.

when their thirst is aliafií sho them and took trencah after trench no effect to retake them in our line leads down the forry helps. from the wretched Hon. The sector. At one time I got no In English we call it a trolly but foode, Johnnie Walker and good But now we have swam through cowards fired on our brave fallows sleep at all for 10 hours and then it is the same thing. Coasting air until we are in the land of up to the last minute and then managed 4 hours onls! Meals down for 25 kilometres on edelweise, pears, peaches and throw up their arms and sur and sleep were taken if and when a lorry is something to remem-apples of hollyhooks, wall. rendered.

Well, by 9 o'clock we had a 15 miles march I can assure you goes off the lies in pitch dark-and look like floma

Comell captured Loos, and had done I did justice to a lovely bad here ness, there is some fun unless all that our Division had on Friday night,

Yi-liang, with it batifal orders to doWe had fought the fight and gained our goal, so many. Shanghai men in-Hil- and when it does the responsibili and then up mother Wor I am afraid the Regiment with a way, this does not often occur: the first sign of Mimustiant, there is a death. Fortunately, in women, the sulphureyi gowithi That afternoon I walked over ton Johnson, G. A. Tarner, Mo-ty of the engineers and officials River wour, Ta. Chus Lake, the battle field. There were still Lellan, J. U. E. Douglas, young who have to supervise the “trans some Germans on our right flank, Cornsby and others have had bordement," and the strain on lake if you resca is with the mot It in not many describe this but they only fired on stretcher hot tima. I fear they had many them must be overwhelming. It ting sun in your eyes. The writer bearers and Red Cross, and did casualties-they were on the left is marvellous bow, in the face of has seen Baikal in satomer and in not worry stray officers. I don't of 15th Division, want to give you details of what I think our attack all along the nerve and their heade in the way Tong Chen is not to be forgotten 1. Chinese stupidity, they keep their winter, but that corner peep of I saw. Our brave fellows were lyline was a great nucoses, and just they so ing dead all around-one felt fall the commencement of a general To give an instance, there is a be seen at the twiligh; hour, and töpre menever to be forgotten. It should of sympathy for their loved ones offensive movement. We are all small platean which has an ab- een alone, whose knowledge that they died hopeful and ready for more when vioas outlet where the natives Norrly 8,000 feet up now, and in glorious cause and died like duty calls, though I've seen have made a “ Barrage, "This then the drop to Yamian Fa and honoured heroes, must have been enough this past week to last me platsan is a kind of punchbowel our journey ends. - pour comfört,

lifetime.

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