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Show ENGLISH HEAR FROM THEIR FIGHII MEN' Retire to New Positions After Shaking Off Enemy; Loss More Than 2000. Uln.N, auk- l-i. 2:U5 p. rn.--"'o luive hem d this utoriiln trom Sir John I'lfin h. t'ouiniuiulur uf ilio liritlsli I'orct-a , on tlie , ontlin-iit, I'r,-mi, r A,iilth ln-! ln-! or mi ed Hit.. nirmtx-iH the house of common thin ufli-rno,.!!. ,,tli.a l ho with- ! tll.iw.it of hit. li,.,.,;. ui u i,,'v poMthui W.-- . ,: sillily t-V. I i', I. It ,Miu Lot 11C- olHpl:ifd W Hill. ill rulildflUoU- hw.--, , I iu writ- haul npsat-d t.y Iho onemy, 1 wh.. how..vr. ,.,, .,h,.i olf. "It is nut (lcsii'abli' 10 anything nioif til lb,, pi-f.t-ui iiioiiu'iH, fM-i'pl thai. t'U- 11 1-Id inn 1 m ,;i I i t ),,. 1 ts that, in yptto of hard Hi it it 1 1 1 1 1 .iii.l h.ird iinhtlnK. the Hl'ltivh foro.-s nic In thr I'l t.f id t "Mo ,-(lnml.- ihu t.isualllfrt at solnc-thin solnc-thin tuoi ma n u 11, but wo ha u not j ft 1 fc-l nl any imnit-s " Lord KiUh,-n, r uHudcd to iTdnli-r Ah-UUlt Ah-UUlt !Ts M.ttfMit'tit ill the house uf ,'i'in-nu.::s ,'i'in-nu.::s thai the Hiillfih troops hud Ki-'a'ly aided t:,c lh,-n. h iinj huu bt-i-n uhl to maintain their p.t.-iiioiiji in lh" mru of I)-r, 1 M-ru 111 n ut tacks. H.- said he hud ftut A t.'i.-Kinin 10 Sir John Kimu'li, the commander of llw Hnti.sh cxpt-dlUonai y luicr, reioiini; aa follows: ".'oii .ilulatu the trooiB on their pleiHlid work. We are proud of thmi." (VnlliUKiirf, Lord KHcheiiur Kiintod out that the- IiKhllliK In Europe would result m greater la.Muilth-ti man tht cainfulh';' iSrtul li: Ita'.n UMinlly win eiiKa-'d In. He aid he W.ls bV.X v th.il thu pnhlio was , fully prep. 1 Ted to litre t whatever lust. -a a:m . 1 l r 1 e lh-' countrv nillit hno to !a-e 1 he piiid u tribute to l lie rradl-ne.-s o( the expedlilonury force unit the ln.ilual!e aJd of th itcs.s und public in pre.t r uit; jjiltnce and uccuplliui tin; novel situation. "Wrt know j;oy derp'y tile French people peo-ple appreclatL- and alae the pioinpt an-;!.- tn nee." Lord Kitchener continued, "that we have been utile 10 afford them at t;,e ery outset uf the war. not only tn til vln moitil ill id material Mild" Tt. but our 1 root a inut uiso prove a la tor of h.-;h nuliuiry sdmrieance :n reti dctlnn the .-phe:e und deter ml nniK tlu: durutioii of i;os.tilitles. "If the conditions of strategy had per-tnitled. per-tnitled. r'er one In this euiintry w ould hx'v been re juiced If they co aid hve hern milled aloiiK.-ldrt til gallant Uelslun army in ,ts upe: b mrule ULiafnst the .h-.-i , rate i-iiis w tilt h has JuM hern wit-: wit-: .'.!. liut although t)ie pn llee, per-lorce per-lorce !uis tn den:. -I us. Beinui knows of our sympathy with hr in her Miffer-lnjs Miffer-lnjs and our ind! mi tion at the blows w nlch have In-en inil.cted upon htr. and aito of our reolutU.n to make bure thul none uf lu-r acrlncca w HI have been 1111-aii!l'.nir. 1111-aii!l'.nir. h.!e other countries er.-aed In this war hue. under ti;eir ;en.a of com-pjisory com-pjisory service. l-roi.fht tii-:r full resources re-sources into the field, we, under our national na-tional system hav. not been rompelhd. Tiier. 'fore, we still have a vast reserve to ii:aw from ti.e lesoun-.-s uf both the mother tv-uniry j-.d the domirdons. "The response whl, h a. ready has been Diade by t:.e com: n ions abundantly proves t:uit we have iKd looked In vain to the.e tourers of military MrenKth. and w:.l!e India. Canada. Australia ani New Z'-aiar.d ate sending powerful con-tiriKi'nts, con-tiriKi'nts, t::e terrl torhda of this country p.re rrp vin- ;oy.dv to tlie strn call of duty, v - ich !,as come to them with auch ex,. ; ilori.'.l for e." i " o : 1 1 : n u 1 r. c, he said: "over eeer.ty battalions have with fine cnurv.te already volunteered for s-rvice a. .road. S"ii-n they are tralnei and orun.zed in larger formations they wiil be a'ie to take their places In the hn. "The hundred thousand men aked fur m the fir-t pace have already been vlr-t:a"y vlr-t:a"y secured. "The emp.re with which we are at war has cahe-l to the colors almost Us entire en-tire male population. The pnnelpie we, on our iart. si. ail observe is this: That while ti.e maximum force undercuts constant con-stant dimlnuatlon, the reinforcements we prepare wlil steadily and Increasingly mw out until we have an army in the held which n numbers will not be le.s t..n In quality and not he unworthy of the power and responsibility of the British Brit-ish empire. "I cannot at this stace say what will be thf limits of the f- rce required or wr.at measures may eventually become r A-.'ssary to supply and maintain iL "Tne scale of the field army which we are now c.-ilins- into beine; is large and may rise In the course of the n-xt six or seven months to a total of thirty divisions, di-visions, to be continually maintained in the field. "But if the war should be protracted, and If its fortunes should be varied or adverse, exertions and tacrincs beyond any which have been demanded will be required from the whole nation and empire. em-pire. And where they are required, we are sure they will riot be denied to the extreme needs of the state, by parliament parlia-ment or the people." |