... Somewhere in JJ&nders KISMET My Dear Bystander HISTORY teaches us that it is given to few men to achieve their life's desire, and there is no reason to suppose that Private Wotherspoon, R.E., when he set off three weeks ago on a motor-cycle to see a man in the village of X about a winch, cherished in his mind the merest suspicion of any immediate fulfilment of his mundane yearnings. Yet, so ...

... THn&iM' Could DoWf boui BY EFEMERA. The Trial of the Committee AWITTY foreigner once said that England was a country of committees. Nothing was ever done except by a committee, and if an emergency reared its head a committee was at once formed to deal with it. I do not pretend to give his exact words, for, as the old darkey said, my forgetter is better than my remem berer, but that is the ...

... TURNBULL ASSER By A ppointment to H.M. Queen Alexandra The QUORN Featherweight No. 4.-- Active Service Coat Weight under 3 lbs. for Summer and Tropical Wear. AN adaptation of our Quorn Winter Coat, also J\_ supplied in short-length coats with Extension Flap to protect the Knees. Guaranteed Waterproof, Price £2 19 6 Also supplied packed in Waterproof Envelope, fitted with swivels to attach to ...

... THE UNTEARABLE COMBINATION PONCHO GROUND SHEET BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. Q-EEN ALEXANDRA. PRICE 32/6 -Ligjjt in weight, yet strong and thoroughly waterproof, the fabric does not tear, s durable, and yields long service. It can be worn as a Rainproof Cape when standing or walking and as a Waterproof Double or Single Ground Sheet when resting or sleeping. When not in use it folds up into a small ...

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... THE bed-rock facts about the Thresher Trench Coat are now as familiar to British officers as a Sam Browne belt. Its pre-eminence among campaign coats its incom parable cut its absolute impenetrability by wind or wet its discouraging way with mud-- and withal the comfort of it all these attributes are now so widely known that the word Thresher has passed permanently into the vocabulary of ...

... MILITARY SPECTACLES PRINCIPAL RETAIL f)-i 4 nYEflPVl QT \M ESTABLISHMENT: ^1 Ij UAllHllJ ulq if (Opposite Peter Robinson's.) Soldiers are badly handicapped with faulty or ill-fitting glasses, hence the adoption of specially constructed frames with large round eyes to give the best possible field of vision. The Military style is now being extensively copied by civilians on account of its ...

... I Kobtttsmi I Kolmt0ira I I &Cj^atp!p The Linen nail, Regent Street, London, W. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiE I Great Summer j Is A L El I proceeding. Hundreds of Bargains in all departments. An example of one of them: No. 517. Blouse in fine Lawn, front arranged flat pleats, new shape collsr to form revers hand-scalloped and embroidered. 6) A ...

... . The halt of the Russians after their victory in the Koniuchi district was a brief one. On July 6 they made fresh attacks, both near Zloczov and south of Brzezany, and though Austrian counter attacks recovered some of the lost positions, the Russians retained posses sion of three villages and over 1,000 prisoners. This was, however, only a prelude to a more important operation south of the ...

... 13,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED IN TWO DAYS July 1 and July 2 It was natural to suppose that the Russian offensive would open in Galicia The south-western group of armies undoubtedly constitutes the most effective part of the forces of Russia. The Russian generalissimo knows the coun try well, having been cam paigning there since 1914. thirdly, a stroke in this direc tion promises the most impor ...

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