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The reply of the British Government to the Germaji paper subma-rine blockade wa<s Mmoiinced bv the Prenuer on Mondav I niJgiilt; and it iu the full exeraae of a blockade hithei-to partial, which has per- mitted ma.n\ art:ole8 of high value to the .enemy to slip into his hands. Cotton., for example, used tor explosives and for matkmg muform: a.]:d foodst.nit's, aocess to which h<M been permitted a people whose callous and mdin'erence to the mia- -uses of Ec-lgium's ha.lf stttrved inlia-bibaTitg Ins bee)i the greatest of their Rets of The German has shown pialnlv that he js sensitive to aU ap- peals addressed tu !'is stomach whilst we do rot dotlbt. that his (-,overnmc.iit will contrive to eke out supplies tUttil the n.cxt harvest, the discontMit thai li.as been oa.l1"OO by the is an eloquent 'indic.a.tion of how ,eiisitive, is this' Tta-tion of ¡;,çross f,-ele,s to a,ny stinting of its own sap- plies. Th<- other 5ttemtmts of impartaJloo made hv the Punier .n'.luded the airi,nounce.- mf-nt tha.t thi. wan not the tune to tai.k of p-,acl, such a, thing at suuh a juncture T.-o.uM .ndeed he tllJthinka,bl\ {')T the, enemy woudd have H) har d as counters pra<- ticaih' all ,t substantial slice of and th<' bulk of Po!<'nd. But it v.'ould be aA3 well if the Allies ga.ve a bro:td ijtd'cHLtic')) of; the trrrns of that thty propose to exact at the success- fut temanatlou ot H'e war. It is well that this phouid be clit;uissed !)('oi-ehand-. 'it may avert much future and niisuu- dcrstand-iig. There is but the remotest chance of rtICII a q ual'J'et'¡1'¡:¡. broke np tho 'i'.k!Ui 'a' b'tt t'M'i'p is the D08}b.il- ity that imagining g;ånJIse things, may be nerved to eSorte cntaiiing to tht' :\i1i<< which woukj b'; iieejlefs and coat of tbiJ. war, i€ waa illtjmall, is a;-pron.cLii!g two ni puund. t., d.,v for Britain aioue. it is an appa.Jing tutal, and iL :J88ns, if anytllitig (X,u'd, tne complacfi'c' ..)f -.vh'j watcn the b- without any move- ments and events to alf-bearten the enemy, who can -ays coMi.i- hlD'St: to-day bv tile pleat tMctsof _l1t::11 IA'L"l'iLolJ' tiial he lio" vrthin his grMp.

The EuR-an --(d ?'uud?y a.nd The HU;1an .('JT1:r¡un:(lue"llf el'TIU!.Il a.d- }\ l Jnda,' ma.ke lL'le¡n> t.h ld TI¡hr ::¡iW':C .U)J1 t?:.? rivers Narew and BAr, l).?!'t h f.l Wu' 'v.' 'with th&ir cba.ju of ioit- ? l' J..t 1 J ,I f i,es.se.s "ter 11"W ;:ol,th""f':<-(yvaro from }'esse;, "0 T¡ G.>ct¡h. (>tz mlt; LDnll. t/.) Novo Gpnr t.o m, tand- Gpnrg. P,: ]'- st'!L c?'d THa?y p'Hc'cs turned intf. !) d's- <;rd€i?y ret?r?m?nt, 'ith losses in gu? 'idt p] i.. ''u"r?. af?'r d.s!' '?.:)ine< r'?h?ug. H; ..???'?'?.tv ?'?'Kit'.t ?-)'f ? ??'?'?.?'.?<?'.?, ? ? 1J" 'J..9.. p" It "J.&], RaJ?t l''i'u-'6.i.? n'? anpem<M" n'tm!' })11. 1:' ¡, u Indl.- $hakf".1l h:. 1.hl'U' exper,¡e-n.ce.<; of bcrs anH fn M sncc?.ssfu! operation, have b&?)) fArp "ü¡¡ c?MTiy'b couuMy, ag'dnst a,u a.fi?- q thrown back t'i'cm the river ?iiemen, qtiate a)t! j.gg 'easivp ?c. Nci<M Grodno they "'£"1'(' HO u., ',l. 'w h"'h thfy ha<i ?ught to (jt-oss with t<he /:>ntio;¡ ;\f \.ttjng 'the main line <jf ra.il- v.ay fr "n ?. t'.f'g:"?d ,to Warsaw. Ossowietx ie being ?i?ed by t?" German hf<i,vy art,i]-j Icry, }dch, !iu\vev&r. Rnda a, marshy ?'!i ?o!- its f<?)!)g n? pia<?e of ooucret? beds. At Pryi,itysz, a.ffet- the loss and rpc:)p- ture of towrt. the enemy have been decisively roj)cned. The Russians, a.wait- .g thr under fa.vour&ble a mcst energetic c<.untM, whi.h has alrpa,(h- perceptibly puphed back in North Po)and the advancing H!a.ssp.< <f Germans. The ,torv told Hgain )s I)OW ever, tie !o!8.-)ans wil! enter Germ.an territo'-y fr) nl¡iaill there, !.nt it is ignificant tha.t the :Freneh fj,re ]JUI\' ('01 Hlf>rn eo chie.fh' tbotit the volnme of the B¡-itish troops pouring mtL, }'I'lwre. rpüII one po,int only is the situation in n¡:ssia. not clear. In the extreme north of i!l uncertam w heth! the enemy tnay not be throwing !ar<Te forceR a.?nnd Ko?c toward, t.he menace Rn.sslaii J)'jMn <me of rommnnications. Au?rt f? ? the news frc.n. Po?d is sat ?ry ? c?k ? repnrted m G.licia to the Adrian ?vance which, having ,.?ken the Bu? Yvina and Southern Galicia, is now sixty muM south of T-,eTnbt,rg, and in proximity tr, the left nank of the Russian forces facing the Ca.rpathta.n P<'sseg. One important fact TeveaJed by this Austro-Germa.n advance is that the cneniy appears convinced tha.t Rumania wiJI give no trouble to them in he near fliturki. The northward movement Pi their troopa leaves their right flank and rea-t exposed to a danger, were Roumanian intervenlOn the present stage likely, wIJich might wdt be M. It would hardly Mvebeen made without solid Msuranct. that t-he Rk)UUI&Dian Uov-ernment is indiFoposed to co-operate with itwsia, for one rearon 4>r another, for the time being. h ??T? ? ad vance of aon? ma?ni?de ? boen made ? Perthe., ?t ?dsHghttv OC41?t?h of ???- ?<' ?Porta? 0?? ??-?th opera?o.? m th? qua.rt? is m the ?reaA to a Ime of r?Uway which pu?s ?? ?th the enemy's lu?. T??.. ?eoft? rajiw?y ?Jd be <.f ?rio? de?- ?t to h? battle-front from R?im? to the ?h of ?rdTm. In th<- wdn?