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§s>ales bp Ruction. THE PENTRE ESTATE OF 47 ACRES OR THEREABOUTS ON THE LOVELY OUTSKIRTS OF ABERGAVENNY, MONMOUTHSHIRE. f ————————— JATVrrcS STRAKER, SON & CHADWICK (Members of the Auctioneers' Institute) are favoured with instructions to offar by Public Auction, at the ANGEL HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY, at 2.30 o'clock in the Afternoon, on TUESDAY, the 2nd day of NOVEMBER, 1915, in 11 Lots, The Attractive & Valuable Freehold Gentleman's Residence Park Lands. Rich Enclosures of Accommodation Lands fronting the main Brecon Rd. Farmery. Cottages and Small Holdings. } Sale Plans and Particulars may be obtained from the Auctioneers, Abergavenny, or any further information from H. GALLIENNE LEMMON, Esq., Solicitor and Notary Public, Abergavenny. J. STRAKER, SON & CHADWICK (Members of The Auctioneers' Institute), AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS, ESTATE, LAND AND HOUSE AGENTS. SALES conducted of House Property, Estates, Timber, Machinery and Plant, Shares, Agri- cultural & Trade Stocks, Furniture, Pictures, Plate, and all Household Effects. VALUATIONS made for Probate, Tenant Right, Mortgage or Sale, and for the Transfer of Hotels and other businesses. Licensed Victuallers' Accounts kept and Stocks taken. Gauging. SALES OF FAT & STORE STOCK in Aber- gavenny Cattle Market every TUESDAY, and FAIR-DAY, commencing at 9.30 a.m. ESTATES Managed and Rents Collected. Mortgages negotiated. SALES of Horses, Vehicles, Harness, &c., in the Cattle Market, every Fair Day at 11 a.m. INSURANCES of all kinds effected in leading Offices. Register kept of Farms, Country and Town Houses to Let or for Sale. Teelphone P.O. 24. I" Telegrams Chadwick," Abergavenny. Offices FROGMORE & MARKET STREET CHAMBERS, ABERGAVENNY. PENPERGWM, NEAR ABERGAVENNY. SALE OF ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN FREEHOLD OLD-ESTABLISHED FREE, FULLY-LICENSED MAIN ROADSIDE HOSTELS in the County of Monmouth, known as the "KING OF RUSSIA" situate about three miles out on the Aberga- venny to Raglan Road, and within a few minutes' walk from Penpergwm G.W.R. Station Together with about 15 ACRES OF RICH ACCOMMODATION LAND. Excellent Outbuildings Garden. Tennis Court. Which will be offered bv JAMES STRAKER, SON, &' CHADWICK at the ANGEL HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY, On TUESDAY, the 2nd NOVEMBER, 1915, Subject to Conditions of Sale, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon. Full sale particulars may be obtained from the Auctioneers, Abergavenny or any further information from J. R. JACOB, ESQ., Solicitor, Abergavenny. Re A. F. WALLACE. To AGRICULTURISTS, TRADESMEN AND OTHERS. STANDARD STREET, CRICKHOWELL. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 1915. JAMES STRAKER, SON & CHADWICK (Members of the Auctioneers' Institute) are favoured with instructions from Mr. Arthur Collins, Accountant, Bristol (the Trustee under a Deed of Assignment) to Sell by Auction on the premises, the Corn Merchant's Stock-in-Trade MACHINERY, including 4- H.P. Horizontal Engine FODDER, 4 CARTS & WAGGONS, VALUABLE LIVE STOCK, &c. ftM STOCK-IN-TRADE will include a quantity of Silver Sand, Grit, 20 bags Rice, 64 bags Chaff, large quantity of Red Clover (in bags), also Rye Grass, Mangold Seed, Chicken Feed, Canary Seed, Biscuit Meal, Linseed, Oatmeal, Hay Cord, Moss Litter, 250 dozen Flower Pots, Hops, Oatmeal, and other lots too numerous to mention, the whole of which will be sold in convenient lots. 'HE FODDER will include about 2 tons of Wheat Straw. 'HE MACHINERY, PLANT AND FIXTURES include Desks and Counters, Lamps, Platform Scales, Scoop Scales, Sack Trucks, Corn iBins, Crushers, Corn Crusher by Bamford with belting and shafting, Elevator, Steam Wind- lass with endless chain and pulley, Winnowing Machine, Chaff Cutter for power and belting, Capital Horizontal Engine (4.1 h.p.), and many other items. ORSE AND PIGS comprise Chestnut Horse, aged, quiet and a good worker 3 strong Store Pigs, 2 capital Bacon Pigs. IE CARTS, WAGGONS AND OUTDOOR EFFECTS include 2 strong Spring Traps, Float, N.W. Waggon, Hay Presser, Tools, Portable and other Fowl Houses, Horse Clipping Machine, Pig