Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1915

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::~;~~~~~~:~~ Challenge
Cup. pre.enied
Four bowls, 21 poin~ up.
entilledm.o hold the cup

·to Fece~8 a prlze. presen- '

t:';~!:'p,:~Ji!:~:~~~. ,Mr.
: H.Ridley.
Baylis; .second'
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FoUl' bowie 9Il.Ch lJayer. 21
ll'p,J-,PJi..... · prJ>6entfld by
ioutenantColon,~l
Mr. John Eighteen.
Four ~wls each player. 21
n"L~."""Z'" presented by 'the late' Mr.
George Elms, and :p.rr. H. 1'.
to hOld . tlie "Nilvi\le ..

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: he ., despribOO the
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with Ger·

BeJ~ium'; 1\.n(I' gave thl' audio
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. aC()O"Lot of ' what"liad' happened
.to Bel/lium' ev.e r· aince--the early days when they
were.n f..!o.ken With ~19f! bi·.. ::war undreamed
of. and tho8~0.w .b~t 'l!llre l s.,!akerilng to horror by
the . ever·loouung.larj!&r 'c runee· pel'lletrated by'
~eir. foes. '. The I-c~;.inc~ealled IJi inteIl8rty
lWI' UttNlItOry WIL8 told of
fort. a~t.er fort made
it.! gaJ.1"",~ rMfs&ance, only to "SucCumb M I""" to
tremendous odds.
The: towns on the slides
I......n~ · to be nearlY ''all , ,uKe; :1!&Ch a.' d"101atiOn
'atones .and "broken . walls.·. . Nn.mu·r ,
. Chs.rieooi, all 80 hea\ltlfu\ and
i'n. the . d~y8 ~ . now, 8eem ;80: far off,
were now like I/o ;m!l!!S<'o f ruJna. ·: ~o;;t!'slide6' were
ehow~of . :w~"~. w;e~ oni1e ' tlte j'~ilciPal, aiId
beauti,tuI bmldings.': of N~ur. e.n(l . )lflW Utey
_moo &e' if ~e ha('! bellO an eart~quake. 'so
.thoroughly . had the bombirrdment ,done 'its ne.·
,arjous wori. One l'hot~h <if ... seene out8id,e a. Beleian yil1aO'fI, wM pa.rliculariy etrildug.
It,- repl'esentfld a hord., - of Germans dvancing, l
,and behind . them there .... ere cloude of smoke
' a~ing · tro~ Idrelnendo~ B:re
~e!rown
klndhng.
Y IUage after "Illage, lie "Sald.- lay
smoUld"rlna_ in , ruins after the .enemy had de·
parted, .War was ineeparable fr om ruins-and de·
·.,Mta&n, bn~ nothinlt, ha.d ever been done' as had
been done by the Germans: · Attilli.'s Huns wer~
o,io.ilisM oomparOO ' with the tWlint!6th centUry
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James Hicks. l ..te oolour-sergean t
of the 'bi; Batlallon Roy.al Berks _Regiment. who
h .... ~n ti~esen~ea.~_wi~· the I s~..er ·.~~al for
. rong ~ &nd. highly m6ritOrioUB 8~nooe, JOlnfld the
49th \RegiJDen~ OJ 1800 ·trOm ,the ·Bo'1!.1 Hibernian
·SClio\)l . atid ser.. ed in<India. .and ~ other 8~lltions,
baing discharged after the Egyptiu"Wnr of 1882
wiUt 'an .~JlIIlplary charl\C~r. He 'Wla ~t erwardB
in .charge of- Ute S<ihool for Boys at Tattenhall,
'Che+ire., when he d;<J ~ood senies to the'- I;lerk·
shire RegilDeIi\ by 8 Bndinll -wall;.trained lads into
it. -aU 'of;' whom ·did. yen. man,. distinguishing
th.~~lv<l6 in oricket. football .. and rille shooting.
Tlul :mfldal cI/orriee. wit1i.' it I\n annuity of .'£10.

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the
" C ~~ CoIl)p&riY--.Df the '~!Jiot K~nt Regiment fouud
a Gorman . officer bur/eo In II. ' duK-Qut." Ra res·
oued:' hioi . ....her.uP-· t1i~ aerm"n ·.,hipped c:>ut a
1."6",,1..6r and aliot ii.nother tIWlmb()r ~! ilthe reltlment
throUg-h the arm. The Germarr quieklJgot what he
tharou/fb!y de3erved .•· . ' • .
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Rpeerve.

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'man, now in "Roadine, - s.f~r c,om~It ' th~ou.gh
Neu'fe. .Chapolle . b ..ttlo W1thau~ ... scr"t.ch. wae
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HIS ESCAPE FROM BRUSSELS.
l.juel aftenr~ whilai.tl,Ooking throtigh a
';' An iiiteresting .. ~e6!lrit ' was -. given of the. lee· • .,ound&!l
p<>riapoPe., He w..:. in , the t"!"'~'il.. f ldld the bullet.
tur~r's perBonaJ.'· expenenciJI! · !-n Brussels t.nd the

