General.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 15, 4 September 1914, Page 5

General.

"TOMMY" AND THE FRENCH.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. London. September 3.

A British trooper, describing the battle, said: "The French are the one« for them. We are too kind. The French 'go for' them with the bayonet, and you just shut your eyes."

BELGIANS' GRATITUDE.

Loudon, September 3

Belgian Ministers have conveyed to the King the respectful and ardent gratitude of Belgium for England's Resolute and immediate intervention.

VARIOUS iTEMS. [United Press Association.] London, September 3. The War Office has approved of a scheme employing the Ulster volunteers. London, September 3. A magistrate sentenced Peter Duhn to six months' imprisonment for releasing a carrier-pigeon at Primrose Hill. . ,

Several German and Austrian waiters have been imprisoned for failing to disclose possession of revolvers. Prayers at one British camp on Sunday were conducted with shells firing all around.

Grahame White has joined the Naval Flying Corps as commander. A mine sank the steam drifter Eyri*Six of the crew were drowned. The Duchess of Sutherland's hospital continues work at Namur. London, September 2.

Lord Plymouth's second son was wounded at Mons, and has succumbed.

TO STEM THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE

Ostend, September 3,

Reserves in blue uniforms are being brought from Germany to relieve the first line. of troops, -which, if is believed, are being conveyed to Germany to stem the Russian advance.

GERMANY'S AERIAL FLEET.

London, September 3

American engineers who were recently at Berlin visited the flying station. They saw 50 Zeppelins ready to start, and hundreds of aeroplane* dso ready.■';'. ]■[.

THE BURNING 01- LfIPZIC.

London, September 3

It is now stated that though the oavityons at the Leipzig Books, Exhi|iition h jwere burntj l|ie British] Commissioner., had. renioved the British loan collectioiJs'i)rior :i to his hurried ieuartjMje. ■, ~.. •.-,-,

Since Monday, 60,000 have joined the colors. Lord Kitchener's second army of 10Q,000 h expected to be completed

in a few days

The Football Association proposes to place its grounds at the War Office's disposal, to arrange for well-known public men to address the players and spectators on; match days, and to open recruiting-stations adjacent to the 'grounds'.'-' : '■ '<'**<

SOME OF THE "MISSING:? T 1

London. September 3,

.A, number of .'British, soldiers; hare reached .Folkestone w ho. were cut off from their regiment.at Mons. .They wandered into the German lines and were forced to bury their arms ,and their uniforms. Biding by, da.y,,,aji& walking by night, they reached the const in six days. . .

THE GERMAN RIFLE FIRE.

London, September 3

Correspondents state that the British troops are now almost indifferent to the German rifle fire. The army doctor states that of five hundred wounded under his charge, only one is suffering from a rifle bullet, all the others suffering from shrapnel or bits of shell.

"LIE FACTORIES."

Washington, September 2,

The German Ambassador accuses London and Paris of being "lie factories," comparable to Shanghai during the Russo-Japanese war.

A THRILLING TEN MINUTES.

(Received 8.15 a.m.) Paris, September 3

Two aeroplanes rose, one from each side, the German's airship hovering over Romanville fort. I'hey exchanged shots and it was a thrilling sight. For ten minutes the German was rising all the time until at such a height thm Frenchman was unable to follow, and ulitmately lost sight of his enemy. ((Jontinnea on page 3.)