LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2
Private Charles Jones  8398 Third Battalion and Private Herbert Spencer Lewis 8885 Second Batt.

ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 15

The Second Battalion took up position NE of Braine.  Short skirmish with the enemy - 107 prisoners taken.  Outpost duty E of Yiel Arcy, blowing hard and pouring with rain.

The Third Battalion at Cerseiul.  On outpost duty, pouring wet night.

The City of Worcester Relief Fund is increasing slowly by small amounts, in the City Accountant's letter-box this morning was found a small, soiled envelope.  Inside was an half-sovereign, together with a slip of paper on which was written "For the War Fund from a poor woman."  Two anonymous postal orders for 2s 6d were also received.

Mass meeting by the Parliamentary Recruitment Committee of East Worcestershire held in Bromsgrove Market Place.  Among speakers was Mr Leverton Harris MP, Mr Wilfred Hill, the Headmaster of Bromsgrove School, Colonel Dixon and others.

A serious stampede occurred among the horses of the First South Midland Brigade (Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and Gloucestershire Yeomanry) with just upon 2,000 horses. Some 400 of the  Warwickshires' horses, frightened by a motor car,  galloped through the  lines causing the horses of three Worcestershire’ Companies to escape and the rest were in a fearful mess, it was all hell let loose for a bit.  About seven were killed outright, many more were injured.

Sir, The following extract from a letter just received from a nephew of mine, an officer in a torpedo-boat in the North Sea, may be of interest to your readers. “If you are doing things for sailor men, do not forget our ship. When the winter comes on it will be very trying, so will you send some warm garments, such as mittens, or woollen gloves, Balaclava Helmets, those woolly things for the head and ears. Socks are not needful, and do not let anyone make pyjamas for the sailors, because they do not understand them.”  If any Worcester woman will make or give articles for sailors such as are mentioned in this letter, and will send them to Mrs Moore Ede at the Deanery, she will arrange for their being sent to the sailors in the North Sea. Deanery, W Moore Ede,   September 12, 1914.