· a(ter. liaylDlt ,,'erced ~. aandl)alf....:",,"811.\ clean th~o.ugh
indomitl/oblo .co urage of if,a f"mOllS ·QurgomMter. :the ·i&n~rpor"lts ~ nrn!&..
H 'o' h~ a ma.rvellouB
.Y. Ma'X.
l'n.pere were now fomiaden· albo· ~.,from beinJr 'lr.il1ed..:
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and va\uable--a friend ' of 'hIS 'had ' paid' I£8 for a · .1!r1vat.! it,. M~OWB. of
let . Suffolka,. whq
c9py of'<' The Times.~ · ·.N.w. 'wu>:W_~i:nnted !...t . Reading . mffe!'ing.' from · wound.. """tamed· . at
~n .tlle: caf6s;. . but eTeijt~ng wJ/.8 ."done ~l~h th" ;Yprcee l?Jt.J'ebmary - 16th, volunt.~ wi~h three.
gteatest seci-e!Jy.·. !ifl ' WAIl
Brll8Kels 'until No· 0~li8111 as .,. ' Itretcber [! bOarer bo fe&olL L l"utenant
~~!. when h!J_·beAt,dthe.'EugllBb were. to be 'F«d, who had, boon , seTllrely wounded; ;,from the
arrested •. and. he. then:-..lfec,ted 'a.·danget'Ous eecs.p!, :6rin1l' . line, When' obtainin/r. 1t:ta atretCha.r .. 'buU~~
pi••rOed ·tho . beel of h-;"· boo~ ' BncJ' then: he and hi.
1 ip.to 'HbUand. H... t~llfld in ' a ....hicle. a de· co~
'o&mjf -reeoued tha oJfteQr l<»k ,him to a
IleriptJon. of which he ' wa!a not allowed to Ki.. e, wood. ...
'Hm th•.- OMman. must· b.+e det~otecViJhem, .
&nd .j uat 'before teaching the frontier the driver for- the" 'oommenoed' to "oll.~ wood. WIth the ye8&W,. ~ Garman guard. alid Ihe (r.,:r. Hench) had ,to
suit !that he M.d t;hree bull. throilgh the ..no and
remailt M the .b ottom of the ca.rt, oo.,ered by a on. througb':the ~< '. . '.
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ma~tr&8. foo: Do lona t.ilne, whilet the . German Rat
ort top of him dririldng with the' dri..er. Fortu~ately hll ·.was · undiscovered, and so at last '~e

lIamecl safety:
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.:. .NAVY 'OF-F1CE:aS' GBNBROSITY..
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' hall had been. I!~nted them ·free-of charge
on
. ·tion · :that Ute procll~9 ' wime to go . to
the ~
~' &fonml1ntioned ' ~nd . ~e . expanseW
·tJl
meetins ha.iI D.een ';kfudi, :pai-d by the ·om·
fen of H.]/[. I!Ihrp.. King 'Goorge . a.hd Aj~~:
.must not be ·.thou~M that. auffeting tn, ~IIIJlum
WAIl now a thIng of the past; f.o r many i wen ~.
· tirely. dfllltitute. All things. were reqmtild; a.nd .
f()~wear ~8. B{lQCiilly aooeptlloPl&. , '.
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.' -The MayOr, m "propo!ling '1' vOte' c.f thanks.· to
Mr. D,ench. ea.id a~ter .w~at ~he; had heard he
lOaa' sur., ,!I'll would do their utmost :for· the B el·
IPtUt9.· ·Tb.e,.Belgiau. had donw·their, ",est for ~h8'
'- English, &lid I it. waB 'onl,. rigb~. that.· iIle 'English,
in tlqn; should do their.beat .tOI'. ·them. · ' l '
.. Mr. ,H.
agtl ~onded . the i"0te of thanp.
-. After' t4,e':·lecture. Mr. Dimch. l!a.id11i-t..~ ",or~
· abu.ut the >j}elg.i alll!jn Engb.nd.. .M"", .h"":l. com.:.
· p laaned abOut.. the rou,ghness- bt,'80n;Ie o.f ilia Bel·~~a~~;- but-- it mUst .not be fp:r.:g~tte';l~.- tha~ e'tel"! .
nabol). . h!Ul.· lt~ J'ough characters,,; s.nd that,the .
Belgian ~na~i?J}, M~io aa:it WIUI, s,ti.1Jert¥l fr!?m
th.!> 'Bame faU~l, The Enfl:liel!- were accu.tomed to
their beers. whil&t the Bel.\ijll-ns w.. re :u.ed .to light
beElrs " tld so ' wheu treate-d -the latter became
afrecfell. .' He ', implored tlieln~ notto ...ueat:-:-the
1l"lgj&ll8 ·,to strong qrinb. for iis WM m~st det~.

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Bhl~ld

CompetitIOn , .. ~,:...}'lld A.

BhieldC<:,mpeli&n .. .H. end A.. 'Shield Competition ... H. and A.
301~, -'''e4il'esd~8.y, .<j.rouch Hill ..... ... " , Away
101.h.~-S,at':'rday; 4th Rd. Sbield Competition

H. lind A.

Shield Competition

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BISCUIT FACTORY.
",ho &ie hWd8l"8 of the Berro.
. 9up. are looking for·-on. Mr. G. Bar·
. 116 capwll: in 8UCC988ion bo
A. W. Pike wm 8C~ ... his
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popular bon •
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.to re"i8D his
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player will aWl be
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is Mr. J. Pierce.
8aturda.r with a. matcll
Ra:i1wl'" at C&Stlebar Park.

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Foroea. the play;"
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