The London _Times_ military correspondent, giving an account of the
life led by the Prince of Wales at the front, says:
"He won golden opinions. Personally of slight physique and almost
fragile looking, the Prince was but little known to the army until
he joined it, and now that he is becoming known it is a revelation.
He is among the keenest and hardest soldiers in the army. He walks
more than six miles before breakfast every morning, drives his
own car and spends every moment of the working day in acquainting
himself with the situation of the troops and the service of the army.
"Although nominally attached to Sir John French's staff, he is
not chained there. He has been attached in turn to army corps,
divisional and brigade headquarters and is undergoing an education
which no books can ever give him. Only last week he occupied a house
rocking and shaking day and night with the bombardment, and he has
visited the trenches, including those of the Indian army. It will be
difficult to keep him out of the firing line of his grenadiers.
"A more zealous and indefatigable young officer does not serve with
the King's troops. He has a quiet, confident dignity which is most
attractive and his character and intelligence arouse the enthusiasm
of all who meet him. It was not exactly the expression of a
courtier, but it was the expression of a truth, when an old soldier
looked wistfully after him and muttered, half to himself: 'That's a
d----d good boy!'"
"FOR YOUR LEETLE AMIE."
But for the honesty of a British "Tommy," says a Paris despatch, a
famous French actress would have lost her satchel containing jewels
valued at $25,000. She had dropped the satchel as she was getting
into a taxi, and the soldier, who was passing along, picked it up
and restored it to her.
So grateful was the actress that she took off a valuable ring from
her finger and presented it to the finder, saying:
"This ees for your leetle English amie."
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Bone grafting to save shattered limbs is being accomplished at
Bordeaux by the Russian surgeon Woronoff, who experimented with Dr.
Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute in this city. Doctor
Woronoff is replacing as much as seven and one-half inches of
missing bone by transplanting monkey's bone to the wounded limb. He
also employs the bones of other men.
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The latest charges against the British censor comes from Germany,
where it is asserted that the censor deleted entirely the message
sent by the Kaiser to the Queen of Spain at the death of her
brother. The message, the Germans declare, never reached its
destination.
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In a raid sixty Cossacks captured three hundred German cavalrymen.
The Cossacks were sent out to learn what was going on in
Czenstochowa. They divided into sections and dashed into the
sleeping town simultaneously. They killed a number of Germans before
they had time to crawl out of their blankets. Then they drove three
hundred Germans ahead of them to their lines. When the prisoners
were examined forty of them were found to be women dressed in
soldiers' uniforms.
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Japan has transported two hundred big Krupp guns, together with the
men and officers for handling the guns, over the Trans-Siberian
Railway to the Russian front. For this service Japan is said to have
been promised that half of the peninsula of Saghalien which at the
present belongs to Russia. These guns were purchased by Japan from
Germany last year.
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The King of Saxony has joined the troops in Belgium. His presence
greatly encourages the men. He is said to be taking the Kaiser's
place while the latter is in East Prussia exhorting his warriors
there.
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When a wounded Belgian soldier was examined in the hospital a
leather purse was found in his pocket and in it a bent and broken
Belgian one-franc piece, part of which was missing. The purse itself
was badly gashed by a bullet. The man's wound did not heal readily
and the surgeon, probing deeper into the man's thigh, found the
missing part of the coin imbedded near the bone. It was removed and
the soldier speedily recovered.