The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-15

London, Nov 14-1l:4o D. m.-Earl Kitchener, secretary of state for war, announces that the following tele. gram has been received from Sir John French.
 "I deeply regret to tell you thal Lord Roberts died at 8 o'clock this evening"
 Lord Roberts died in France. where he had been visiting the Indian troops His death was due to pneu. monia,
 Roberts of Kandahar. Pretoria and Waterford" as Field Marshal Lora Frederick Sleieh Roberts was known sums LID briefly the career of the noted soldier whose death has plunged the empire into mourning Scion cf noble Irish family. Lord Roberts was born in 1892 in Cawnpore India, where his father, General Sir Abraham Roberts, was serving. IL was in the Indian service that the gallant and efficient Irish soldie. achieved his first and lasting fame It was in Souh Africa in his latel years that this was supplementei and magnified by his achievements in Great Britain's victorious campaign against the Boers,
 But it was as field marshal and earl that Lord Roberts was formally known; it was as "B1bs" that the men of the ranks knew him. loved him and greeted him In their estimation and in that of the admiring pubic which appreciated and applauded his gallant services for his country. no name could fit him better than this dimiautiye of his family name and a word meaning "hero' in Hindu
 Showered as he was with honors and titles by his own country it was not by that nation alone that his military abilities were approached.
 "The greatest soldier Of his time were the words used by Emperor William of Germany in paying tribute to him
 Roberts of Kaadahar." the em- peror is recorded as saying, "has much of the suhtlety and ability tc perceive his opportunities that have distinguished the greatest military geuiuses of the past hold him the ablest of today's soldiers"
 For more than half a century Eng land had occasion to take pride in the f,F n6 io tL career ripened she came 10 him in the same affection as Wellington. Give and Kitchener. In nine of her wars he was in the thick ot the fighting and many times was wound ed. As he fought he rose in ranH from sUpernumerary subaltern i1 the horse artillery to field marsha and commander-in-chef of all the British armies As further rewards he was made peer of the realm and the recipient of distinguished orders Cf which the chief was the Order of the Garter, the most ancient and highly przed of all the British orders. This crcwning honor came to him in 1901 after his notable services in leading the British cause to victory in south Africa.
 Lord Roberts military education began early in tfo While an infant in arms he was taken to England to receive education in the warlike art The age of 19 saw him back in India serving under his father a distin- guished general of the Victorian period. For more than forty years he served in that oriental empire. up holding Great Britain's sovereienty with his sword and gaining world wide fame.
 Beginning with the Indian mutiny, the record of his services is studded with brilliant exploits and gallant deeds
 The Victoria cross came to him early in his career, after he had res cued comrade from what appeared certain death in the campaign against the Indian mutineers and had recov. cred standard captured by the enemy Queen Victoria herself pinned the highly prized token upon the soldiers tunc. The mutiny med for bravery was another that he won in fightine the Sepoys al Delhi and helping 10 drive them from their