LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE (“From tho Guardian,” June 14,. 1890). German Army.—The Military ... Committee of the Reichstag who have had under their consideration the question of the increase in the strength of the German Army, have approved of an addition of 180,000 troops and 420 guns.. African Rebellion—-Gnngunhandy a—powerful vassal in Mozambique, lias‘re-i belled against (Portuguese rule. HC ill- ' flicted a defeat on natives allies,- and captured the Portuguese flag. French Warship—The French warship Dubourdien, the flagship of the Pacific station*, with Admiral Roginault Depremasnil on board) is expected to make a visit' to New- Zealand ■* waters towards the end of the rear.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian” June 14, 1916) General lan Hamilton’s Order—Four days before the landing at Gallipoli he issued the following order“ Soldiers of France and of the King—before ns lies an adventure unprecedented in modern war. Together with our comrades of the Fleet we are about to force a. landing upon an open beach in faee of positions which have been vaunted by our enemies as impregnable. The landing will be' made good by the help of God and the The positions will be stormed, and the war brought one step nearer to a glorious close. ‘Remember,’ said Lord Kitchener when bidding farewell to your commander, ‘remember, once you set foot upon the Gallipoli .Peninsula you must see the thing through: to a finish. The whole world will be watching our progress. Let us prove ourselves worthy of the great feat of arms entrusted to us’—lan Hamilton, General.”