. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. nemploved in tiie defence of Antwerp, andit is not too much to claim that the day ortwo davs which thev gained by their defenceofthe outer lines of that fortress townassisted materially the withdrawal of theBelgian Army to safety. It w^as a Brigadewliich found instant favour with the middle-class vouth of this country, and it numbered its members artists and distin-guished men of letters. In the hands of the Xaval Brigade wasthe defence of I^ondon against hostile air-craft, and every night saw the white bea
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. nemploved in tiie defence of Antwerp, andit is not too much to claim that the day ortwo davs which thev gained by their defenceofthe outer lines of that fortress townassisted materially the withdrawal of theBelgian Army to safety. It w^as a Brigadewliich found instant favour with the middle-class vouth of this country, and it numbered its members artists and distin-guished men of letters. In the hands of the Xaval Brigade wasthe defence of I^ondon against hostile air-craft, and every night saw the white beamsof their great searchlights sweeping theclouds whilst riaval gunners stood by theside of their loaded guns. The Miracle Completed At length the day came; the new Armywas in being; it was a hard fact. Drilled,clothed, equipped, the first battalionswere readv to take the field in realearnest, and without parade or ostenta-tion were shipped across the a rriillion men, who six months pre-viously had been working at their respec-tive trades, carrving on their businesses in. AT LEAMINGTON THE SOLDIERS HORSES WERE QUARTERED IN THE STREET, AS THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT SUITABLE Jj Kitchener s A rmy Idwii (ir ruunlry,engaged al theirchosen profession() r prosecutingtheir studies atpublic schoolsand colleges, werenow — not whatthey were tob eg i n with, anunshapen mass ofraw material, armvof undrilled. un-disciplined, u n -armed men withnothing but thea/// to do—but anarm y, equipped
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