GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1819, 27 April 1918, Page 1

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

VJSOCUNT JELLICOE OF SCAPA

The new title of Admiral Sir .lohn Jellieoe Viscount Jellieoe of Seapa-"—will link his mime with one of the most wonderful harbours in the world. Sea pa Flow lies within the Orkney Islands, and is so large that the biggest guns can carry out long range firing in it and not hit the laud. Seapa Flow has been frequently referred to in the German press as a base of the British Naval forces. It was the place to which Jellieoe brought his squadrons a( the end of July, 1!)14. Seapa was the king pin (writes Mr H. C. Ferraby) in the strategical disposition of the allied forces. No naval man will want to see it for years and years to come, for every man in the grand Heet knows each pebble on the beach by sight now. AVIATOR JOINS IN FOX HUNT. What is probably the first instance of an aeroplane actually joining in a fox hunt is described in Country Life by a correspondent. “On January 29th/ 7 he writes, “while running we s.aw an aeroplane following us overhead about 190 ft. up. The airman waved us the direction in which our fox had gone, and when we checked we heard several ‘Holloas’ from aloft, and were put right by our friend above, the hounds verifying his information. A little later he landed in a held, told the master where he had seen the fox, then rose and circled above 'us. Rut the fox beat us.” TOMMY AND THE ARABS. Eulogising the British soldiers unfailing resource, an officer describes in the Spectator how “Tommies” superintended Arabs unloading barges on the Tigris. “The strength of the Arabs amazed me. Huge cases of some Bcwf. were got out of a barge hold on to the jetty without any appliances at all. The whole time the Arabs were chattering like monkeys, and it was very seldom (hat any of them were found slacking. They carried the cases away to the dump, and then quickly came back —singing, dancing, and clapping their hands. And ‘Tommy’ (old and showed them what to do, and how to do it. A splendid feature of this intermingling of races,” he adds, “is the great good humour (hat prevails. The Arabs are wonderfully good-natured, both among themselves and to the British. H one of (hem gets hurt, others at once come round to help him. And however severe ‘Tommy’ Ims to be, there is never any bitterness on either side.” LOSS OF THE MONTREAL. All on board the C.P.R. liner Montreal, which was sunk in collision off the Mersey, were saved. One of the crew of a tug which was sent to her assistance was drowned. Ihe Montreal collided with a vessel which escaped serious damage. The Montreal’s plates below the waterline were torn away, and the engineroom Hooded. The bulkheads held while destroyers took off the crew. Every effort- was made to save the Montreal, which Hoated for two days, and then sank. GIRL MARRIED IN HIS ABSENCE. A Canadian soldier, named Henry Ernest Lambert, was found in a camp shot through the face and skull. During the previous evening lie told a comrade he had to parade in the morning, and expected to be sent to a special hospital. When he left Canada he gave his money to Ids llanc.ee to take care of, but she had since married. She had, however, written saying that she would keep the money for him. At the inquest at Godaiming, a verdict of “suicide while insane” was returned. AVIATOR’S WELCOME MESSAGE. How British seamen whose ship had been torpedoed in the Mediterranean were assisted by a French aviator is related by one of the agents of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society. The men were in an open boat when the French pilot swooped down near them. “He dorpped us his lifebelt,” said one of the rescued men. “On picking it up wo found a sheet of paper, upon which (he following words wore written: —‘Cheer up, lads; I’ll send for help.’ On looking up again he was gone. At ten o’clock we were picked up by a ship that had been sent to us for that purpose, after which we were landed at a certain place on the Tunisian coast.”