- ca<mp<.?n 3? ? ???8 to a 01?, the ctf? Of the ??? ?? ? ??' ? M ? ?? ? he absol? check oi th? German a?t- ""e; (2) ? s?ous m?n.a<-e to the na.nk of th "V" ?? ?? ? t.ejT-itory, with i? S?M?tt tu. pon fh? M?uae ?t St. MihMl held by t,he Germam m the W<?e, the ?gion bc- ?? ?rdtm, Nancy a,nd Metz;f3) the ??h t?w?d. the Germ? ?iw?/ com- rnuiications n-ortii of Rh? and Verd.m; "'nd (4) a ? ?w?d niovement m Alsace. :In addition. ??? ??es ?vc bee? mf!r;cted tr? the énerny; a decide &u.periiority in ltrlne-ll ivnxfare ?? ??" ?ta,MMhed, in 'ba&'? ?e?hes o,r Iioidin? {t.ht-m when el1l. th This ? ? ?? °*"? ? ?? ?ture, !ho.pos, ?? is ? ? ??s w ha.t Mr. Ascj?ith v?-ill be ? "irrea!!<tib)e su'd decisive ad ra-nc*. That a d Va.ll-Oe' ? ? oommenoe<:) when iill be wmmeii(* d. w h (-) hd, Brl,t.isb new '???s h?VG been al! landed iTi F'ra'iice and COii,oey)ti-ated opp?i? the I)C?iiits of ama?lt ??tl?r it w.U be pr.- e-eded and il?'ipated ?'y <??? ()frensIlV., 11\ prohlematioe'aà.. The ?.?my's ?II,I t.1 a --t poi-tits t(-) ?i c?rj4 d ei?a, l Ae nergy ;1\ t.h..e F-<tt pointfl to ? c.r?- dera.Me l\r(h,d. 1I1.to th-E' \"t:!3'e'rVe P?? ?'?? ''?- ?iv. hut he countering the .AŒlies vf' ")"It Ile h.. ? ? any m?t's ? IVNT ?l t? eyn. Th e-iic)st t.errilJIe part of the ,a1' may w,lI F?T? ?? 'J??d ?? fr(m statÆsn:en. French a,ml ???? ?? l.-ve expre??n. <,f ''t'p€fu?ne°s tho 1'?t?M are sunpi h' exprc??? ? 111 T?? ard to a t?sk u"f' ? opt+ jm-.?m ?n ,r+,gard to ?' ta"?t'? of Hw nH? t/Hi-e /of which w?p arc st,).„ ] ?.SDmra.nt, arp Stijl] ignora,nt, sa.v t"? ?t i Tbn kelv to ?.?.-<. ??.?? ?.,? i ??'?'?. Wp trust ? ? he A?n:? ) ?u??n? ;„ ?.tH)e.y fire, a.nd in the o?? r -il of the Angilo-Freuc:h ? ? -.??rv. ?? < b,u?k ?,. ,? An?Fre? .t"ntrv. ?l e louk back upon a long r? cord of past, successes, sma!M, and local, it ma-y be, Leaving no visible impression upon the curving black lines upon the map, de- picting the situatiloii in France and Bel- gium, that we have seen since last Nov- ember. Such as they are, they give, a.il of them, solid ground for our hopes that suc- cess will crown the grand offensive of the AUies. The problem, however, must be re- garded soberly. The German infantry's ca- pacity for taking puui&hment has been col- ossal. On the defensive it i& an unknown quantity; but the quality of doggcdness, tiie cardinal trait of the defensive, has been displayed to an unexampled degree in its attack' It has had at least four months, and in many places a much longer time, to construct chain upon chain of defences, to turn Belgium into a fortress, to reconstruct its battered forts, and to prepare for siege warfare upon a colossal scale. It will not be under a great inferiority m number, 1.;1. j') physique and quality there is not likely to he much room for comparison bet wet- new German and the new English armies. It will have a very powerful if over- matched artillery. And it may be nlled with the courage of despair. A successful Allied offensive, driving the Germans back to the Rhine, will be perhaps the most ardu- ous, aw' therefore the moat glorious, feat of arm:- in history. Wa believa it will be achieved but wo, must be prepared to count beforehand the cost. '.nd to recognise the nature of the r,ask. ——————

The bombardment of the Dardanelles forts has now cleared the channel practically aa fa.r as the "Narrows"—where the mal dim- culty begins. For the batteries up<m one sids of the cha.nnart; by an inter- vening shoulder O'fJ, from direct nre from the entrance, and .only be shelled by i,j'ii-ec,t fire over at this uoiut some nvo -fire which has to be directed a<-r di',heights six hun- d'ed feet in a.!titude, so th," e shplls shaJl drop upon the tort,mcatlOu'! nt the foot of a precipitous ciiif. Tlus is a: ta.ak that will require extreme skili, ajid & certain element of luck. It is uot at &U out of the question tlmt the forcing of the Straits may prove (juitH unexrectedly easy. Fcr the defences h.-ve been in the hands of the Turks, who (hk.e certain other na,tMn6) ma.int.ajn their army and para,phernalia for var for any pur- pose apparently hut wr, tJ,ndma.y have suf- frred a- po¡.;tjon tha.t conid be made impreg- md)le to b&ccme easily roo.u('i'e by assault. The battleships employe can direct over sixty gun, of the heaviest ca.libre, from, 15 to 9.2-in- upon any selected target They have, ¡-;ídes, fottffiiabic batteries of 6-inch anf! .er quick-hrtrs, and their gnn power c?n '? ?peed)!y 'and heavily aug- m&Qted,.?{ n 'ossary, as ?e Allies have a L.?'t utK?N;? o!d h?'.tleships u?n which to '?a.?? 'he ?t?fpoae of such a naval bf.mb?yd!? Th? i?ress TN:ide so far 1WP\1 f- t and but taske in ),}denl.de.Ye!o ing dimeulties of'the most intractable chat-' acter. It haa sunioed to cause consternation ["L Constantinople, but a change of capital on the part of the Turks would have* conse- quences HO disastrous in their moral enect that it is likely to be postponed to the last advisable moment. It will be a blow keenly felt throughout Islam, for to Mahomedans of all nations Constantinople stands as the svmbol of the greatest temporal triumph of their fI,¡t', 1\ '1d moy hitter ,til1 -i'! be the reflection that association with the in- fidel will have brought about the loss of this historic prize.

