London, Nov. 20.
The Lyons to Marseilles mail train has been robbed. Thieves boarded the train as it was leaving the station and hid in the roof of the mail van which they broke into and opened fifty bags, taking all the valuables and also the official bag of the Ministry of War. It is believed that motor cars co-operate ed with the thieves. The latest information from Marseilles is that the mails stolen included 2 number of English bags which were on their way to the Far East and were to be shipped by the French mail steamer Caledonien. But the mails vii Brindisi for India wore untouched. The value of the booty secured by the thieves is estimated, conjecturally, at £120,000 more or less. The robbery is described as a gigantic covp.—Reuter.
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