London, Nov. 15. The death is announced of Field-
Marshal Earl Roberts.—Reuter.
London, Nov. 15. The death of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar was announced in a Press Bureau communique worded as follows "Lord Kitchener, Secretary State for War, announces, with deep regret which he knows will be shared by the whole Army, that he has received, this evening, the following telegram from Field Marshal Bir John French, Commanding the British Expeditionary Force 'Deeply regret to tell you that Roberts died at eight this evening'.
The Press Bureau adds that Field Marshal Earl Roberts, who was on a brief visit to France to greet the Indian troops, of which he was Colonel-in-Chief, contracted a chill on Thursday last and succumbed to pneumonia after a short illness.—Reuter.
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