February 28th wa& t.he last day in the second of what are usually the two most wintry months in France. With March, apt to be spasmodically stormy, willi come the occasional glimpse of genial condi- tiona, tile softelli'.g at times oi the rigours of winter, the trees and plants will begin to burgeon, the flowers to bud; the feel. of spring will recur with mcreasing frequency, each successive spell oi longer duration, de- noting the eminence of the season pregnant with great happenings for Europe and the i world. It iti the spring that is to determine the r&Iative striking power of the mighty hosts prepared during the winder, whilst the soldiers in the fighting line, their scope of action restricted by conditions that in other times caused the suspension of all warfare, have been ba,ttim,g with the elements as well as with the foe. Spring is to release all the pent-up activities and energies of the bellig- erent Powers. It will bring into the field a new military Power-that of Great Britain—probably others as well. The expednionai-y force landed in France answered to SouM's de- scription of the army led by Wellington, "a short sword most exquisitely tempered," but in numbers placed the greatest of Empires several degrees below the level of Servia, Bulgaria, or Belgium. Granted seven months for the development of its re- sources in men and material, under the guid- ance of one of the greatest captains of tho ago, Britain is now in a position to appear in the European battlefields with an army in a measure propoftionate to its innate strength. And with the safe assurance that no danger from a German raid in force is to be apprehended. The latter possibility ie. stLl seriously re- garded by the rlecpoli;ible authorities—who know that months ago transports packed with troops were assembled at Wilhelms- ha\'en only for some as yet undisclosed rea- son to be suddenly emptied, units of the de- mobilised force appearing later in Flanders, notablv the brigade of German marines—but whatever chance of success such an adven- ture once possessed, if the vigilance of our patrolling warships cou!d be eluded, became poorer each week as the creation and train- ins of Kitchener s uew armies proceeded. We could now out a million of men into the' neld abroad and yet have available over- wbc-Iniingly adeqiiat-e forces of men quite at well trained as any that Germany is now able to fpare for a gamblers mad plunge to satisfy, if possible, the great yearning to give the British ueople a taste of the Teu- I t<)n "friglitfuln"s," -is suffered in Belgium a.nd North France. B!!t that. which mi?ht, Imve been achieved in September,or Ocfo-! ber. 1914. hjs become a practicat impossi- bility in February or March, 1915. For Germany and her Allies the only hope of securing a victory in this war lies Ti France. Indispensable to it 1¡< the destruc- tion in a military sense of the armies of I Frunce. Britain a.nd Belgium. Success transcending the most sanguine expectations i);t the East can aiteet the uititrat" ii-\¡P only in eo far as it releases men to supple- ment those engaged in the .Hies in the West. For beyond a certain point! Russia is entirely (,()Ilap-ed the worst that could ha.p- pen would be the Taxation of the presllrc upon Hungary, and indirectly upon Silesia, by a retrpat from the Carpathians, the sur- render of Gallon afte.' its winning, and the reti''ement of H'f broken Muscovite armies behind a H(,fen.-iN-P nne eapt of Waisn.w where they would he held by Germane forces so reduced as to admit of the great I weight of the central powers being cast ) against the Allies in the West. That is what the worst possible development in the  East can import to us in the world's war. The certainty of a prolonged war, amc.e Britain and France must use their last man and penny to secure independent exis- tence, and with command of the sea they would have an odds on chance in a trial of endurance, despite failure on land. But t.o ta.r from the worst being appjv- bended in the Eastern tei-r&u', there is sub- stajitial reason for expecting the bet only after a struggle involving more sacn- nce and time th&n generally antic-ipa-ted. The third of tihe Austin-German efforts to se<;m-e Warsaw ajid get astride of the Rus- sian railways which converge upon the Polish capital is apparently destined to ;,41iare t.he fate of the nret and second. Hinden- burg's dashes in overwhelming force 1-iave tbfia consistent dtLara-cteristic, tlT&t thei-r momentum, appallingly great at the starting point—thanks to the advantages offered by the German web of strategical railways on the frontier—dies out as the Russian de- fensive lines are approached. The invariable effect so far suggests water sent at high pressure into the Ica'ky hofe of a fire engine, which, by t.he time the nozzle is reached, is reduced to a feeble trickle. The ootossa,! Rucces!' of German aj-ms in East Prussia, <Ls described in tTie Berlin omcial communiques—which have by tlli',31 time ceased to have any val ue except as md)- cation 9 of what is deemed expedient- for heartening the German people—has been reduced to its true proportions. Ln the sur- prise onslaught delivered by an army which outnumbered it by at lea&t three to one, one of tiM) four Russian army corps, about 50,000 strong, was isolated from the others, end suffered severe handling. But two com- plete battalions of t.he corpR, as well as many smaller units, h&ve, after heroic nghting, won back to safety; the other three army corps retreated in perfect order, contesting by means of rearguards every yard <,{ the road, Mid; reinforced, are now engaged in moat effective counter-attacks. This repre- sents the sum and suhat&nce of the mythical "anniliilation of the Russiaji 10th Army," over wliidi the German people have been ordered to rejoice. Thn "mamckuig" should be deferred until Warsaw is c&ptured or the railways east of the city cut. And for either achievement there is no promising prospect, for the German advance has been hrought to a sta-ndstill, and one of the likeliest happenings of t.he nea.r future is as decisive a mauling of the invaders as they suSercd in the futile and ruinous frontal attack on the Russian centre guardmg War- saw. In the Bukovina. the Russians have yielded ground, and temporo.rily have lost. the oppor- tunity of linking up with the Roumaniajia when the latter decide to move—the advajMe rt this direction was originally dictated by political rather than military oooeiderartio.ns !hut. :.n the Carpathi&n& anr AIHes Me not ,c).iy holding tSeir own, but also maintajn tug a.n aggressive that, if successfully l;med., wiil mean later an invasion in force of the HunganMi plains, aji event likely to have demoralising effp-ct upon the Magyars, who constItute the most effective element in f. he iiapsburg army. RJU&iMl Slll()Cd ¡.