... l idea of holding on to a particular city. Russian fortitude would have sustained the abandonment of Warsaw at the first invasion last year had it been determined on—and certain Russian military opinion is known to have actually favoured that course for ...

... DEVASTATION IN COURLAND GERMAN CASTLES AND HOUSES BURNED. Petrograd, Wednesday.—The German invasion of Courland has resulted in the destruction of practically the whole of thet magnificent country. Thousands of acres of farm land have been ruined by the ...

... said the appeal on behalf of the three million people in France who were homeless and destitute on account of the German invasion was one that ought to appeal in a special way to the hearts of the British people, and hoped the effort on Friday and Saturday ...

... established just across the English Channel our own shores would alway, be open to threat and peril. Then. too, the unprovoked invasion and ruin of Belgium must not he left iinredressed and unavenged. Finally. as Mr. Samuel declared, the whole pencetill future ...

... has alma ly ct tended to the rouse of the Allies, the sense f security owing to the invincible might of the British Navy. Invasion of England, which was an obsession so short a time ago, has become unthinkable. That does not only mean that England is free ...

... unanimouws in recognising in their Qneen an intense desire to henefit every class, irrespective of religion or polities. _The invasion of her conntry by the Germans was a hearthreaking event to her, hut ance the bagmning she has stood by her hushand's side ...

... Radicals greatly decried, are now, in the language of Mr. Asquith to the House Commons Wednesday last, able laugh at the scare invasion, Moreover, that very Navy has rendered incalculable sendee to the cause humanity well the commerce the world clearing the ...

... days had been somewhat more encouraging, had been persuaded to hope even against hope that at the eleventh hour the tide of invasion would be stemmed and that the city would not fall into the hands of the enem-y. At the moment of writing its fate is not ...

... gallant, ave, gallant, efforts which are being made by our Russian Allies (loud and prolonged cheers) to stem the tide of invasion and to the intogrity of their I do not think ip the whole of military bictors thore has bees a more example aflorded of ...

... characteristic of them, insured against accident, fire and death, but they had not hitherto insured against the possibility of invasion. They had simply left it to the individual to do his best,' as -a volunteer soldier or sailor. He was glad to see that that ...

... afleviating the sufferings of those brave men who are risking their lives in our defence, and protecting our country from the invasion of the unspeakable Huns. T have had information from the headquarters of the Fund that the Newton Division has sent one of ...

... the crisis that the issues at stake began to assnme their proper proportions in the pliblio mind; and even when, with the invasion of Belgium by the (Allan advance-guards, the fatal die had at last been cast, the holiday atmosphere seemed to leave an amazing ...