INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
■■ —o— FRENCI-I FLEET HAVING GOOD TIME. By ii*l#£iu , ah, P*«b* &«s’n, CflpyrJgffi LONDON, 'August 9. The King and Queen, Prince of Wales, and Duke of Connaught were present at Admiral Caillard’s reception aboard the battleship Jajureguifcerry. _ _ King Edward reviewed the' French fleet, which was afterward® docked at Portsmouth, owing to the thick weather.
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM SHOWN. By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright Received 11.47 p.m., Aug 10. London, Aug. 10. After the review Kiog Edward lunched aboard the Massena. Responding to Admiral CaiHard’s toast of bis health, 08 hoped the officers and men would be satisfied with the welcome given by the comrades cf the British fleet. Dense masses of spectators for miles, despite the rain, watched the subsequent berthing of the French ships where no foreign warships except a few American had over berthed before. Tbe enthueiasm grew hourly. Tbe Prinos of Walos presided at the Admiralty banquet to Admiral Onillard and officers at the Royal naval barracks in the evening.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1530, 11 August 1905, Page 2
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