¡horiJan the war and fj11tate Ui-? ?ceas of the Allies in the \?, b?t after ? the determine S t,lie lllíte issue rests with the I&ttN- wo-illurds of the Mitire Gemiaji fOl'Oef¡ aj-e 111 Flamders and France, ajid it is there tha<t Germany jg left with the last chacce to win She oaJcnJated on a war of te'n or twelve weeks, but made proviaiodi as the Immt f<M- one of six months. We a<re now enterilM! upon the eighth month, with IjidMatdons that the food supply of Germajiy has not gtiven out, but tha.t it- may do so in t.he next two or three months. Alao—fmd thits ie of more immediate importance—that the ma- terials essential to tJM m8,ufaotu -re of ex- plosivas afre lacking a.n<i as a resufit tor- l)Ø(}oes launched a.ga.iust merohamt ahips oiily limited de'&tructive powers, ajMi the sh-t'lll-s fire'd fro.m G&rm.a.n guns in Franjoe fMl to explode wittli increrusing f reqtency. And meanwhile tli& ALUes are makLng a tj-u'nst in anoLner nei<i of action, which ti it goes* home widl have enormous con- sequencca pamtically and Mi a mill Miry and <;M)u<muc st;nbe. it is evident now th.it the navaJ attaen: on the i)arctill-Lebles iorts is not a mere ddvei'i&io.a but a &erik)ub effort to strnke at the very vitals'of enemy stirength in the Eaat.. Cinleas dntormed of weak- neBaets in the defence—by reason of the %vathdraw.al of guns elsewhere duriag the BaJkaji war and subsequent neglect to re- store them—iit is hardly conceiva.ble that the Anglo French aeet would be commLtted to the ta-sk of forcing the passage of the DardanelLesL For the latter, strongly held with men and guns, is practically impreg- nable., The co-operation of a land force on the European aide of the straits seems indispensable to success. German newspapers with an formation, or indulging iu intelligent anti- cipation, report the assemblage of a Russian Army at Odl8S&a to co-operate with the Anglo-French neet. Even nK-n'e %-rroul-aging would bp the report that the two Russian supe<r-Drea,rt- noughta which were to have be'en readv for $?e spring, are, as the result of accelerated dispatch, now ava.nab!e to c'?ear the Black S?a of the Goebpn and the remnants of tl)<' Turkish neet. and, in co-operation with other RuMsmn Nvai,slilp. a-t command over the Sea of Maj'mova and poimd the;)' way sodth to .ffert junction with the Britgh and tlle' Fi'Mx.'h. If by the joifnt co I it'ott" the Da!'d&'n&nes WO!'(' fc.i'ced Con,taliti,"Iople wCYuJd be at t})e niRi'cy of the AUi'es. and Turkey would pMrady<M'd by the Mveranc< of ]t= spti.'d column. And a [xreat stTea.m of 'R':s?ian produc" wonid nrd Its maTi; of exit to en- r'ch A)l!<id countries, a-nd i"to Russia would pnur the equipment needed for tbf im- mediate develr¡pll1t'nt of hmltl>f'ss ni!!)- taTV resources.

Thp nl'¡;;t omph.t.(' wk or the Germ<u) produces a Hst of fourteen vessel ? torpedoed or mined In the North Spa. Eflglisil C})aT)n<?1 and Irish (' by m:n<?-!ayers. Of these \'esse]s, three were Norw('g-ian, and can'y- ing cotton Lo Bremen fo! Oerman con- f;) t)'-)hf fr.' i' .) < T,1i ()i- for i,kfrtedioiita in German explosives. The country is nnmoVfd. I< in Ti);tt :t.t the present rate of if -tvi'1 take the Germanp twf'ity-fom- yems and four months to dectro-v o'!r mercantile with its türmage of ¡nimon toTts which ? ?;s!d/'af ?.'??' '?r.).u'?.? The;" arc, howpver. other effects, lees readily per- ceptihlf> by th'' taughs at the an.STy German thrHt, and r('1rd ? )h c- I)lo,lca,de M a') aTnu'na: I)ngey. To some of thpsf it is not expedient to :).lhide. They, arc factors upon which the Germans count, t Th''y :u'<; t'ot su. ;f tn, 'o'.k. and there is much method in their r-;tfinesq. j They know, for c-ample, that food prices have risen In ths c.'untry from 20 to 30 per cent.; that ti.<'re is much noisy grumb- liug from a peopl. who have not learned to be thankful that their roofs have not been burned over their heads, their lives taken, their honour outraged; that they have shut up in Russia, much of the food upon which we depend; that a number of factors, all capable of being .l:ffected by their block- ade," enter into the fixing of food prices. In a word, they probably imagine at the German Admil'alt,t that it is not necessary to bring off Ben8K:.onal, or even very large coups, to sharpen the pinch wjiich this country already i.ls as the result of fac- tors incidental to indirect rather than direct war causes. There is no harm in observing that amongst other things "pon which the Germans pin their faith are insurance rates on shipping. In $e long run these rates are felt in the price of food. It was an- nounced on Friday that rates yesterday were decidedly stiver, especially on cargoes coming to Londo', East Coast ports, or northern ports of France." From the German stajidpoHit. the enort is probably "-on.h making. One docs not conceive that the 7uetomc AdmM-aJty, with the precise knowledge of the limitations of the submarine that It has acquired m seven months' experience of them Mi wa-rfare, ell- terta.i.ned the gtan(idese hopes held forth in the namboyant ne',vspape:r art.iclles that so gmAt4y impressed the German puMiic, amongst whom the popular catchword is "God puiiiah England." Strill,. a-n attack upon eJusive, high speed warslmps, which can go whither the\ like, is far more diffi- culit than the w.a.y}:ying' of ten knut cargo boats, wh'ioh tr&ve! in la.rge numbers routes that cannot be indfinÏJtely varied. Some twenty to twenty-nve boats, each with six to eight torpedoes, were sent forth. I-Aess than two out of every three have scored a hit, either by torpedo or the mines that they may have connived to Import. The results are not öniJ.liant. They do not sumce to bring mt< play apppeciably as yet the unseen factors referred to, which would tell. in their own r.ui.et way, and tetl wnth perhaps a painful emphasi-s- To on.e Mpect of these factors, which have b-ecn publicly diseased, WIe may quote the foUowoosarvatlOn, made from the pro--aac and l\b"61llotJio[1!a.l quartor of a There is no doubt bwppillg column There M no doubt that the depred,akiojis of the German sub- marines will have aJ-l eneot on fi,,eight mar- kets before long. Shippars cannot see a smøJl, though none the less steady, diminu- ti<m m th, number of cargo v afloat and available for emi-olo3,mellt, without del- ing the eireot of th. shortage, Fortunately the stocks of gr<mn ui thL; county a.t pMsent aj-e ampfe, but whfi. gr<uJi merchants agaiii seak steamars to 0001"61 fufthef n to the Umted Kingdom th. rutll eSoot. of the 'blooltacl.e' on the ireight maJ"œt wnlil be seen. The moat 'cent ratee paid for ateMnera to baing (.H'Jts to this minti-y frotn Baltimore or Newptft News were 68. per ar. to Avonmomth std t.hc aamo ?te ?o London. S'hipown?-? n<'w, however, aj-c, of oc??.. v?rv chaj-y'??tt lowing t-b? v?sels to come ?t?tm r?i 'oi the pt?a,.? w?? to a'tta<tk them, ajid are, whan<ever pt?ssible, chartering t.hei.r at'e.uiMa's to dest.il1;altions u) the Meditm-ramean, other poru &wa.y from these MaJids. High freights wiU tJherefore aJmoat assuredly be offered ta- to MMiuce them to s&nd their ahips to this comTfbry, and an increase of probably Is. 6d. psr qr. is looked fofr. At the SMM tillie, the:re -v%-il! iM) doubt be found to be plenty ()¡f ship- owners willinjg to ca.n-y cargoes at thiÏ6 rate, as it must be admitted that tihe a'bility of the auibmaiTnes to stop t<he trade to this country is treated b them very light<ly. After a month's experience of the capa-bil- ity of German submarinea we will be able to speak with conndenee. At present the com mencement of the blockade has been very encouraging—tor us: the leases of shipping include, it will he seen, two cargoes for Germany, which the Germans badly need. It has besn proved, in the other cMep, that it may be possible to salve a number of vessels that are mined or torpedoed, if they are not distant from the shore, as in the nature-of things many of them will not be. What the enemy haf< lost in submarines we do not know. It is not desirable we should know. If our precautions and counter- steps are efficacious, it is plainly not in our interes.1 to apprise the enemy, by the publi- cation of losses as to which he will be himself uncertain, for some time, that the waters of the British Islands are being made too hot for him, and that he is losing out of all proportion to his gains. It would be he¡;;t to entertain modest opinions of our capacity to destroy German submarines. It is mfmitely more dif3cult to achieve than the sinking by ;the submarines themselves of merchantmen, moving under conditions that are entirely dinerent to those of .submarine navigation.

 The rnUr¡!nv of an Indian in'tantry regi- ment a-t sI'n- g?po??, of which we ha?ve hea?d a<n. u.T)comp1ete story, appears tra?o&blte 10 c&uaes peciiMa/r to the regiment atonie. As bo the effect tha't the w?r wt!l ha?e upon ?(nix prestige in India, and aspeciaJIy amongst the fighting races, it wiU proba.bly be h?nje- 6oia.l, a,nd a curb upfMi any Dlj¡KonœptÜ.JIJl8 a<s to our ¡;.t,r.,n:grtJh that may exist in. India. 'Dhe iMtire ooJT.tLC.geaLs who have Mtrved in France and Beigitan will retum, wha<t is left of them, t<o tell t.he tale of a wal: vaster tha.u tihe mokt luxuriouf. OrienooJ una.gm&tioti co'uld Lon- c&ive. They will ''eia'te how in t!je myt'i&ds of white meu they were but ujl06 Jaj'k !"pot j how the armies of the Em.peror were tts thè sajLds of the sea.MioM, ajid Iiib g:ulu:s as l1!um.ri()11tI ;w;' the treeaji the forests of ItTidda,. They wiU dew-ribe h$y the Biritish in Lidta ia,r,p but a.n ,im:'lgnidicL.n.t fraction of alii tlie B1"¡t.ih in the worJd, a<nd bow behind the h:œ.¡:8u,i of w'hites who rule ilid Ica.d a.n.d teaoh lndir.\s throe hu.rmtfed ni'.ihone, there aa- a lmno.red t.ina«' theit' nnm'bpT, aald aa-iiiies ol a -4bren,th which thf ga.<I{.e&1, of f!'ont AJexa,Hidr& t.o Natil"r Sliah, lultd n-ever pe;rolleled. Intdiia., in & word. is lik,"<ly to leaj'n at &r'<t hamd of thf la,tent military powør of the Emipire. It wiH be a.n OO!uC!3!Í1ion HuÜ, we ima,gin, -Mil be, amongstothlr thmgs, wholesome. Th-ere is on<' cornp: of the sphere of war where the conduct of operations has; heen al)pai-ently lacki,ig in fttprgy npon onr part —GeT-nnn East Ahi(-!i. Seven month.s rfter tIlt' war hpq commenced, sevMi months a,ftpr thp complete isolation of this colony, 'to footilJ1;g haa been found \vith;n ':ts tprri tcrv. exc-ept perhaps an outpost post inaidi; i1:Jn front.iM\ The C'Te'mans at the com- mpHcemt'nt. of the wa.r f'ndenTollred to cap ture 'Mombasa. tb'f ,piLal of B.ri,tishEast Africa proper, and to cut the Uganda, rail- way. They faiiJecl in {wth enterprises.' and a counter atta-ck in this t.er)it<y ntadf by a). ATigl4)-Indiaii contingent fa.iled with eight hundred casua.lties—a.bort the onty ,nd.iaput.i.bl,e defeat w.p havp suffered on land in tbif' war. Since then there has been no sign of any attempt to commen< e tbP) very ard.n()llI pune&S of in vading s tpiMtory batf a-s large agaiii as Germany, and hctd by a" e'tpmy who is prepared and determined, 'fOre the positions reversed "of> tiiitili it imnrobaMp the Germans wonld haye been equally ktha.rgic.