Troughs, Boilers, Troughs, Galvanized Sheets, and various other effects. Sale at i o'clock. Terms—Cash. Further Sale Particulars may be obtained m the Auctioneers, at their Offices, Aberga- my and Crickhowell; or of Messrs. E. T. Uins & Son, Chartered Accountants, Bristol. I MONTAGUE HARRIS, F.A.I., AUCTIONEER, VALUER, HOUSE AND I ESTATE AGENT. agr- Montague Harris, Abergavenny.' Shone: P.O. 41. conducted of all kinds of Property, agricultural and other Stock, Timber, Furni- are, &c. EKLY SALES OF FAT & STORE STOCK t the Cattle Market, Abergavenny, every UESDAY & FAIR DAYS, commencing at .30 a.m. CUATIONS for Probate or Mortgage, and Ir the Transfer of Licensed Premises. ICTICAL EXPERIENCE in Estate Managp- ent. Rents Collected. All Insurances effected. ffiCM LION STREET, ABERGAVENNY. iOSSWAY COTTAGE, ABBEYDORE. R. MONTAGUE HARRIS, F.A.I., has been instructed by Mrs. Wall and Mr. nas George to Sell by Auction, as above, t THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 1915, The whole of the WELL-PRESERVED JSEHOLD FURNITURE & EFFECTS Ilantel, Arm namely mantel, Arm Chairs, Windsor Chairs, .gany Pembroke Table, Oak Settle, Fender ?iretoo!s, CORNER CUPBOARD, Kitchen Oil Painting, Dust Preventor, Couch, d Oak Table, Warming Pan, Oak Tent ead, Tables, Round Tables, Bedroom, 3, Feather Beds, Palliasses, Sheep's Head Quantity of Crockerv, Blankets, Counter- 2 Bamboo Tables, Toilet Glass, Toilet Dressing Tables, Washstands, Suite of ture, upholstered in crimson plush 'nier, with plate-glass top; Walnut Writing Easy Chair, Harmonium, 8.-day Clock, orner Cupboard, Oak Dining Table, Fancy I kitchen Tables, 2 Fenders, Duplex Lamp, f Pictures, Books, Glass and Earthenware, her Beds, equal to new Curled Hair and f Mattress, Spring Mattress, Dressing Table y Vashstand Ware, 4 Chairs, 2 Glasses, it any Chest of Drawers, Kitchen and st y Utensils, Quantity of Garden Tools, y, ig of Old Signal Box, Wheelbarrow, Iron owlhouse, Water Butt, Quantity of Fire- R, and other Articles too numerous to L( n. of is on View Morning of Sale. t bv to commence at 1.30 prompt. aii ioneer's Omces: Abergavenny, jJ = ■! jHtscellaneous ) JCIOOO without sureties prompt attention; onvenient repayments and periods.—Apply ence to actual lender :-Shjkbo, 84, fiign lewport. PERCY WIBBERLEY, AUCTIONEER, VALUER, ESTATE AGENT AND INSURANCE BROKER. Telegrams Wibberley, Auctioneer, Aberga- venny." Telephone: P.O. 142. SALES conducted of all classes of PROPERTY, FURNITURE, FARMING STOCK, GROWING TIMBER and OTHER EFFECTS. VALUATIONS made for all purposes. INVENTORIES taken and checked. TRADESMEN'S BOOKS Audited. LARGE EXPERIENCE in all classes of IN- SURANCES for FIRE, LIFE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, THIRD PARTY, PLATE GLASS, INFOAL MARES, TRADESMEN'S HORSES, &C. WEEKLY SALES OF FAT & STORE STOCK in Abergavenny Market every TUESDAY and FAIR DAYS. Offices LION STREET (over Bakery Shop), ABERGAVENNY. ABERGAVENNY CATTLE MARKET. NURSERY LAND REQUIRED FOR BUILD- ING PURPOSES. To LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO PLANT, LAND PROPRIETORS, AND OTHERS. MR. PERCY WIBBERLEY will Sell by Auction, in the above Market, On TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1915, An unusual Assortment of ENGLISH-GROWN NURSERY STOCK, Comprising Fruit Trees in variety, hundreds of excellent Shrubs and Evergreens, 500 Tea-scented and other Choice Roses (all perfectly grown and well rooted). Sale to commence at 12 o'clock. No reserve. Auctioneer's Offices Lion St., Abergavenny. BY ORDER OF TRUSTEES. LLANWENARTH, ABERGAVENNY. TWO FREEHOLD STOCK FARMS Known as PINE GROVE AND PEN-Y-GRAIG, within 3 miles of Abergavenny, and 10 minutes from the Pyscodlyn Station, G.W.R. Motor Omnibus Service, well placed facing south over the Usk Valley, adjoining lands belonging to Mrs. Sandeman, Col. Parkinson's Executors, and Mrs. Lewis. Let to yearly tenants. In all about 227 Acres, mainly Grass Land, with Houses and Homesteads. MESSRS. DRIVER, JONAS & CO. are -??