A KITCHENER STORY.
Lord Kitchener, who on leaving India is to undertake an Imperial mission of the highest importance, is the subject of many good stories by other people, and he himself can tell other equally good stories.
One dates back to the bombardment of Alexandria. "'K. of K." was then on board a man-of-war. The bombardment had ceased, but, according to Lord Kitchener, the commander of one of the warships, Sir Richard Poore, had not yet spoken his last word of menace. He had a gun loaded and trained on a point he had not already attacked, and he obtained permission to .fire a last round.
The aim was perfect, a huge cloud of dust marked the spot where the shell struck, and then, as it cleared away, all those possessed of glasses saw an old Arab woman totter out of the building, and drive in a number of fowls which mre scratching among the ruins. This was the last skot of the bombardment, or, as Lord Kitchener calls it, "Poore's triumph."—London Letter.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 569, 21 May 1913, Page 6
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