1 JANUARY 1916, page 10

While Dealing With The Subject Of Badges We May Call

attention to a letter addressed by Lord Stamfordham, the King's private secretary, to lord Derby, dated December 28th, . in which he conveys " His Majesty's hopes that. every......

A Telegram From General Townshend At Kut-el-amara, Dated...

announced that the Turks after heavy shelling had breached the fork.but were driven out, leaving two hundred dead inside. The enemy retired to trenches four to nine, hundred......

The Senussi Have Renewed -their Attacks On The .egyptian...

It swill be remembered that our advancedlposta were withdrawn lately to Mersa •Matru, which is,the western terminus of -the Khedivial- railway from. Alexandria. On Christmas Day......

On Wednesday Mr. Balfour At The Empire Theatre Introduced To

a large audience a -series of cinematograph - - films entitled " Britain Prepared," taken with thapermiasionand-cooperation of the Admiralty and the War Office. • It was Mr.......

The News From The Balkans Is Distinctly Reassuring. Day -by

day the position of the Allies at Salonika, and in the lines, fifty miles long, which now surround it, becomes firmer and better. Probably these lines, bristling as they do with......

The German-inspired Rebels In Persia Have Received...

the Russians. Two Russian columns_ converged on a point held.by Emir Khishmet, twenty-five miles south-west of -Teheran, and routed the .enemy: The Persian Cabinet has fallen,......

All This Is Excellent. We May -point Out, However, That

exactly this course has been urged 'by us for a year and four months—i.e., since the end of -August, 1914. No explanation has been given why the War Office have failed till now......

Very Probably That Is What Will Happen ; But It

must not be supposed, as our pessimists are now beginning to hint, that we are merely going to be " hungup" round Salonika-as inthe other theatres of the war. We shall be very......

According To A Reuter Telegram Published In Thursday's...

Ferdinand, in a Speech from the Throne at the opening of the.Sobranje, has been boasting of his achievements. Ho gave orders to the Bulgarian Army to invade Serbia in order "•......

Mr. Balfour Went On To Point Out That--

Every man, woman, and child in this country when they enjoys their daily meal and carry out their ordinary avocations, when they feel that their shores are protected 'from......

We Are Delighted To Note That The Military Authorities Have

decided to issue -special armteta from December 12th to all men whb- have offered themselves for military service, but have been rejected on medical grounds. In some cases, and......