- favoured with instructions by Trustees to Sell the above by Auction, at the ANGEL HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY, on TUESDAY, NOV. 30th, at 2 o'clock precisely, in Two Lots (unless previously sold by private contract). Solicitor: WELLINGTON TAYLOR, Esq., 59 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, W.C. Auctioneers 23 Pall Mall, London, S.W. JiUsallatrams. LORD DERBY'S APPEAL. I A MEETING of all Public Bodies and Representatives of Trade and Friendly Societies, Clubs, &c., will be held at the Town Hall, Abergavenny, on MONDAY NEXT, the 25th October, at 7 p.m., to form Committees in reference to the Recruiting Campaign which has been inaugurated under the general direction of the Earl of Derby. j The district included is the North Monmouth- shire Parliamentary Area. A SIMILAR MEETING will be held for the convenience of the OUTLYING PARISHES of the above area on TUESDAY Afternoon, at the Town Hall, Abergavenny, at 4 o'clock, when the attendance of representatives of Public Bodies, Societies, &c., are specially requested. THE MAYOR (Alderman Z. Wheatley, J.P.) will preside at the meetings. WM H. HOPWOOD, Town Clerk. Town Hall, Oct. 22nd, 1915. Borough of Abergavenny. OILSKIN SUITS. TENDERS are invited for Oilskin Suits. ± Sample can be seen at the Town Clerk's Office. Tenders endorsed Oilskins to be sent to me on or before the 5th November, 1915. WM. H. HOPWOOD, Town Clerk. Abergavenny Technical Instruction Committee. SESSION 1915-16. EVENING CLASSES Will be held at HEREFORD ROAD COUNCIL SCHOOL, ABERGAVENNY, as under Preparatory Course for Boys and Girls. For Boys Workshop Drawing and Elemen- tary Science. For Girls Hygiene and Needlework. MONDAY EVENINGS, commencing 1st November, at 7.15 p.m. For Boys and Girls English and Arithmetic. WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, commencing 3rd November, 1915, at 7.15 p.m. Commercial. SHORTHAND (Elementary Stage) Monday Evenings, commencing 1st November, 1915, at 7 p.m. SHORTHAND (Advanced, Theory and Speed): Monday Evenings, commencing 1st Novem- I I ber, 1915, at 8.30 p.m. BOOKKEEPING Wednesday Evenings, com- mencing 3rd November, 1915, at 7.30 p.m. FEES :—Preparatory Course of four subjects— Students under 16 years of age, if- Students over 16, 2/6. Pupils of public Elementary Schools, 'who will be leaving School after the Labour Examination at the end of 1915 and before Match, 1916, will be admitted free of charge. Commercial Subjects, a/6 per subject. For further information apply to A. ARTHUR PRICE, Secretary. Re Margaret Gameson, deceased. PURSUANT to the Act of Parliament of the 22nd and 23rd Vict., c. 35. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Creditors and other persons having any debts, claims or demands against the estate of Margaret Gameson, late of the Black Lion Inn, Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, Widow, deceased (who died on the 12th day of February, 1915, and whose Will, with a Codicil thereto, was proved in the Llandaff District Registry of the Probate Division of His Majesty's High CourtJof justiceon the 18th day of March, 1915, by John Harry Watkins, the Executor named therein) are hereby required to send in particulars of their,debts, claims or demands-to me, the undersigned, the Solicitor for the said Executor, on or before'the 15th day of Novem- ber, 1915, after JwhichJ,date the said Executor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which he shall then have had notice and he win not be liable for the assets of the said de- ceased or any part thereof so distributed to any person or persons of whose debts, claims or demands he shall not then have had notice. Dated this 12th day of October, 1915. KPJ. R. JACOB, 38, Lion Street, Abergavenny, Wte Solicitor for the said Executor ifltscellanemts. I Lianelly, Llanwenarth, Llangenny and ¡ LJanfoistlPloughing Society, 1915. THE 48TH ANNUAL COMPETITION In connection with the above Society will take place on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 1915. Ploughing at Ty Gwyn Farm, Gilwern. Hedging at Pentwyn Clydach, Gilwern. President: D. GIBSON HARRIS, ESQ., Clydach House, Gilwern. Class i.—Wheel Plough (open to all comers). First prize, £ },; Second Prize, £ 2 Third Prize, £ 1 Entrance fee, ios. annual sub- scribers, 5s. Class 2.