Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 08-1915

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OXFORD GAZETTE, l\TJilWBURY HERALD, AND BERKS COUNTY PAPER. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1015.
THE

THE WEEK

CASUALTY

ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT

P

Fe day

He bel eved two
vessel sank
The
~ nlle rs wer e work ng to the last moment
T~g d Eng neer Rowden was n the engine room
hen th e '1esse foundcrerl Capta n F neh was

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INTELLIGUCE

OH ~ ~JARIi: El

9673

l'ltEVJOUSIY REPORl ED "OU~DF.D NOW
O FElC IIJ I Y ltEPORIED MI8S I /i G ~ND

but was thrown to the surface

UNOH !CrALLY RI POR'IED I RlSONER

Th e boats were an hou and
forty
he
~9~utl5 f oatlng befor e be no pl~ked up
tapt.:! n
who was n the water 10 ty n nu es
has h 5 eft leg badly RJured

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Of W\R
Sergciln t C Crcfl. ru 5330
2nd BATI A LION
PREVIOUSI Y REPOR lED " OLiNDED AND
MISSING l\O W Rf!PORTED KILLED
Capta n H G r Moo I) w.rd

AMERICAN INDIGNATION
Th e New York newspap e s comn ent st ongly
Or! t hc A a b c 0 trage
The
Tr bune
says
that t s t m e to have done w th a nat on e
pud at n;1 eve If sc ap of nternat anal law
The t me has com e to ac t

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C01llllERCIAL

BERKSHIRE

DlED

de ed w th n t en n Inutes

KILLED

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C(I (' 11492
J a ~. .Go rora H Da IS 0116
Pr ate J 11('8\0'(' l OZ?8

DIED 01 WOU/iDS

AMERICANS ON THE ARABIC
Y soven perso ns who w e e on boa d the

Arab c ae now unaccounted for

READING POST OFFICE !:iHOW

7

P "I.., G "arro 8772
IREVIOU"LY RELOltTED WOUNDED
!tEL ORTED MISSING
P .to A Wh t~ 7625

"~~oats caps l.ed when the
und er

IRE COLLECrION IN EAST

WOUNDED

Pevote G E~re 7294
Pc at() J G I 0 8 10015
Pc a to W Mansfield 9184
DIED OF WOUNDS
Pnvatc A J Shall(\'! 9718

n Finch of the Arab c
nlerviewed
cap~~ vuse was steam no s xteen knots when
I' de~oerl
She was struck a hundred feet from
to P te n Th ere was a terr f c ex.plos on and
h. Sf th e la g 85t I hboats was blown nto the
.~e 0 Fou teen boats we e launched also life
lilts the passenge rs ass st no
The Arabic

W ked
0

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KILLED

ARABIC CAPTAIN S STORY

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PENNY FUND FOR SIex

1st BA1TALION

'L NEWS SPECIAL WAR SERVICE
CENT R"
QUEENSTOWN

LIST

Mr Bul vant

who was m 55 ng has noW w erl that t e s safe
Fou of th e
ss n9 passengers are Amer cans
M Jan es Hou ls ham of Ph
been added t o the I st of A ab c surv vors
S X pas se ngers nc ud ng three Amer cans
, e now n ss ng
T he W h Ie Sta l n~ de ny that the major ty
I)
th t P ssenge s aboa rd
the
Arab c
Â¥lefe
Canad a s tI e att e probab y numbered not
no c than twelve

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WOU"DF D 1\01\
A1\O MISS ING

NOVO GEORGEVITCH FALLS
AMSTERDAM Fr day
,he Ge man off e al tomn un que r.ays Novo
G" !l ey teh the e en y 5 las t st ongho d n
p~ and
has been taken afte a stubbo n e
$ an ce
T e cnt re!]a $on twentv thousand
men of wh c had a lr ea dy been made p sone 5
du ng t e f nal f ght ng hav e fa en nto Oll
hand
toyether w th an enormous Quant t v of
VI! n ale r a
Th e Ka se r 5 on n s way to the
cap tu ed fo tr ess
to thank Gene a Besel t
who ed th e aSSfH.I t and h s b ave troops n his
na me an d that "t th e count y
KA SER AND THE AUSTR AN EMPEROR

The Ka SO r was p esent at a ba Q,u et at
Aust an headqua ters on the oeeas on of
Aust an Emp e 0 s b thday
TURK SH ALLEGE BR ITISH CHECK

AMSTERDAM

F da y
1

The C(lnsta nt nop e c:on mun que says tt at on
Aug 5t 8t tt e ene ny cons 5t ng of aho tone
ea n cnt
attempted to attack ea Anafarta
but was eflu sed w th heavy osses Eisewl ere
nolh n9 mp o tant

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OXFORD AND BUCKS L I

MORE STEAMERS S UNK
PENZANCE F da y
The 5t ca n e s Ba on Ersk ne 5500 tons
fl f ter n e 3000 Ions hav e been sunk
eW5 ave bee n sav e I

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2900
2
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DIED 01 II OUNU ,

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ow t

t t rt ee n
Br t sh vess els
23 000 to ns a d en fshn!] ves

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unk by m n es or subm a n es dur no

nes uay

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