Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 40, 18 February 1915, Page 6

Great Britain

DEATH OF THE BLUCHER'S CAPTAIN. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, February 17. The Blucher's captain, Eidmand, died at Edinburgh of pneumonia. He was one of the greatest gunnery authorities in Germany. CHEERING UP BRITISH INCAPICITATED ON THEIR WAY HOME. (Received 8.45 a.m.) ■ Amsterdam, February 17. One hundred and ten British prisoners who are oil their ivay Home, eagerly listened to reports, of the news, and cheered on learning of the Falklands Victory and the loss of the Blucher. They state they were fairly well treated in the hospitals, but their treatment while interned in the camps was inhuman. They were almost starved, the food ebing only fit for pigs, and they were kicked if they; made ' the slightest complaint. The British and German wound. I met at Flushing, and chatted concerning their life-during imprisonment. London, February 17.

Garibaldi, standing beneath the Italian flag, accompanied by Garibaldian veterans, held an enthusiastic meeting in London 'and declared that Italy must come in on the side of the Allies. He hoped the Italian army would "soon bo marching thiongh Austria.

Amusement has been created in military circles by the Gorman'attempt to mislead the Allies as to the number of their new corps. It is abundantly proved that in numbering their new corps they have deliberately skipped from twenty-eight to thirty-seven.