From The Russian Side Of The Theatre Of War Come
good news and bad news. It is evident that the Russians suffered a very severe reverse in East Prussia and lost guns and great numbers of prisoners—the Germans say eighty......
The Arethusa ' Was The First To Be Attacked By
two German cruisers, and was engaged for thirty•five minutes at a range of about three thousand yards. She suffered some injury and casualties, but drove off the two German......
Although Only Two German Destroyers Were Seen To Sink, Most
of the eighteen or twenty others were badly punished, and escaped in scattered flight. The British destroyers freely engaged the German cruisers with both guns and torpedoes,......
During The Week Two Casualty Lists Have Been Published, The
first on Thursday and a supplementary list on Friday. Altogether the numbers are 10,345. The killed amount to 54 officers and 179 men ; wounded, 135 officers, 941 men; missing,......
On The Morning Of Friday Week A Brilliant Action Was
fought in the North Sca by our ships. The completely successful enterprise is the most reassuring event that has yet happened in the war. It proves the Navy to be con- summate......
As We Write On Friday Morning There Are Two Small
items of news from the North Sea. A steam drifter struck a mine on Thursday morning, thirty miles off the East Coast, and sank, and a quarter of an hour later H.M.S. 'Speedy'......
The Morning Post Of Thursday Published A Vigorous Account Of
the naval action by an officer who took part in it. It is well worth reading, but we have room to quote only a few lines. At the end of his narrative the writer says :--- " That......
We Are Delighted To Note That The Ulster Unionist Council
have unanimously accepted the advice of Sir Edward Carson that all the Ulster Volunteers who are qualified should enlist at once in Lord Kitchener's new Army. No conditions are......
We Shall Not Boast About The Way In Which Recruits
are coming in—first, because the numbers are not really very large ; secondly, because boasting stops recruiting, and it is essential to get new soldiers rapidly ; and thirdly,......
The Independent Labour Party, Of Whichmr. F. W. Jewett,...
is chairman, is urging its branches not to join in the Prime Minister's recruiting campaign. In the view of the Committee, "a sort of moral pressure will be inequitable and......
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