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ing a serious resistance. Fouche was already arranging for the restoration of the Bourbons; and on July 3rd, at a council of war held in Paris, it was decided that an armistice should be arranged. In a few hours it was settled that the French Army should retire to the Loire, and

THE LATE SIR JAMES GRIERSON.* WHEN the news came that the General corn- His Kindliness. manding the Second Army Corps of the It was not learning, however, which gave Jimmy slidde British Expeditionary Force had died G r i erson th e pl ace h e p o ssessed in the heart of the ° n

The Goeben, the finest cruiser in the German Navy, evaded the British and French fleets in the Mediterranean. She was chased by the Gloucester, a small cruiser of 5,000 tons, which had a shot at her, but she ran away to the safe shelter of the Dardanelles, where she was sold to

[The following pathetic letter (dated ioth August) from an old Austrian gentleman to a friend in England throws some light on the state of public feeling in Austria.] IN your happy country, where the man who does not want to fight simply stays at home and criticizes those who do

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THE general-in-chief dwells in his special railway train; the corps commanders dash to and fro in their automobiles; the divisional generals, the brigadiers, the colonels ride as becomes their rank. They are dignitaries, but their brows are lined with care, and the object of the

The Emperor may certainly claim a large share in the promotion of the naval expansion of modern Germany. It might almost be said that although love for the army is traditional in his house, that love is even surpassed by his love for the navy. It seems as if there were something