Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 49, 14 October 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

4 FfiVE FOOT FIVE! ANTWERP ACTS AS A STIMULUS TO ENLISTMENT. United Press Association. (Received 9.30 a.m.) London, October 15. | The fall of Antwerp acted as a stimulus to enlistment, and 2000 [joined in London, to-day. The height standard lias been lowered to sft. ,sin. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST AERIAL ATTACKS. London, October 12. The Mayor of Gravesend has ■ otified residents that in the event of hostile airships coming they should shelter in cellars on the sound of firing. MOTOR AMBULANCES ESSENTIAL. London, October 12. The Times’ medical correspondent roj>orts that horse ambulances are obsolete under modern battle conditions, 'and motor ambulances essential. MAJOR RICHARDSON’S RETURN FROM ANTWERP. (Received 9.30 a.m.) London, October 13. Major G. S. Richardson, of the New Zealand staff corps, who participated in the defence of Antwerp, has returned to London. , ALIEN TREACHERY. SUGGESTED CAMPAIGN TO EMPHASISE THE DANCER. (Received 9.80 a.m.) London, October 13. Lord Charles Beresford, in a letter to tho press, recommends a campaign :o urge the Government to deal more stringently with aliens, and abolish naturalising during the war. He declares that Belgium suffered, countless horrors from the treachery of naturalised Germans. A SPY IN CUSTODY. (Received 9.30 a.m.) London, October 13. Karl Ernst, hairdresser, of Caledonian Road, London, was remanded. Postal officials gave evidence that many letters which had been opened contained remittances of £o to £ls for various spies. BRITAIN'S CEREAL SUPPLIES. (Received 9.4 5a.m.) London, October 13. The Times’ British crops report shows that the wheat . percentage is 95.4, barley 91 and oats 86.2 of tho estimated supply. RER GROSSERS RETURN. 3RAVE BELGIANS OUTCLASSED BY GERMAN ARTILLERY. (Received 9.30 a.m.) London, October 13. Thirty British navals, being a portion of 2000 interned in Holland, have returned to London, having been released because they were members of the Red Cross. They pay a high tribute to the courage of the Belgians, whd were merely outclassed by the German artillery. FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF MOTOR AMBULANCES. (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, October 13. Lord Kitchener has devoted £20,000. the gift of Canadian women, to purchase motor ambulances. Other efforts are being made to raise funds for 400 motor ambulances, to which motorists in Scotland, promised to subscribe £20,000. CANADA’S CONTINGENT BEING INCREASED TO 100,000. (Received 0.0 a.m.) Ottawa, October 13. The Canadian overseas forces will he ! brought up to 100,000. ! Coiflmonting oii this decision, the Daily Star says that as recruiting in Britain proceeds, the menace of the war is being more recognised in Canada. A HOT TIME. MARINES MAKE FINE STAND IN THE TRENCHES. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, October 13. Mr Doudhufe, the Daily Chronicle’s correspondent, says; The brigade was terribly cut up. on Thursday night. Some of the sailors and marines wore in the trenches without relief for four consecutive nights and days. iThosa who were not wounded were 'exhausted and scarcely able to walk, hut with splendid courage and devotion they refused to evacuate, am! when tho general retirement was ordered they insisted on being permitted to stay behind and light to the bitter end. Tho Belgians declare that when the main body of the Bel-

giun army retired, the British were still holding out bravely, fighting in the most exposed positions, and disputing every inch of ground with the advancing Germans. The British subsequently wove driven back towards the city.