—Swing Plough (open to all comers). First Prize, £ 3 Second Prize, £ 2 Third Prize, £ 1. Entrance fee, ios. annual subscribers, 5s. THE USUAL LOCAL CLASSES. All entries close and entrance fees paid to the Secretary or any Member of the Committee taking an entry on TUESDAY, NOV. 2ND, 1915. THE DINNER will take place at the BEAUFORT ARMS HOTEL, GILWERN, same evening, at 6 o'clock. Tickets, 2/6 each. All profits, if any, together with £2 2S. od. added by the Society, will be given to the local War Fund. Schedule of Prizes can be obtained from E. MORGAN, Secretary, Tyr Factory, Govilon, Abergavenny. THE WHITE SISTERS GIVE LESSONS IN French, Pianoforte, Violin & Mandolin, Painting, French Painting, Poker-work, Needlework, to Children and Adnlts, both ladies and gentlemen. They take also young ladies who have left school for accomplishments, French and Needlework, at moderate charges. FRENCH. CLASSES are held. Terms: 10/6, if Class is composed of at least six members; 12/6 if only four members. For further particulars, Apply to The REV. MOTHER SUPERIOR, Pen-y-poand House. Christadelphian Synagogue, LION STREET, ABERGAVENNY SUNDAY NEXT, OCT. 24th, 1915, At 6.30 p.m. Speaker Mr. F. BRIGHTON, Newport. Subject: "PURE RELIGION." COME AND HEAR. Seats Free. No Collection. BUSINESS ESSENTIALS. TYPEWRITING AND DUPLICATING. Legal work, specifications, letters, statements, &c., typed intelligently and promptly. Ex- cellent work guaranteed. Duplicating of personal circular letters, trade lists, &c., a speciality. Any number of type- written copies of documents provided. ACCOUNTANCY AND AUDITING. Systems of Book-keeping for different busi- nesses provided. Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts and Balance Sheets prepared. Periodi- cal Audits efficiently performed. Accounts prepared for Income Tax and other purposes. R. H. JACKSON. Fern Lea, Hereford Road. Abergavenuv COLISEUM ABERGAVENNY. Telephone, 33. ANOTHER ENORMOUS AND EXPENSIVE PROGRAMME OF STARRING VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES. MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY:— An Expensive Star Picture, Entitled RUPERT OF HENTZAU (By Anthony Hope), Produced by GEORGE C. TUCKER, Featuring HENRY AINLEY, GERALD ANES, CHAS. ROCK & JANE GAIL. A Splendid Sequel to that Successful Picture, PRISONER OF ZENDA." CONSCRIPTION A Sensible and Patriotic Comedy. PATHE GAZETTE Interesting Events from Near and Far. STAR VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTION. First Visit of JACK CLARE, Coipn Vocalist and Dancer. THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY:— SPECIAL ATTRACTION STAR PICTURE, ENTITLED "THE QUEST," OR THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS." Recognised by all to be the finest 4-reeler ever produced. THE-SORT-OF-A-GIRL-WHO-CAME-FROM HEAVEN A Comedy by the Vita- graph Company. PATHE GAZETTE An Interesting Periodical depicting all the Latest and Important Events. ) LOOK OUT for the World's Greatest Film Serial, entitled THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE." Story now running in the News of the World." MANAGING DERBCTOB RICHARD DOONER. RESIDENT MANAGEB W. H. WALLER. ADULTS I ADULTS, I ADULTS, 3d. j (Tip np ChairB) (Tip-np Chairs) CHILDREN, I Od. S?. 2d. j CHILDREN,3d. CHILDREN, 6d. Local Government Act 1888. And Lunacy Acts 1890 and 1891. NOTICE OF AUDIT. SOUTH WESTERN COUNTIES AUDIT DISTRICT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Accounts of the Monmouthshire Lunatic Asylum, and of the Commiftee, Treasurer, Clerk and Steward, and other Officers of the said Asylum, for the year ended 3ist day of March last, will be audited by Mr. Chas. W. Caddon, Assistant District Auditor, commencing on I Tuesday, the 23rd day of November, 1915, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at the County Asylum, Abergavenny. A copy of the accounts duly made up and balanced, together with the Account Books, .Deeds, Contract Accounts, Vouchers and Re- ceipts, mentioned or referred to in the accounts, will be deposited in the office of the said Com- mittee at the said Asylum at Abergavenny, and be opened during office hours for the inspection of all persons interested, for seven clear days before the said Audit, and all such persons shall be at liberty to take copies of or extracts from them without fee or reward. Dated this 19th day of October, 