KING AT THE FRONT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9943, 1 December 1914, Page 5

KING AT THE FRONT.

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SAILED ON SUNDAY FOR FRANCE. TO VISIT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. Received December 1, 1.25 p.m. a LONDON, Nov. 30. Official: Ilis Majesty the King sailed on Sunday to visit the British headquarters in !•' ranee. ZEEBRUCCE. IMMENSE GERMAN PREPARATIONS. AGAINST BRITISH NAVAL ATTACK. Received December 1, 8.55 a.m. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 30. Immense preparations are being ma<le to safeguard Zeebrugge and the coast from naval attack. A telegram from Brussels states that Belgium's war levy is now fixed at £15.000.000. LORDS OF THE UPPER BLUE OUR AIR TERRIERS WORRY THE GERMANS. BOMB MILITARY STORES AT G H KNT. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30. Five aeroplanes belonging to the Allies bombed the military store* at Ghent and .lid much damage. Observers declare that latterly the Allies' liiiuen have dominated the air in Belgium. THE CERMAN FORCES. A NEW ESTIMATE. 1 Received December 1, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 30. Colonel Shumsky estimates that there are ' rom 22 to 25 German corps (1,075.000 uen) concentrated on the eastern frontier, ind 30 to 34 corps (1.462.000 west of the .lliine. TRUST THIT NAVY. AND YOU'LL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. BERESFORD S ADVICE. (Times and Sydney Sun Sbbvicis.] Received December 1 9.0 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 30. In the Commons Lord Charles lieresford 'cterred to the loss of the Bulwark as a ragedy unprecedented in the hisory of the navy. He deprecated ••inclusion/ as to the cause until he enquiry was held, and was specially denous in the present excitement regarding rieinv aliens that the lotss should not be itlributed to treachery. The public seemed 0 harbour doubts as to the navy's capacities for carrying out its duty. The navy vas in a better condition regarding ships 'lid the training of men than ever before, nd the people need not have the least tlarni about invasion. That was impossible 1 >w. The navy was organised for war. He yas against underrating the enemy. He beievt d the German navy would come out at light and in a fog. i n the melee none •ould say what might happen, but whatever lappened—luck or no luck —we would win in he end. "Trust the navy, and you'll be ully repaid."

Mr Churchill said it was impossible at pre«*nr to disclose the orders without which he public would be unable to form a judgnent concerning the action in the Pacific, he loss of cruisers on the Dutch coast, and he expedition to Antwerp. He paid a ribute to the newspapers For the way they •elped the course of military operations and pin Id the interests of the country. He Miked forward hopefully to the day when .11 parts of the naval administration could h> weighed by the nation.

TERRITORIALS REALISE EXPECTATIONS. SIR JOHN FRENCH'S PRAISE. TRIBUTE TO INDIANS' RESOURCE Received December 1. 815 a.m. LONDON. .Nov. 30. Sir John French, in his last despatch. (•• *'S that in the beating of the> Territorils win roof there were six battalions and ve cavalry regiments. England's highest vpectations were realised. lie again pays tribute to the resource and ■litiative of the Indians in repulsing su- . . ior forces. Their behaviour in their ■< w surroundings has been highly satisfaenry. UNEVENTFUL BUT IMPORTANT. INCIDENTS IN A WEEK'S OPERATIONS. FELLING A FOREST. ' LONDON, Nov. 30. The Daily Chronicle's Calais corrosponid•nl say.-, that although the week was coi'nlarafively uneventful hundreds were killcid n Finnishes und minor operations, which lie official reports ignore. Amonsrst these was the British razing of me of the largest forests at Ypres, which '.{folded excellent cover for the Germans Hacking our trenches. The task tlomand•il unflinching valour, the volunteers excelling the requirement*, and after hard brining which was cleverly confined to the orcst itself the Germans were expelled rum their carefully constructed entrenchments, lesimr a thousand killed. Daily throughout the week the German guns hod L.rgely assisted in demolishing the forest.