More reports of Manchester men’s experiences at the front were reaching the city.
Corporal S Renshaw from Hulme,who was a chauffeur in the army service corps, talked of the retreat from Mons when the army was ” chased day and night by Uhlans.”
He described the awful conditions as a railway bridge they were crossing was bombed by German aircraft only to be chased away by British planes
Malarkey Stokes of Radcliffe Hall, who was wounded at Mons was accused of desertion
Having been sent home to recuperate from his injuries, he did not return to camp, claiming he could not get the correct medical treatment for his injuries.
At Salford police court the stipendiary fined the wife of a soldier for drunkenness telling her that ” you may tell all your friends that I am going to make an example of women who so disgrace their husbands who were serving so bravely -you have been squandering the money that ought to go towards keeping those around you”
A contingent of the 6th Cheshire Territorials left Stockport to join their battalion in Northampton. Before leaving they were addressed by the mayor who presented them with cigarettes.