1915. R. W. POWELL, Clerk to the said Committee. miøcellanrouø. DOWNES BEST & CHEAPEST FOR RELIABLE ?BMfmffpp FURNITURE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Frogmore St., NATIONAL FARMERS' UNION. ABERGAVENNY BRANCH. An Important Public Meeting Will be heM at the ANGEL HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY, On TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26th, at 2.30 p.m. MESSRS. H. W. PALMER (Organising Secretary National Farmers' Union) andJH. T. GRIFFIN, J.P. (County Chairman, N.F.U.) will address the Meeting. All interested in Agriculture, whether members of the Union or not, are invited to attend. 1- MORGAN & CO., ARE NOW OFFERING BEST PURE FRESH GROUND COFFEE, 1/6 per lb. FINEST COFFEE BERRIES, 1/6 per lb. SPECIAL VALUE IN TEA at 2 & 2/2 per lb. SUGARS AT COST PRICE. BEST CHEESE, IOD. PER J,B. COMPOSITE CANDIES, IoJd. per 31b. Packet. All Goods of Finest Quality at Lowest Prices. MORGAN & CO., GROCERS & PROVISION MERCHANTS, 45, Frogmore Street, Abergavenny. SPECIAL SERVICES. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SUNDAY NEXT, 24th OCTOBER. PREACHER: REV. J. LEWIS JENKINS, Aberdare. Services 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE, Afternoon, at 3 o'clock. R0BERT PRICE & 50459 BUILDERS' MERCHANTS, Abergavenny and Ebbw Vale. GARDEN TILES & PIPES of all sizes. GALVANIZED GARDEN BUTTS. CORRUGATED SHEETS. m TIMBER, LIME, CEMENT, &C. We: specialize in GRATES & RANGES.
I Col. Maude at Abergavenny.
I Col. Maude at Abergavenny. I Lecture on the Present Military Situation. BALKANS TROUBLE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. Mr. and Mrs. Vyvian Thomas, of the Borough Theatre, who recently were successful in securing a visit from Mr. Horatio Bottomley, made another excellent booking this week, when Col. F. N. Maude, the military writer and lecturer, was engaged to deliver two distinct lectures on Tuesday, one in the afternoon on The situation in France and Flanders," and one in the evening on The situation in Russia and the Dardanelles, and the question of the coming peace." The lectures were, however, but poorly attended. Certainly Colonel Maude does not loom so large in the public eye as Mr. Bottomley, and is known to only the select. few, but one would have thought that a larger number of people would have been anxious to hear the opinions of one who has made a special study of the military situation in its many aspects and is considered an authority. Col. Maude used large maps to explain the military situation, and his explanations of strategic movements were somewhat technical, as one would expect from a military man. The lecturer, in the afternoon, dealt first with the German invasion of France at the beginning of the war, and explained the strategic tlirust which threw them back from the gates of Paris, and the great part played by the British Army at this critical time. He also explained the system of strategy by irritation of the enemy at various parts of the line which caused the Germans to disperse the masses of troops they had gathered together in various positions, and so reduced their striking power to the minimum. As showing the extent of enemy casualties, Col. Maude stated that in their recent offensive the French picked up the badges of 92 regiments in oiie portion of the front, which showed that they had been compelled to scrape together the remnants of regiments in order to oppose the French. The lecturer drew attention to the German salient running from Verdun to Lille. He said that the French were within a very short distance of the railway upon which this salient depended. They might cut it in a few hours, and then the Germans would have to evacuate this area altogether and go back some consider- able distance. The Germans had not more than one million fighting men that they could parade at one time on the Western front. We knew that opposed to them was a considerable force of Belgians, at least a million British troops, with reserves behind, and French official figures showed that there were 2,500,000 French soldiers on their section of the line. Waiting for tne Next Big Spring. I There could not be fewer than three million Allies fighting men capable of standing