HOT HEADS BUT NO COLD FEET.
KITCHENER'S NI-A.V ARMY
THE ACID TEST APPLIED
(Re-'-ivisl Juiv .19. 10 p.m.) LONDON. Julv 19
.Philip GiLbs. the war eorrespoiKlent, writing to the "Daily Chronicle'’ from the British headquarters, quotes a sergeant-major x ojunion of Kitchener's army in Franco. He says: “They are a very cheerful lot of men. I nave seen them when entering the recruiting offices. (Some were overtrained, having bejen working hard for ten months, but now you couldn't hud a better regiment. ton'll find, plenty of hot heads, but no cold feet.’ 5 Mr" Gibbs adds that tile new army received its baptism of lire by being led to a danger zone by ea-y stages. The regular officers had never seen soldiers of liner physique or stouter dualities.
SUPPLIES FOR TURKEY,
TRAIN-LOAD PASSES BULGARIA. PARIS. July IS. Th.“. Turks received by rail via Bulgaria, thirteen waggon loads or benzine, four waggon loads .of sulphur, a quant-itv of drug>. and pari-s oi foul aerooLuies.
BULGARIAN RAiUMADS CLOSED
(Received Julv 19. LI .30 p.m.) "SOFIA. July 19. A Ministerial Order definitely suspends railway comm unication with Turkey.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3986, 20 July 1915, Page 5
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