AN OLD RUMOUR
EXPLAINED AT LAST
London, April 30
In explanation of the early rumour of the passage through Britain of Russian troops,' it is stated that a large number of Russian .officers visited Britain to buy munitions of war and to act as attaches to the staffs leaving for the front. _ A number of soldier servants accompanied them. They travelled from Archangel to Scottish ports. At the same time the War Office shifted the camps of Territorials. The trains were hand-signalled and moved at night with the blinds drawn. The engine-drivers were ignorant regarding the loads they jtulled. Letters from. Scottish railway officials to friends in the south spoke of a lot of Russians travelling, and rumour made a handful of Russians into an enormous army.— "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. -
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 6
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132AN OLD RUMOUR Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 6
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