to arms on that front. There were great masses of troops gathered and waiting for the right time and the right opportunity for the second big spring. Joffre said some time ago that he was only nibbling at them, but now it was past the nibbling stage and he was taking great bulldog bites out of them, and the next bulldog bite would probably be made with another half million men. There were several places where the blow could come, but the beauty of the whole thing, which made it strategy and not mere foolishness, was that no man could tell where the next blow would fall. It was an. uncommonly difficult thing to make sure of a man who had two alternatives. Joffre had a number of chances of striking the Germans where they did not expect him and where they did not want him, and the Germans would never know till the blow came. The Germans were greatly puzzled over it, and they could not understand why the blow did not fall at once. But it would not help the problem we wished to work out, the problem of securing a really sub- stantial enduring peace, to precipitate the struggle just now. 'I Things were going on perfectly well. One did not see any signs of anxiety with the responsible I members of the Government. One only saw it in the newspaper Press. He was pretty con- fident that nothing had happened since the war began which gave us a better opportunity or a better chance of success than the conduct of Czar Ferdinand in Bulgaria, because he had placed his army in a perfectly impossible situ- ation. We had not enough room to use all our troops on the Western front, and we wanted another door into Germany. Ferdihand had kindly thrown open that door and given us the room we required, and if the Germans imagined 1 that they were going to crush little Serbia they were greatly mistaken. Col. Maude referred to the story of the Russians passing through England. He hinted that they were Finns, and went to help Serbia. It was not merely the Serbian Army which Germany had to fight now, but partly French and English and largely Russian, and it was going to give the Kaiser and Ferdinand of Bulgaria one ofthe most un- pleasant surprises of their lives. Whatever happened down in the south-eastern corner of the field of war could only turn out for the good i of the whole Allied cause. It would help us in the Dardanelles, it would help Russia in the I north, and draw men from the Western front. j Great Enemy Wastage. We started the war with the knowledge that there were only 8} million fighting men in 1 Germany, but they might have another million and a half of more or less crocks. The French calculated that by the month of November we should have completely killed off the larger half, so that there would not be men enough to hold this front. If only the former rate of wastage of a quarter of a million per month was maintained, the end could not be long delayed, but since May the rate of wastage, especially against the Russians, was known to have gone up considerably. Last month more than 100,000 prisoners passed over from the Austro- German to the Russian side, and probably the loss to Germany last month was not far short of three-quarters of a million of men. The moment they got below the four millions necessary to hold the German lines, and the shrinkage con- tinued, it could not be many days before the smash came. He did not think we had really any cause for great anxiety. The bigger the front on which we had to fight, the sooner it would be over, and every day that passed savr our resources growing greater. f Speaking in the evening on The situation on the Russian front," Col. Maude said that the Russian retreat was really a concerted plan to draw the Germans away from their railways. In their offensive the Russians were sweeping on towards Buda Pesth, when, through the machinations of a German secret agent, their chief arsenal at Petrograd was blown up and the production of munitions was disorganised. The great German attack by massed guns was a method of offensive which had never been seen or thought of before in warfare, and the Russians were unable to make a stand against it, situated as they were. On the Western front we had practically three men to the enemy's one, and