OFFICIAL NEWS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1914, Page 7

OFFICIAL NEWS

MESSAGES RiECEiVED BY PRIME MINISTER LONDON, 21st September. Official. — Letters are being received from numbers of British soldiers previously reported as missing indicating that some are- prisoners and others in. hospitals on the Continent. Reliable.-"* The Germans agaiD bombarded Keims to-day. A Berlin message states that Reims was within the area of battle and the Germans were compelled to five, but they regret that the city was damaged. Official (6.20 p.m.).— The Madras War Fund, offers a fully-equipped hospital ship with three hundred beds for the use of the Indian Expeditionary Force. Several Indian Princes offer personal services and all they possess. British* Indian residents of every class and creed are making generous offers. LONDON, 21st September. Official. — A report at 7 .45 p.m. states that since the last report received from Sir John French several further coun* ter-attacks have been made by the enemy and successfully repulsed. The colony of Trinidad has given cocoa valued an £40,000 for 'the use of the army. POSITION OF THE ALLIES FAVOURABLE. LONDON, 22nd Sept. (1.35 a.m.) Reliable.— The authorities in France say that the position of the AlSes is favourable. Severe fighting took place in the Argonne district, and 'the enemy was repulsed at all quarters. The Germans are bombarding Termonde, and are taking up a strong position between Wavre and Louvain. Seven hundred German prisoners have been landed at Southampton. Turkey has decided upon partial demobilisation. Speaking at Liverpool to-night, Mr.' Winston Churchill sa\d : "Under the aliield of our navy you can raise an army in this country that will settle the war in six or seven months. We can, without difficulty, without boasting, without indulging in speculations, put into the field 25 army corps comprising 1,000,000 men, who, from their personal qualities, understanding of the quarrel, spontaneous and voluntary energy and initiative, will not find their match, or

counterpart in the armies of Europe. There is no reserve of manhood, them is no reserve of vital energy on the side of our enemies, which can prevent that million men from turning the . scale in our favour. In my opinion it is only a question, of time and Britain holding firm — it is only a question of how much blood is to be shed. The more men We can nend, the less slaughter there will be."