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THE pretia “Xpecial to the Telegraph" hi sand by the "llengkong Telegraph" to Indicate news which is strictly copyrighi under the provisions of the Telecommuni- callem Ordinates, 1934. Such asWL KE bence the indication "UP" is received in Hangkang on the date of publication by the United From Associations, who re- serve all rights and forbid republication, elites wholly or in part without previous serangement.

Armoured Infantryman

Report that the British War

Inventions Committee is "ser ously considering" the possible use of armour of some sort for the protection of individual spl- diers looks back in unsuccessful efforts that way, except as to the modern helmet twenty odd years ago. I reminds historie- ally of the time when bullets took the place of arrows, and the feudal system, which one may think of as a miscellany of totalitarian governments whose dictators warred with each other almost As a sport, found itself weakened by loss of the immunity with which armoured on armoured horses could ride down unarmoured men on fout.

men

The armoured knight was in effect the medieval tank. ke was not completely immune. The arbalist or crossbow hurled its bolt with such vigour that it penetrated armour. Bul the arbalist had to be wound up, which took time, and was more effective in slege than battic. The later English long-bew, fast and powerful, really fore- shadowed musketry in embar rassing a charge of knights.

England knew the value of It the long-bow. won Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. There was at one time a law in Eng- land that every man, whatever his station, clergy and judges excepted, should own a long- bow (which meant something longer than himself), keep it ready for use, and provide that his sons should begin practicing archery at the age of seven. England was long a nation of archers, to which condition Macaulay attributes & careful- ness of the Tudors not to carry absolutism beyond the limit of public acquiescence.

An armoured knight on foot was almost as useless as a tank without gasoline. From his armoured horse he looked down figuratively as well as literally on the infantry of archers, crossbowmen, pikemen, and mis- cellaneously armed villeins. It is significant of the change that the present consideration⠀⠀ armour ls for the benefit infantrymen.

FRANCE

FRENCH FORCES

OUTSIDE, FRANCE

PETAIN: "Now, men-come aboard here and I'll save you yet!"

The ACES

Fighting Hitler

of Spades At Home

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By RITCHIE CALDER

HIB is the story of "The A.OEs of Spades," of a unique army raised in Ave weeks off civil engineering jobs and the roads of Britain, of workmen-in-khaki who covered themselves with glory.

Component The ACE-Air Engineers were raised so pldly that not only was it difficul to. accommodate them, but it was pos- sible to provide companies for other parts of the Army, in addition to the Air Force Component for which they were originally intended,

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The story begins with the demand of the Royal Air Force with Field Army for engineers to con- struct aerodromes urgently in France, under the direction of the onginver-in-chief of the BEF.

Trade unions help

In peacetime the chief engineer of this R.A.F. force was a dis- Linguished engineer and Territorial officer.

Now, in addition to his Army duties, he is one of Mr. Ernest Bevin's Big Four "the Labour Supply Board,

They worked night and day uncom plainingly.

Their moito

the "Koch BLA planes in the air." It" Jerry "came over and bombed an aerodrome into shapeless craters they would have it back in condition and the planes taking off again within a few hours. To do this they worked under Are. The job went on with the raiders In action.

Sappers

carry on

One of the glorious episodes which will be writ large in the history of "The A.C.Es of Spades will be that of the 20 pappers who held a ridge.

A major and 60 men had been detalled to see the planes away" and destroy the 'drome. There were 15 planes and only ve pilots The pilots flew off with the first Ave and came back as passen. gera for the second batch.

The Germans were sweeping towards them It looked as though the pilota would not have time to get back for the third five.

said the major on," - You cRTY We hold them off."

He called for 20 volunteers to hold the ridge and pretend to be an army.“ He warned them that it was at all costa" The whole 50 volunteered. He And he tackled immense picked his 20, and provided them with order in a "

riflea in a "civil" way. It was de- cided that 16,000 men were required

the

to form General Cor

Construction and

Artisan Works Companies.

He started recruiting just before Before the end of Christmas.

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January he had got his entire force. were skilled and semi-skilled They

They were drawn from the engineering. building and gravel industries.

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In addition to the ordinary re- crutting channels, he appealed to trade unions and employers.

a ho reported: A sapper and "Would you mind showing me, air, how you fix the magazine?" He had never ward a rifc, but he insisted on going un on the ridge, and, with his comrades. holding the Germans at bay until the last five planes were Down safely away and the aerodrome had been destroyed

Then there was the corporal who, in the retreat, saw two ammunition lorries in flames outalde a station in a crowded village on a vital rond along which the B... was retreating.