I DAL ATI, CYMRO Its half da.y in the sc-hoofis to-day. But parents don't need to be told. The musical programme of a. Swansea. function contains <Mi item by "Hoffenbach.' What could & fellov.' do when. a pla-toon of the fair sex inquires bla-ndly, "Flag, sir?" "Alias Jimmy Valentine" is a "sa-fe" play. "A1ia¡;; Jimmy Valentine" is a "safe" play. Sketty h'a.s now up\vards of 150 young fellows in H.M. Forces.' Not a ba<l record. Somewhat of a pa.rs.dox, but the girls worked unnaggingly on Saturday and Monday. "Hen Wla.d fy Nhada-u" wa? nrst sung in H en W,,Iad  wa?s firs+, -,iw g in a Calvinistic chapel a.t Maesteg. It waa nrst published in 1860. The keen rivalry between two 8-wamsea tradesmen provided a lively interlude for customers on Saturday night last. -u- See any men about Swansea to-day ra.th.er stiff, in the joints? They've beeu put through a few movements in Swedish drill -000 0-00 Local trippers to the Paris of oth.er .da)'s will recall tha-t the now burnt-out Moulin Rou'ge was always somewhat of a "hot shop." An or<u.orica.l tra.p for Borough Council speakers is to heatedly, hurriedly, and cor rectly refer to "Swaji&ea's Town Hill Houses. ??.?<a>?-? t\om Mr. Lloyd George's speech:— "Where could we then look to a chivalrous country to protect us? To America.?" fjA ia.u,gh.) That juat hit. it off—"a Ia.ugh." Which is the worst road in Swansea? Don't speak all at once. One candidate for tile post of honour is the mud-puddle of a track that Unks up Swansea and- Morriston. ?<?<?<x!>?- C&ptain J. F* TliOTnas made n, rousing appeal to the young men in the Grand' Fheatre. Swar. 1, on Flag Night.. "More men wø 'nti' he s&id; more men, and more men. Comi. John I?ewis paaaed !TKmd hfis cig'a.r ca.s.e a.t the Sc.h<x? Attendatn?c. &th-'C?mmdt- tee. but i,t sapped ahooL't &t Mr?. H. D. Wiit- Hajns. wfto obs?trved: "You .ma?t l?ve .landed it oa.?' ? ? '< '<? i A regretta.bl'e featui? in connection with"' A regretta.ble ,e in -,v i t i i the ma-gnincent Flag Day results at Jibel- a.v.r)n (writes a- correspondent) was that a Karta-in iiidiffeledit, spction was noticed to detSpise the na.ti.onal nag in preference to the nag on. A Swansea, man—one of the best, too!- who jouied the Army, full of righteous wrath over Belgium's wrongs, cooted off a bit when his nrst Army job was loading coke &nd his first bed in a stable And he's still smiling DtMin't the boys of the Swansea Mu.nacJpal Secondary School "let it go" when H]ey heaxd that over a hfmidred of the "old boys. were aer\'ing their King a<nd coUintry. Taltk about patriotism. Every lad looked like shouldering the rifi-e there and then. When the muffled up 'longshoreman facing the icy blast of the Swansea Docks street cor- ner encountered a "V" -neoked openwork stockinged "napper," the worthy man won- dered when she arrived on the pier whether she would tarry there reajding the uoval she carried under her <¡J.'m. ?-<tx<>-4xS?> Apropos of letteJ'-writing. Swansea priscn- ers of war complain that they are allowed to write once a month only. Theirs is a reaJ.' griev<uicc; but when one comes to think of it, they ha+'c done more letter-writing' this last twelve months thatt in a'ny other twelve months of their life. < ?<!>-<<x>??<?- When will musical turns who do straight" business realise that light ef- fects" may occasionally be desirable from an artistic point of view, but that an or- diHary simple soug rendered from a darkened stage, with the performer In th« rays of an orange or purple. lime," tends to irritate.—(" Musicus.") 11; 'ó>< on the Hag Day pro<!?d n record succc?. on the noor of Swansea Coa! <u?d Shipptug Ex- change. The Mayorf's!. collected JB75, ajtd at the time the new Excba.nge Hesta.urant vas opened the &um had swollen to .B10 more. Late-t on. at the Gr.and Theatre, the Mayor announced a dona.tion of .6100 to his fund and JB)0 more t.o the Flag Fund. I Quite the feature of the theatrical aea,- sou in London is the -success attending the revival of past popular plays and musical pieces. In this comection the visit of The Grip of Iron" to the Swansea Theatre Eoya.1 is interesting, and gives an oppor- tunity to this generation uf playgoers of witnessing one of the most enthralling of dn:mHs and aji old-time favourite of this house. After t'u' happy proceeding. in tim Res ta.ura.nt he conducted his better-half through the Chamber o'f Commerce itselt «.nd showed her around. On em'g:r:g from the buiMing he enlarged to ncr up<vn the a.d vantages of the membcra üHwting to- a<t.b&] and discus&ina lousiness, as time yvaa inon*y (iiii-s. "Then why." NUe asked. gla.ncln, up at the grea.t timepiece, "doc:- not r jmeont, wind :!p the clock?' "For twenty-one years" (writes H. cor- l'epOlldllt) "1 Ivive ridden many btiiidreds of miles in Swansea, cars, but last. week, for ,tbe hrst time, I saw a ).'dy passenger busily .kmt.ti:m OlJle wco))t'n garment. She iude four miles in that, car :u)d never cea.sed her knitting. The reception tins innovation h:)d t'ion) the other \\on)fu prfscijt '\as varied. Some smUed, ot.hers snISed, white some treated her with lotty disdain. How- ever, It struck me as a ha-bit of industry well worth imitation." The tin' new Kx- change SwajMea., ojj Moiiday mftetm.oodi, ha.d n. n.ea.f nhave of not getting in. to't infYTta-t-ion at tAe uut" door he told thiO thAt he bud i(na<tvertenft<h' left it behind, and t'he <<.t- tenda-nt, hl\tggi[1g his snonldprs. iM.id hf vei- rrv. "Who 3re you. then?'' he asked. Hi" worship ?'3.id h" t.hf '18AOI' orf SW;r.ru;ea. whereupon the door keeper His \\u)'t.hip. fl!Jitt> he wa,, oniy h! duty. GUboy, the Sw<Hia pla.yer, has jojJM'd the &iport<sm'en's Batta-lion. Good boy, ililhoy! Palm Sunday 's drum-head service at Vic- toria Pa-rk Swansea, is going to be a re- (oi d. Swansea is M have 500 houses on the hdl. At tiip Council it is Hi)! on the