25 APRIL 1914, Page 19

The London Rifle Brigade (Territorial Force) accomplished a fine performance

last Saturday night. Starting from the Duke of York's Column at 7.27 p.m., sixty-two men, averaging twenty-two years, and carrying great coat, mess-tin, pickaxe, shovel and trench tools, haversack, water-bottle, rations, and rifle—a total weight of 46 lb.—marched to Brighton (521 miles) in 14 hours 23 minutes. Halts were made at Coulsdon, 14/ miles, 4 hour ; Lowfield Heath, 28 miles, 35 minutes; Bolney, 381 miles, hour; and Pyecombe, 454 miles, 10 minutes. An average of four miles an hour was maintained throughout, not a single man fell out, and all finished iu excellent condi. Lion. Hitherto the "record" for fifty miles had been held by the Foreign Legion-151 hours.