Ho put under arrest two men in French uniform whom he had seen The response was almost miracu- ring the lorries, reported the affair to lous. Big contractors raised their his omneers, and then quietly drove away. own companies. They asked their the lorries and their deadly cargo. Hb

They pro-prevented the explosion. best men to volunteer. vided oncers from their best civil engineers and non-commissioned officers from their foremen.

In many cases directors volun- teered to go with the companies, Bixteen companies were raised.

Smaller arms raised sections and combined to form companies.

The Ministry of Transport also "weighed in," recruiting companies from itz county organisations.

In every case the companies were well-integrated teams. trained to work together and secustomed to the work which they were called on to do. They Just changed into

khakl

Covered retreat

Another young supper was on guard

at a petrol dump when an incendiary bomb tanded inside the enclosure. He went in and coolly picked up the flam ing bomb by is tall and lung it clear.

Part of the force was in Belgium dur- ing the retreat. They fought their way back to Dunkirk. More than that, these workmen-in-khaki acted as a field force, handling familiar rim but covering the retreat of the Army.

One of their great achievements-for

they could not boast of belag expert marksmen-was bringing down a Ger man.plane with a Lewis gun,

They built road-biocks to impede thO enemy, and the last which was seen af one major, director of a big contracting firm was his going out with a handful of men to build a barricade to stop the

onruabing tanks.

Raised 20.000 men Altogether more than 70 com- panies were raised in this way- total of 20,000 men of which some too dangerous for those men who, a few No job was too arduous and no expion 30-odd companies were allocated to brief weeks before, had been working on the Ale Component which had the roads and construction works of originally asked for

them....

Britain. Thousands of these men were in France within three weeks of enlist- ing. Where they had facilities they ride-training. Where the had ranges were not readily available they had not.

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HUNDRED AND ONE hinta for the civilian are contained in a threepenny booklet just lasued by the Ministry of Home Security ("Air Raids: What You Must Know: What You Must Do."). Here are some of the questions and the answers:-

q-How ble a risk do I take by standing about in the street during an, Air raid?

A.-Experience shows that standing In the street is twice na dangerous as lying in the street and 18 times as dangerotis as staying in an Anderson shelter.

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• Q-How far can a bomb splinter be nurted?

A.-It may kill people who are half a mile away from where the bomb explodes. Bob splinters travel twice na fast ne rifle bullets.

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Q-Is it safe to stay out of doots i no bomber is in sight?

A-No a bomber flying at great height and speest must release its bomba

before the targe! is long reached.

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Q. Why is it safer to lie down in the open than to stand up?

enters bomb A-Because when a the round before

the exploding

TRU splinters are hurled upwards. there is a zone of comparative safety near the ground.

Q-Why is it better to have your refuge room facing the garden instead of the street?

A-Because a bomb which bursts on soft noll usually does less damage than one which falls on a pavement or roadway.

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roof I protect the Q-How can timbers of my house against, incen- diary bombs?

A-By pasting them with a fre resisting paint. You can make this paint at home. Here is the formula: 1lb. of kaolin (china clay) to 1lb, 202. of sodium silicate in syrup form, mixed in one pint of water.

This paint will not, of course, pre- vent fire, but it will prolong the realst- ance of woodwork to burning.

Q-Should I take my dog to the shelter or refuge room?

A-There is no reason why you should not. But you should muzzle it.

Q-Can war gases be recognised.by their smell?

AYes. Mustard gas smells like garlic, lewislte like geraniums, chloride like bleaching powder.

A tear gas known as "B.B.C." ("very persistent") is officially described as. having a penetrating bittersweet But they made the grandest soldiers. smell and of producing tears and While they were being bombed and spasm of eynida." machine-gunded on the sands outside

move into this town. Dunkirk, one company received an order? QIs it safe to take off my gas mask

when I hear the warden's handball? Like guardsmen on a barrack, aquare

A-Yes. they formed threes and behind a piper

Unless as has, actually In France they found the latest they marched brinkly under are. WRH penetrated your house. If it has you engineering equipment waiting for the bombe dropping and bullets spat should keep the mask on until the air them on the biggest contracting tering, they gave the Eyes left to has been cleansed. taken parte Job in which any of them had ever their commanding emeer, det

It was their crowning moment. They left many behind, but it: 18 A comfort to think that this fine force is now available for the work required in this country, Burlatinkant

The ACLs of Spodes have turned up trumpa

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within two months they com. of pisted 19 aerodromes. They under

took the maintenance of scores of of others, constructed, buildings, pro- Megvided pozice for great camps,

Q-What should I do with clothes which have been contaminated by gas? .. A-Hang than in the open air for at least 24 hours, And do not use them again until you are absolutely sure that they no longer smoll of gas.

