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DITCl I JJ J lJ S APPEAL

Has e c ybody S"en t hougl t to the
questlOn of \ hat the p csen t (er nal
offel Sl\e mea.nf;:i io the Al my medll;al
serVIce
cnc 0.\ of the
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ttacks on L [}C\ font tI 0
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combat h l� oxtcndc I to so 1 ol..h US J ke
one tu dred nnd mDcty two miles
'1ho b Ul1t of n c «ttacks 1 ::; fallen
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upon the Bri..tisl
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of such sufFe.r ug (lU fOl);:81 10
Tho men 1)('3r the r L»8 nil .,1iIt!
brl.ve. wmOFt sto ea! for lIude They 00n.r
lho A gilt! 0 the rf'CMj fh::hting rhl' r khaki
s n rngR
Tht'tr necka tu:uj aM a.re lor
b the cr�l fangs of bl\rLed W1r� And al
eh S D m" ror YOU (or li:n....land for
I umnn ty, for the fre dom of Ile ...0 Id
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cloiiOO eSM thM m.) nl!iver (!Ok IIglHII lpon
the 1 .ht oC day
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hf' I PI\ t'f of hfl
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that once hnm tJ em � rong and
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n Any a footbnll Lr umpn thtw! \nil n ot
a.ppeal 11'1 VD n tor I.h h .. P tl at DU cnn
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strt"ngth to rega. n tl.t 1e3lit �mA pnrt on nr
tl f' r r(J raN" T' go r
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tbat aNI 1o U F.O precloue
P H 01 !'(,'TlFIELD
throw them

THE LEAGUE OF IOIlCY
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VDU) 1 t kc f sure::;
as Lelllg ne
hat.evel DU 10&'30.<; were
ell ate but
v. oek they h a v e been ad dc I
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he i\isne
to b) the st ugglc on
11 c fightlOS tillS )' ca h<1$ been on a
scale U at I as fa exceeded anytJ mg
p e 10 sl y kno \in and the si. a n on
and th
tI c I\. r ly necl1.eal se V1£':e
olunla;,: 0 'gtln sations U at S Ipply it
t 1 sUlglcal necesslt es has heen
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MeurL Sarc!ay & Co Ltd Read all Bank
account for contnbut arts
to the fuud Cheques and other rem ttahees
should be IIOht to
The Ed tor
Read 1I Meccu ano Berks
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IInd w !l be Ac:t:nowedged
ea.rly lISsue of the paper
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reserve!'; a d thele
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mrmc1 for the whole (ront
fI st t me tI at ve have net
ld th e
with Lt e untied corn 1 1ul
resllt n the pJehmmaty stages has
n ot bl:!on ve y dIffet ent f 0 n the
e have eve Y COl tldence
But
otha s
I ""ht
In (enel al Foeh takmg the
"e
ueas 1.1 es to I estore the:; tuatioD
have to emembe l that the cl).cmy has
the lmtlai1ve whIch Imposes a d m
Unt 1 the
cult task on the defence
Entente Governments ha\c restal cd to

the comllandels Ute power of Imtia! vc
The
we must not expect great th ngs
ploblem 19 ilie same no.'" as e.ver In
Wc hal C Ilged over
m Itary history
and (Wer agam that It IS the busmess
of Governments to pro\1de the corn
m andera WIth St.tpeL'101 fOl cas and fOl
these forces to be concentra.ted at the
Oll
Not only
critica.l points
Government but those of OUI
must strain every nerve to put a fOlce
In the field more than sn1'fiClc 1t for the
U n ti l tbat • dOM thmgs WlU
task
1 ot go �ell m general

THE rIGHTING ORDER
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The Prime Mmisters announcement
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tmues to be a men�e is no longer a
meansLithC �of'l:chictu T Da�tllofTown
The hme has
peril I. sah8fadory
arrived t .len the tonnage ot toe new
ships exceeds the amount of the ton
nag. destPoved and on our ahilLty to
nlAtntaln that posItlO! depends the re
MAD"
We must not
suit or the !ea. W8.1
lo.!!"t thet wlt I e.. ry ship sunk 'alu
able cargoes are lost 11M. tha.t there
NEW ELECI'RlC
are also a number 01 ships out 01 corn

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ENGINE STARTER
Ha. th.. � of a L,olI
Ith th.. deIlcaorof. Spjda.'......

W.hat \\e want
mbsiM tOt repairs
desb uc
",fire puttcularly: J8 U boat
'Uhe mORt se btactory news will
Uon
be lh. mo.e rapid cl ••lra ilon 01 the
U ooat. and the Admlralt)' must not
be cont.ll� until the.� posto ,,, . prDc
twl/JJ;y w.weu fr� the 60fia,

flowen to �V;) to the �utrMer8. b t nt

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Tbe nnoual meet [Ii' of bet Read ng M.1:o.1&I;lUe
R.8o Olob wu nf d a the lieadq1I6rtara The AJbion.
he vee-p ee.ident (W, H
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The ChAirman .&aid that ODe ot tha "tee pIU denUi
had d et! ftrbUnr 10 h I It rIB IIDd <O'qlltl') Hfl
l(I1e r� to "MajOr Quarry and ba peoJlOied hat Go
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