5 DECEMBER 1914, page 15

The Papers Of Monday Published A Long Despatch From Sir

John French. It is dated November 20th, and covers the British operations in the region of Ypres and Arruentieree since the beginning of October. Early in October Sir John......

Progress With The Proposed British Flanking Movement Was,...

seen to be impossible, and Sir John French recognized that the most be could do was to hold his positions with his thin lines till French reinforcements arrived from the south.......

Referring To Various Branches Of The Service, Apart From The

Regular infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers, all of whom are handsomely eulogized, Sir John French mentions first the Flying Corps. He does not consider it advisable to......

The Press Bureau Announced On Wednesday That The Decision...

taken in accordance with the wish of the French Government) to exclude correspondents from the lines of the Allied Armies has been relaxed. The French and British Governments......

On Wednesday General De Wet Was Captured, And The South

African rebellion was thus brought a long step nearer to its end. With fifty-two followers be was surrounded in a farm, and the party surrendered without further fighting—an......

The German Chancellor Delivered An Extraordinary Harangue...

on Wednesday. Turkey had joined Germany because she knew that only thus could she preserve " her right to control her own destiny." As though Germany had not annexed that right......

We Much Regret To Record The Death Of Rear-admiral A.

T. Mahan, the famous American naval writer. Born in 1840, be entered the United States Navy in 1856. He took part in blockades during the Civil War, but for the most part his......

Dr. Charles Eliot, President Emeritus Of Harvard Uni-...

written to the New York Times a most able letter on "The Sources and the Outcome of the European War." He finds the prime cause of the catastrophe, as all sane men must, in......

The Germans Throughout Were In Greatly Superior Numbers.

(We may mention here that the Military Correspondent of the Times has estimated that three millions of trained Germans have been in the western theatre during this period, and......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Aug. 8th.......