THE STRICKEN CITY OF RHEIMS
DESCRIBED BY LORD NORTHCLIFFE. ,
By Telesraih—PreES Association— Cosy right ("Times" and Sydney ''Sun" Servioes.) A ' . London, March 22. Lord Iforthcliffe, in an describing the' stricken city of Reims, "says: "Quite a number of people of all classes remaiu. Old men and women one associates with the war are seated
in the doorways of. such houses as are not cjosed or in ruins. Here and there > whole streets are closed. There is Mio lack of excellent food. • The people seem to be, qmta undisturbed by the continual murmur of the canjion. . Almost everyone carries a gas mask. The men keep-theirs in tin cases slung on the wrist; the women carry theirs in bags. I explored the champagne caves. The ■ vintage of 1915 is believed, to be the best, since ] 900. Here thousands _of women' are busy filling and turning acres of bottles in the wonderful sub- . ierrauean highways/' ■
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2728, 24 March 1916, Page 5
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152THE STRICKEN CITY OF RHEIMS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2728, 24 March 1916, Page 5
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