Mr. PEPYS

HONGKONG

19th Sept. - Last night, at n ̈very; pleasant party given by Mr. King, the Captain of the City Watch, “And there I doe meet many friends and there is much cheerful conversation, bul Lord! to think that it was nigh 29 years ago when I did land in this Colony and was taken to the Water Police where Mr. King was living with Mr. Alan Wood and Mr.. K. Hutchison. And there I did take my firat meal in this Colony with Mr. King and the others of whom, "alas!, Mr. Hutchison is no more with us though I doe belleve Mr. Wood to be Censor at home. And when I doe think on it it seems but as yesterday. For in those days I did come in from Taipo to play Rugby football and did stop over Saturday night with Mr. King, So now he goes and nigh all of the friends of my younger days are. gone from mee, either dead.or de parted from the Colony. And again when I sat there in the party I did recall the words of the Preacher "Rejoice, oh young men in the days i of thy youth". Byt indeed I believe that I did so rejoice though that. makes no easier memory in these darker days. Home to my lonely house and after a bite of supper, which Ariobarzanes doth share, I read for a piece. And so to bed...

20th-Up betimes and at my office where I note that my son this day returns to Blundell's. And I trust that the Hun who has already drop-i ped bombs in the town will do so no more, Sent an order from my banker for my through ticket in the sweepstake for 200. But this even- ing I did sell the half thereof for cush received to Major O"Trigger. And I am minded that hereafter 268 may run for someone else though. I doubt not it will win Incontinent.

21st-Up very betimes, this being the first day that I have caught the eight o'clock tremme for some months.. Busy ordering my papers in the office, and thence to Mr. Caldbeck's for 0 glass of Hollands Waters. There Mr. Raleigh and his lady doe call for me and we take our nuncheon in the Clubbe box. So after a race or so to Craigengower where bowle for the Krickelt rink wee doe Clubbe. Upon our pretty well though are beaten by one shot. But our other rinks are not so expert and so wee doe lose the maith. But of this I make nothing for 1, and I believe the others, doe put down a wood but for the pleasure of it and not that we have any conceit of our own skill.. Home early and so to bed

22nd. (Lord's day)-Up pretty be- times, and walking about in my house where is much to be done and These things being my garden. ordered, to a long chair beneath the trees. And, for the first time that' ever I knew it, my, guests doe arrive Mistress come punctually. First Betty and her Lord, and thereafter Mistress Janet and her Lord. And wee doe drink a glass or two of Hollands Waters and eat of what my boy doth term "small chow." There afler

tooth-picks wee give the upon the grass to the big black ants. who draw them away. But what use of them they make I know not. Read In my garden after and Mr. Redde comes in to drink a possett, with me. Dine upon a dish of eggs and so to bed.

23rd-Very busy all day at the office and after at the Clubbe, And so home. I am sadde to see that En is become an entire kitchen cat and loves not to stay with mee in the evenings.

24th Very busy all day at the office. This day I receive a letter from my wife via Durban. But it takes five weeks in coming here and: I doe perceive that weo, can hope for:: nothing better than this and even now, when there is so much trouble: in Indo China, it may be one week or more longer, da

25th-Up betimes but Lord! how doe, hate the dull routine of one's bath, trimuning oneself and doing on one's garments! To office and took my nuncheon at the Clubber Worked late, and at a half after six did do. on fresh garments and so to Kow loon to dine with Mistress Betty and, her Lord. There come also Mr. Caney and his Lady. And after an excellent dinner in which was served avery fine garoupa, wee did go to. the Alhambra Picture House, where wee did see a Dick which to my mind; did begin with a white horse, and did. finish with a cavalry charge. So 1, being somewhat ateared that I was in. some measure foxed; did ask my host of the matter, But he talls mes I was right. At this I was much con- tent and did drink a glass or two with them before I come back fromë that strange suburb of Kowloon,

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26th. This day my daughter re- turns to her school at Sherborne and I pray that the Hurs will refrain from their bombing in this place, ti havo no time to write more, as this evening. I must attend an important meeting over which I doe praside But Lord!, how old it makes me feel