bouses. lit Look before you leap does not apply to Humpty Dumpty next Thay aftn'noon at the Cafrlton. It was to evade a "Sherio(.k "Grip of Iron" that the hero assumed the "Aliaa—Jimmy Valentine." A Swansea Frenchman is encouraging a resemblance to that intrepid general by adopting <: Joffre style of beard. One of the most popular march airs of *he Swansea. No. 1 Salvation Army Band is based on the Belgian Nationa.1 Anthem. Mr. R. Lewis' new shop front in High- street, Swansea, will add to the handsome windows recently installed in that thorough- fare. On Thursda.v the business ot tli'e Swa.nsen Guardians was concluded in one hour. not- wit<bsta<tding there were 21 items on the agenda,. Mr. Middleton, who lectured a.t Swansea on "Belgiaji Arclubeoture," remai.k.ed that he had s.oon one of the nnest pieces of archi- tecture—"of a certa-iu kind''—at CardiS. i Xt-< ? >4 The small boy who yelled "Where d'ycri snea-k yer broomsticks?" quite npset thf gravity of the Mumbles Red Cross Brigade as they marched through the vitlage List night. ?-?<s??-?-? Therpe oouild onily be one local destination for a paper wih a nanM like "The Wel&h man." Thus it was that it came safely by post to us on Friday without any address on Ui.e wrapper! 'l'he si¡ght of a couple of Lnnca.Mur? and Yorkshire Railw-ay 00. 's truck.- in a parsing shuint WM like a Letter from home to one of the National Reservists who are now gua,rd ing 8wa.osea. dock< The front part ?f the new Swan sea police station is now on view to the pu.bli< The Lnterior may be seen presently at any time !by assanKing a pdh('eman or otheTWile sÐCuring an admission tiickc-t. A deal of recruiting for outside districts is now being done at -wa-naea- At the &wans' match on Thursday two recrr'tina: sergeants were present, sn<l secured remits for the Welsh Guards. W!hr*n the <'pp}ica,nt for the pOAit.on <'f ?ta,n' nurse came before the Swansea. Gca diann on Thursday, the doct'or ?aid six' wa? qu'to h?a-lthy. TIM <*haJrma?n said. "Her appearance i.- the best oertiticate for me, Md a?! agreadjA?. "') t' -?-?' ? ?. ?' ???'?.? .& .?., ??- "? '?*Ve's;'? sa?'t?.'t'f S'w!t'L-?!t opt; th'in? we ar" )!) for a spc? of i'?rd ??c..tt?.?. Thf cornei of Waterloo-street and Oxford- street wa.s nuite dry on Friday morning." Then the company departed to verafy this remarkable statement. A well-known Swa!)sea p"ufesional geii,tlmian ha<s his e1dœt son a I,ieutend..nt 'iji the ICoutli Wales Borderers. a,no'tih'&r In the Welsh Jioi-se, aind yet amother—his youngest—ha-s goiM into the ivii-eleas bra-nch 0'f the Naval Reswvo. A ttruly proud record. At a local inquest the other day the fol- lowing question was aekcd one of iha wit- nesses :—"How long was 8Ifr<tUd-SD 'n get- ting to the scene ?" Witness: "'N'ot v-ery long. sir." Again: "How long was witness in getting to the scene?" "V ery soon, sir." And then they gave it up. The meeting of the Amman VaUey School Managers on Thursday did not 1)<1":8 without its humorcus incidpnts. Fancy the chairman —a minister of th< Gospel—describing a little gallery in Uie infants' department of one ot the schooJs as a relic of the old days when teachers "used to preach to the chil- dren Has preaching fallen on evil days' "Even supposing, enla-rged the weU-in- foraMd :ua.n tn a :wa.nea docks car, "that quick-firing guus were placed on board met- ch&nt s!Hneti'&, \vho, may I a<<k, is going to man.ip,lllzlte the'm?" and the came f)\)m one who knows them, and he said, "If ycu can tell me fMiyching oj) earti) or sea that the sktippd', his ma.tc, or the 'chief of & coaster c;uu]ot d;, in ai) emergency, I a.m ope.n to letn'n." Evidence of the efforts made "i godi'r hen w!ad yn ei ho]," and particularly the Welsh language, as St. David's Day approaches, was furnished at the monthly meeting of the Amma.u Valley School Managers on Thurs- day. ivl)c,ii the BI'Yl1<1mman headmaster sub- mitted his report ui the vernacular. Mem- bers listened intently,.md it was decided that a letter of appreciation be sent to the head- master upon his Cymric Xjea]. Dns is the nrst occasion that a report in Welsh has been rfa,d to the .managers. Will the incident be repented after the managers' mark of en- 'uragemciit, attd wiH all the sch{)üJI11<stcrs ix the group foiiow the prect;dent thus laid! down. 're IJue!tjon,: t!iai natura.!ly arise. Wpil wait and see! 1 1!1. =II a TJM St. Day ce]ehra.tio.u:> at the j Ia.-t year writes a Horres- t)ond?ut) ceii.Muly went oD a.rLd idfa of historical tal;!e:,lIx m"t with a favourable recepti'on. iu fact. was adapted by nearly evei,y schoo!, aItJT)ugh in gome schools the saluting of the UnLou I Jack (a.i! the and the singing of Welsh patriotic songa by the massed chtss citoirs, were the whole extent, of ti)(, celebration. Of ccurse. neariy evo'y hea<]master auctressed thf sc'toiars on ttx' biogra.phy of St. David, and in some cnaes ppcunia.ry were pi-e-setiWd-to tll(,#;e í'cholarfi whosf drn.wings of Welsh ilatio,il,, eiiibleani were thp most perfect. Would not the celebrations be mere succMSt'uJ if a rp- .crniapd apnei,a,i pr?'-cdo''?- in eYf':y scbo.)] \0) H ? (jwiiym Davies, writing in the current ]:ue of "Y Cymro, has a vivid ue-cript-ion of the dimcutty of the police in deciding whether a. man is rea.Uy "drunk and mcapable He sa",s that one night at 11.20 he was going through one of the streets in Carmarthen :md cunte a<;ro&s a poor fellow lying on his back in a gutter. As it was pouring with min, and very iate, there was itothin.g for it but to lift up the drunken muu and fetch a policeman. Two constables came at.bnce, and the victim was <L;ôo.ked to walk in t.hc middle of the road. Th'= he did with some difnculty; a.nd after going .1 few paces he a.,ked, "Is that good enough' The men of the hnv decided that it was. and the police, \'hic!) m'tits con)- ]nendat;o; the —in H t-,Pa,ceitil questions, which received peace- f,ii iop!jes, were the feature of the Swansea. '(.fiKu'(Ha<ns meeting; laat Thursday. A &1.:1dfields womMi who threw a brick into a neighbour s backyard got oordiaJiy tiLa nked. it was a block of patent fuel. The Swansea, optimist who joyfully re- t corded on Friday morning that the corner ot \\a.terioo and Uxtord-stret;ts was dry WM iucom:ola.blti by 7 p.m. Li the imuch-out of the 6th Welsh thm (Sauudav) evening 1:0 .iJl,) "u. o.lg like the sue cess the valley visit was on Tnursday there should be "some" enthusiasm. ?