As the territorial soldiers were settling down to their new billets it was reported that none needed rocking to sleep last night but were up with the lark this morning

It sad proposed to equip Worsley Hall as a military hospital with provision for 150 beds and to accommodate up to 500 casualties in the future.

Claims were being processed for Distress relief with unemployment due to the outbreak of war beginning to make itself felt.

Captain Walkley, who was charged with the recruiting depots of Manchester and Salford, declared that he was quite pleased with the response of the region.

Men, though were still urgently needed for the Royal Engineers and field artillery and were particularly wanting men with experience of engineering trades and used to working with horses.

Despite the war it was announced that the football season would open as usual at the beginning of September with receipts from warm up matches, which were usually given to charity, handed over to the war fund.

That afternoon a considerable crowd turned up at Hyde road to watch Manchester City play a warm up game and 10,000 people turned up at Old Trafford for a similar game.

From the European front, The German armies were said to be overrunning the North of Belgium while there was fierce fighting around Alsace where it was reported that several thousand Germans had been taken prisoner.

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