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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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A BRITISH NAVAL ARMOURED GAR IN BELGIUM. reached the depot complete with bodies, butthose from America were in the form of barechassis, and thus entailed an extra amount ofwork, since they had to be sent away to coach-builders to receive theu bodies, and thenchecked in again. It was the function of thedepot to equip the vehicles, according to fixedschedules, with tarpaulins, lamps and otheraccessories, ready for the road, and at any timethere might be seen in different parts of thoground rows of lorries, 15 cwt. vans, touringc rs, and ambulances standing in a condition tobe dispatched at a minutes notice, with theirpetrol and oil tanks full and even their radiatorschirged with an anti-freezing liquid. The established in the south-east of^^London withample facilities for the technical and militaryinstruction of both officers and men, andwhen the passing of strict tests was insistedupon as an essential preliminary to active ser-vice. The question of military training formechanical trans

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