owing to the narrowness of the front, as coni- pared with that on the Eastern side, the men could not be properly used. It would be a4 goocf move, therefore, if a number of these men could be removed from the Western to the Eastern front, but the only possible course of transit, previous to the intervention of Bulgaria, was round by Archangel or round by Japan and [ over the Siberian railway. The foolish inter- vention of Bulgaria was really a blessing in disguise to the Allies, as troops could now be moved from Bulgaria and Serbia to Russia. i The Great Stroke of the War. I At the present moment the Germans were 450 miles from Constantinople, but it might surprise his hearers to learn that the Russians were only 200 miles from Buda Pesth and that the great stroke of the war would probably come in that direction. The Allied troops would hold I the railway to Constantinople, and the Russians, going round by Bukovina, would cut the enemy's communications, and the invading force would be securely surrounded. Then there would be a move on the part of the Allied troops through Austria-Hungary by way of Buda Pesth and Vienna to the south of Germany, which was the hotbed of Socialism and much opposed to the HohenzoUern dynasty. The peace terms would be dictated not with a Hohenzollern, but with a governing body in Germany which would come into existence as the result of a revolution in the south and other parts of Germany, and this would be a mortal blow to the Hohenzollern dynasty. Col. Maude said that the Dardanelles ex- pedition was undertaken in response to an appeal by the Russians and in order to divert Turkish troops from the Caucasus. The campaign now being carried on on the Gallipoli Peninsular was similar to that in the Crimea, where a long struggle was necessary before the end came in sight. Success would be the ultimate issue in the Dardanelles, but it was a long and costly business. The German attack in the Balkans was really a gambler's last resort, and the Germans were risking everything on this stroke.
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t Nation al],,Farmers' Union (Abergavenny Branch). A JUMBLE SALE WIU/BE HELD ATJTHE Market Hall, Abergavenny, ON THURSDAY, NOV. 11TH, 1915. The Sale will be opened by MRS. L. A. MANSEL, Ashbourne Lodge, Abergavenny, atji p.m. PROCEEDS WILL BE DEVOTED TO. THE "GWENT RED CROSS," "PRISONERS OF "TAR," & "REUEF OF BELGIAN FARMERS" FUNDS. CONTRIBUTIONS OF CASH, FARM PRODUCE, IMPLE- MENTS, POULTRY, HOUSEHOLD GOODS of every description, will be thankfully received, and may be sent to any member of the Committee, or the MARKET HALL, ABERGAVENNY, on Wednesday, Nov. 10th, or before 12 noon on Uth Nov. Teas will be provided. Admission to Hall, 6d. Children, 3d. Hon. Auctioneers: MR. W. M. CHADWICK (of Messrs. James Straker Son & Chadwick), and MR. MONTAGUE HARRIS. Chairman of Committee John Rogers, Esq., J.P. Hon. Sees. ) SAM B. DAVIES, Hon. Sees. ?f-T?? T i? DA VIES. i ? HOMFRAY DAVIES. GOOD NEWS FOR ALL. EDWARDS, The House Furnisher, &G., Having received back from hire a quantity of Furniture, Bedsteads, &c., from the military camps, also officers' tem- porary residences, beg to offer same at REDUCED PRICES. First comers get best Bargains. THE GOODS COMPRISE Bedroom Suites, Carpets and Rugs, Fenders, Chamber Ware, Wash- stands and Dressing Tables, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Glasses, Stair Carpets, Slip Mats, Bedsteads, Wire Mattresses, Wool Mattresses, Bolsters, Pillows, Bedspreads, Easy Chairs, Tables, Dining Chairs, Bureaux, Cheffoniers and Sideboards, Curbs and Fenders, Settees, Pier Glasses, Wicker and Cane Chairs, and other articles too numer- ous to mention. EDWARDS, GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHER, High Street & St. John's Lane, ABERGAVENNY. paying an &bxurdly hlgb WHY WASTE MONEY bimy ice for a SeParaLtor. Before buying a bavo a. DIAEOLaOrp, IAII 9L- 051 on Free Tria.1. as secured Two of the HIGHEST Awards In Europe. I IT HAS THE LARGEST SALE IN GREAT BRITAIN. JDveJIon^F^eeTrfo!. b 15 Gallons pev houx- £ 3 9 0 I 27 £ 5 0 0 a 50 £ 9 7 c Write for further particulars to Sole Proprietors Mo. 2 Diaboio* R. J. Fullwood S Bland, 31-35, Beveadea St., London, N.