General.
'The Kaiser visited his wounded son Oscar near Longwy. Addressing the Grenadiers, he said: “The fighting in the neighbourhood of Longwy will be inscribed in letters Si gold on the roll of history. Our successes we must ascribe to the God of our fathers!”
A party of Germans in a motor-car, wearing uniforms taken from French prisoners', was caught attempting to blow up a railway bridge at Missel, and thus sever communication with Dieppe and Havre.
Lord-John Hamilton was killed when fighting with the Irish Guards in a recent ruse, the German officers wearing British uniforms. Their motorcar contained the trunk of Captain Bertrand Stewart, which was taken when he was arrested for espionage. The German wounded complain of the severe marching, saying they never covered less than thirty-six miles a day.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 29, 21 September 1914, Page 6
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133General. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 29, 21 September 1914, Page 6
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