OCR Text |
Show j IDOL OF BRITISH EMPIRE DEADi Famous Field Marshal Had Gone te France to Greet Soldiers. London. Field Marshal Earl Roberts Rob-erts died Saturday night in France from pneumonia. Field Marshal Roberts, who was colonel col-onel in chief of the Indian troops, had gone to France to give them his; greeting. Soon after his arrival he became be-came seriously ill. He suffered fron FIELD MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS a severe chill on Thursday and pnen-monia pnen-monia rapidly developed. His greai age, 82 years, mitigated against hit recovery, the crisis in the disease coming com-ing quickly. The news of the death of Lord Rob erts came as an entire surprise te England. The veteran's devotion to the interests of the army, his hari work in this connection and his seeming seem-ing good health had been the subjecJ of comment since the beginning of the war. He was the most popular military mili-tary figure in Great Britain and a national na-tional hero without rival in the affections affec-tions of the people. |