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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 10, 29 August 1914, Page 3

General.

RISH GUARDS WANT TO CO TO , THE FRONT. ✓ 1 O y

By Electric'Telegraph —Copyright] [United Press Association.] , ■ London, 28U

’ There was a remarkable scene at Chelsea Barracks, where’ the Irish Guards are quartered, upon intimation being received that they were being transferred to a destination unnamed.

When they learned that they were only going to another depict, the men shouted, “We want to go to the front!” The officers urged the men to have patience.

London, August 28. Barbadoes has offered a contribu-

tion of £20,000. Mr Harcourt has v e. plied: “We gratefully accept it. The most welcome form is sugar.”

William Whitehead, a naturalised Englishman, a hotel proprietor, was charged in the Court at Dover and was remanded to Harwich. Evidence was given that bps pigeons were released at the same time that submarines and torpedoes departed.

The Times, in a leader, says; “We may he certain that a battle is nowraging upon a line further south than was supposed. The Germans have successfully invaded Northern France, sacrificing troops in a desperate effort to strike swiftly and irresistibly at Paris.”

The British wounded from Mens have reached Rouen, though the worst cases were sent to the field hospital. The bulk were wounded in the feet and legs, and only a small percentage in the stomach. The wounded readied Mons on Saturday.

The first batch of wounded from Mons arrived at Folkestone, and were conveyed to the Shorncliffe Hosp

Eighty Belgian military cyclists, survivors of the 2-10 who were cut up by the Germans, have also arrived at Shorncliffe to recuperate before returning.

The Patents Bill (enabling German patents to he manufactured in Britain) passed the House of Commons.

Mr McKenna, in reply to Mr Onthwaito, said no spies had been shot it Great Britain.