THE BRITISH IN RUSSIA.
STORY OF AMBITIOUS CAMPAIGN, AIT OFFICER'S DISCLOSURES. By Telepiph.—Press Assn.—fopyright. Received Nov. 6, 930 p.m. London, Nov. 4. A court-martial severely reprimanded Lieat.-Co'onel Sherwood Kelly, V.C.— Aus-N-Z. Cable Assn. [Lieut-Colonel Sherwood Kelly, VC., when tried by court-martial, pleaded guilty to writing letters to the Daily Espiws. He explained that he considered lie was only doing his duty to the country in revealing the actual facts of the North Russian campaign. Lieut.Colonel Kelly, in a letter to the Daily Ebcpteflty Stated that he found plans had been laid for an ambitious campaign in the interior of Russia, the nature of •which was secret. The Daily Express sensed Mr Winston Churchfll, Secretary of State for War, of conducting an adventurous scheme under the cloak of withdraw«L The War Office announced Upt Colonel Kelly's allegation was unfounded, and that the officer was removed from Us post on August 19, and sent bade to England on a charge of a serious fctfence Against the Army Act.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1919, Page 5
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166THE BRITISH IN RUSSIA. Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1919, Page 5
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