Carbon County News | 1914-11-19 | Page 4 | Idol of British Empire Dead

IDOL OF BRITISH EMPIRE DEAD famous field marsh marsha J had gone to france to gre gree soldiers london londom field marshal earl roberts died saturday night in france from field marshal roberts who was colonel in chief of the indian troops bad had gone to france to give them his greeting soon after his arrivaL he became seriously ill ho ile suffered from 6 I 1 RA FIELD MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS a t severe chill on thursday and pneumonia rapidly dm developed eloped ills ilia great age 82 years mitigated against his reco recovery ery the crisis in the disease coming quickly the news of the death of lord roberts came ns an entire surprise to en angland ga n d the veterans devotion to the interests of the army his hard work in this connection and his seeming cosil health had been the subject c cf coni comment ment since the beginning of the war nar ho ile was the most popular mill daiy tax in great britain and a na dionn hero without It hout rival in the aftel eions of the people