TERRITORIALS IN ACTION.
NO MATCH FOR GERMAN CAVALRY. (Received Last Nicht, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, August 20. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Arras states that the. defence of tho frontier from Lille to Valenciennes was entrusted to Territorials, but they were no match for the German cavalry division, which was supported by a battalion of infantry, artillery, and machino guns. The Territorials, without artillery and machine guns, were ordered to hold Camhrai at any cost. 'They fought for three? hours, and were then compelled to retreat to Arras, followed by a body of cavalry, whose machine guns decimated their ranks. The cavalry made several desperate rushes, .but failed to get home. Finally tho French regulars arrived just in time to cover the remainder of the retreat. Now a strong and efficient force is ready to oppose the advance upon Bethune and Arras.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 August 1914, Page 5
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