SUPPLEMENTARY FORCE.
UPWARDS OF 50.000 MEN
A considerable amount of interest attaches to Lord Kitchener’s announcement that supplementary British Forces arc being; despatched to the Continent, ft is worth explaining, therefore, that an infantry division comprises 598 officers and 18,077 other ranks, and a cavalry division 485 officers and 9412 other ranks. The English divisions mentioned bv Lord Kitchener consequently approximate 50,000 officers and men, which force is being supplemented by troops from India, including two divisions of Indian natives.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1291, 1 September 1914, Page 4
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80SUPPLEMENTARY FORCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1291, 1 September 1914, Page 4
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