The Archive · 1914

Louis Botha as British General

Anglo-Chinese Agency.

London, Sept. 24.

{he loss of the three British cruisers, out of & navy of 700 men-of-war, is regretted, but it leaves the public unperturbed, as such accidents naturally are expected.

Evidence of the solidarity of the British Empire is given by the decision of General Louis Botha, Premier of the Union of South Africa, who was a general in the Boer Army and fought against the British, personally to direct the operations against German South-west Africa.

Russia, by capturing Jaroslav, has cut the Austrian Army in half.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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