-:i?<i?-?-?-? Some w<yrk is a pleasure. The Swaaaea La.oour -Lxolia-nge have berths open for salmon oatchlug m the Wye. Many a niaa w ho has cauglit, a sadnioii has had to pay Mr it- Saturday night's recruiting march atí Swansea emphasises the need of more bajida m the town. Will his Worship «nake a movey s s Not a few of the spectators of Saturday mght's recruiting march at Swansea rushed intu High-stief.t under the impi-eciloii that the "boys" were goitig away. The average Sw&nsea man pronounces "Rlivl" hi a way that would turn a Cymmrodor:on member green, tt is ? pto- uouuct-d ae RMe," instead of "RiU." Then, is a sort of glorious '.mcert*)nty about the weather ktely. One doe-sn't know \\ha,t is going to iiappen, when it snows, I rams, anti the sun shines simultaneously. like to s<e tsontc of I the &hi.powners hanged. The "hi)Jowners, tit js sa-id, vigu-onslv protest against what j they would tern-< "hi-h handed procœd- ing. An Oxfot'd-9t.re?t, Swansea, tradesman has a cap.ta.1 toUectioH ot iyr)cs ten years old. Is it a coincideucf that he ts reputpd to have a card in his window "Dustni.iU to CaU?'' The gt>uU.ell.an vho got on a -Nlorr;stuii f<u- at High-street to get to Pur.tlaad- stwet was last seen walking over t)).- top ot Carmarthen-road enquiii.ng the ".ay to GoWCtT. Rev. J. D. IiHrries, chaJrnsan of the .sW¡.¡Jl- sea G-uardia.ns. ma.ke- a special jMmt. of sta.rlÏug the pipetiiir pronipm, .u.d .vith getting o<n with tile "u'Ï.,smess." Go up two, Mr. Hairie&. "Tne D.P.A. Societv' on ttia notice hu ..J at puzzlfd a tew of thp. visitors. Had they been discharge ))' goners they would kr.ol" somefung of fie cx- cf!!e)'i.t v.-ork tito <oci?ty is dc.ng. -< TIM ?n'i '< chiu-ming. A (kx 'j-<t out} pmny/a.ttd the &-A'.ns? doc!n-.aH ?u?ef !\i?? '?- ?ift?nn?'-piece. 'L it? ?' -t ?' .?'? ???'. '-?'< ? ho MpiiMi l;.<<'nTn)gi'y. Th<?-<it ;.?:c? ? on for hitn. .t!tI"" Part of a Ccrma!) eheii brought to itietia offic,s by ¡¡.C!,¡ ;aI; '< -o with trench mud. It t..>ars a striking "p- semblancf in coiou'' to the f\(:I'1:, d tltjn that sticks t-' one's boots at Caidiit. is out ot work aIj, ¡;.a.¡d the worried &aJJsea. m.OW1c:ï'. Why, i- t nought h'- Iiad a good, steady job," rcpUed her neighbour. Oh. t-Lc job was steady enough, die trouble is, Tom The k:ndh- old lady of a. littie boy in" High-street, Swan,,k-a, on Kn- If d&v, wha-t he was crying for, received the reply that he wanted some of that German tha-t a.no.ther tittle git'! wa.s eo.tmg. The Swaiisea Regiatrar brought his I'ttte son on to the Bench at the sitting oi the Bankruptcy Court, In very truth young Charles adorned the Beiichll-foi, h'e is a litt!e picture ot i* boy—"a regular peach," as the tilt' ladies said. By wty of encouragem-at for a "Rugger" football feetivat at Swansea, Eastertide, as a stimulus to recruiting, it might be stated that a tour of a team represenUng the 2nd R:tondda. Battalion in the coal valleys is expected to yield 300 recruits, in the couraa of a week or so. A number of Swansea boys in the 1st I \\l;t!th Howitzer, stationed &t Cambridge, and wiM h&ve beeji home this v.'aek for a li,t,ie,f hoHday, returned to their hkadqtiart-ers on Friday morning. All were m excellent hea'ith a-nd &pdrits. xS>-< ? A party of the Sw.an&ea Rugby Traunng Corps ajid Salisbury Civic Guard attended t,he fu'ae'ra,! of the late PriTarte Hopkins, uf the Swansea Batta-lion. This is probably the nrst occasion for the corps and guards so to "rec"g"MP themselres in oonneouon with a muitary funeral. Apiopcs the recent hea\y rains, the toi iowmg lilies by -Mr. Abraham H. Thomas, J.P., Ll<tMsamlet', me very timely :— I Pa )es ydyw gwrg]iach, ac achwyn yn dost, Llawn cysta.! rhoi diclch. yr un yw y gost; Pan tywydd, os gwiaw :nawr a ddaw, Dvwedwn o gaion "Rwy'n dewis cael gwlaw." Tlie detective element in Swansea, just now is very strong. At one of the halts a detective dr-ajna Mntitled "The Tra,p" is s howi-ng, and for the coming week another is on the cards in "The Red Snatke Club. Added i-o Hotmes will A-isit the Grand, and after him Mother detective piay, "Alias Jimmy Valentine. All the smaU loca.! lx)vs are developing sle-util-like noses. Friends of Monsieur Maurice Pa'iiaud, of t.h.p l2th (company 12ord Regimi'ut of Frcnc" \\ill be pi,(itid to know that on tho 9th inst. he was complimenltfd by the cdonp! ot' his re,,iment OH the coolness und da.sh \vith which be led his men from H trench ':n the AiM)€ a.T)d at.ta.cked the Get'Tl1a.Jls, and promoted to s(-rgea.iit from oorpora.t, with p:t)inisp ot <Mt.]'Iy further advaiieeiiient. Jle .n- thi;,t "fgrpat events '.Lrp a boub to -?_ ?:x? the old 'GJa.morgftN a batta.tioti of infa.Mt-ry had <<. hld da.y it-c-ztr Cardui. in- ciudfd a ui<x'k caval1'Y "harge A))'<')i the !u- ia'ttry to came ga.UOr¡I do."n towa.rd.. the Marram oom- p:)jt\' .jf infantry, with th<; intention <i: wh.eeE':lg off to t,hc,. r'.ght and Jpft when they c.n'.M close. '!he charge, ho,er, was so rpet.:istic that the gam Jii'e:t broke I ill. aJH! acattercd. The 'tate Ilr. Theodore Tolb,)t. of wa.F (,4)iiiiitAiidiit;,) tha.i, cotupany of infantry, ajtd his IIwn were ::lAde to fee! sorry th.!t they had not stood m'm,,cv<*ti ;f the !]or.<:fmen rod<' them they ad- th.)C tht' "raU'tp:" fM ?;)Yp *h?jm ?;!? ?'(?'? t'i.r/.y any <'a\-ah'y char g e.