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Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette Saturday, October 12, 1918. Pg 5

Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette Saturday, October 12, 1918. Pg 5

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Title Saturday, October 12, 1918. Pg 5
Page number Pg 5
Date Saturday, October 12, 1918.
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Publisher Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette,

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READING MERCURY, OXFORD GAZETTE, NEWBURY HERALD, AND BERKS
COUNTY PAPER
4

READING NEWS

WAll 8UPPLIl1S DEl'OT

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IlllTft'nI'y
BI
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OCTOBER

12,

IS

1918.

TWYFOltD

THE APPEAL I cND
The

Rea.ding

Depot

the

pr�t

appeal

,q�

Wont

n

HolIp

tall;

SU'ppl.LH

rrent need of (llDds oWlng 0
dl'l ma nds made upnn t.
t.he.
ofre Dfi 8 BJld we .Quld
herefare
tor genprous donahoo.s to the fund

11

hea)

hal'O opened

(B

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We wo uld n�a. n d root. nUeat on to 1 e
COlloert 0 be g vea by CIar,.. B t.t
R�a.d
ng ou WcdnC!«la, Ilf�rDOOD Oc ober ZJ'rd.
when thn p ofiLs I!I e to be dt)volcd to be
\\ at Hosp t.a.1 Su p pl MI Depot.
M...rL IIuclo, "'Co LW.. lIoad_llaak.
••• opeaed aD aeco..t for coll ' nbllti •••
to th.e (u.d CI:.eqIMa aM .u.- re�•
•"'01114 be ••1 to
n•• Eel LoI'
Reawul MoroutJ aIld Herlu Co-t, Pa,...
7 M_Ut p,- R..d ...
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early ..... of tt.. papet
n.,. ....aJd be mado pa,ab'" to t�.
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GREYFRlARS READING
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C,\U,RO 1 JOl!\:) filE
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n peace

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Tf anyone glances at a n ap
'Vcstern f ont f om the North Sea to
i\Iet
It g eas y to see tl e object ves
of the
present
fight ng
l\la shal
Fach s sh ateg c concept ons ha e been

kened to

ce

a
umber of pD. rs of p n
s of d He ent !'; zes one v th n the

other

\\ list thele
s
a c e rt a n
ount of tr th ID thIS tI e POSlhon
can also be e pressed n:sIn pIe fo m
and pe haps , th greater t
th f tI e
0.

f gure of an Ime ted T s t sed
fhe
cross pIece of the 1 rep esents the
fro t bel nd \\h ch uns the ra way
WllCh forms the ma n
atel al

n catIOn
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las been
fight ng m ght and n a D to keep us
off it
He has not succeeded because

m

ve h ave

ntf!1"1 up ted It In the no 1h
dIke v se at Cambra
But In the
latter case he hnd an alternat ve I ne
th ough Le Cateau
It IS
at thIS
place that the na n commun cah
s
that fo m tI e s tr a ght edge oC the T
lO n from German)
Hence the tre
mendous fight he IS pult ng
up be
a

r

40
.,
538 6 R
'30 6.36

l\Hen Cambra
tl e

perslStent

and St QuentIn
endeavours of

f\nd

lhe

BrItIsh Forces to beak th ougb to Le

Gene ul Srn U
DorrIen s stand ID the retreat from

Catea

BRITISH

MADE

-

-

the scene of

Mons

We

enemy s

mam

SELF

NEW

STARTER
FOR ALL

MOTOR VEHICLES.

to

destToy

t1 e

commumcation f on
Germany with hiS great late al com

meat on
The enemy also las
b g hne of commun cat on
with Germany at one end of the CIOSs.
It IS the task
p eco-t hrough Metz
of the AmerIcan and French Fot ces
west of Verdun to mterrupt thiS lme
When these t \0 objectives h ave been
achreved the German hold on France
Rehrement on a bIg sca,le
has gone
nt

another

THE

w sh

Is inevitable.

Bolor� the bUR n(ll!'ls at the Rerul ns: Pol 00
Wednesday
Court was en ered upon on
Mr Ba} (DOt ng magutn.t.ns el4Jrk) fiald
he regretted to n fo "ID the Bene.h thnt. i\1,.
Sydney B J\. n would not be n atkondnnca
that. mom ng he ha\" llg ..Just ff'C8 Ted a
t.eleimun (ro m t.he War Offioe notifY1DA' b m
of fJle 1oS!! of h A son FranOlB
l1r

lWRe

(oba nlla.n)

I

Abould like

the Bonoh � sympathy
w t.h
thepeoa.t 1085 be has Ml_$a4nerl
It 8 very htU'd 1 know for most of us ba'Y8
EU:per enoed some of the feelinR' WhlCh &n N18
f rnm S1 oh a OSj;l J !'I nc:erN., hope l\fr
BrILl n w 11 be able to bear hill loss wtt.b
fort tude We offar h m ou r Nncere OOD

t

0XfI1'$SR
olerk

DU

dolenc�

At rt 1tl"!IdaV
. !;

TnbuDul

the Chl:l.lnu n

APPOtll
(Mr A J MacC-ey)r

ooha f of the members pnlIIJOnt aaaurea.
Mr BrlWl 01 tho r doop 'l'mp.tb, wltb him
in the 1058 of b. Bon

on

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tho
wen kno II
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