BRITAIN'S FOUR ARMIES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 193, 19 September 1914, Page 9

BRITAIN'S FOUR ARMIES.

LORD KITCHENER !S ANNOUNCE- , MENT. . ! PRAISE FOR GENERAL TRENCH. (Received September 19, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, September 18. ! Lord Kitchener, in the House of [Lords, paid a tribute to Sir John [French V consummate skill and ealm icourage in withdrawing his force in the face of a, vastly superior number. - He added that the British force in the -field would be kept at full strength by drawing on the: overseas garrisons anil replacing them by Territorials, of whom a ; division' had- already been' .sent - to Egypt and a brigade to Malta.' Four armies' are l now being raised. Two; are collected "at-'training centres, a' third is being formed,,,:and the fourth, - cbnreserves, - will be utilised';to feed' the "Expeditionary Force/ ■ He ; felt •cVns"d"entV-that : -the'-new- / armies , .'wi'n t ready, '"well trained, >to take the« field 5 in the spring, and they ...would prove themselves to be-formidable opponents;