CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2232, 19 August 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

OUTPOST AFFAIR AT LOUVAIN

GERMANS FLEE PELL-MELL

London, August 17. Mt. Martin Donohoe, the "Daily Chronicle's" war correspondent, writes from Brussels of- an outpost affair near Louvain on Sunday atternoon. : The German advanced guard wore Belgian gendarmes' uniforms, enabling them to approach olose and fire a deadly volley. The Belgian outposts aud cavalry quickly recovered their momentary confusion and charged the advanced guard, who fled, leaving the Dragoons and Hussars to bear the brunt of fhe charge. The German machine guns opened on the Belgians, who were in a dangerous position) until half a battery of artillery opened shrapnel fire 011 the Germans, who were * without 'cover. They were throwji' into disorder, and lied pell-mell, pursued by the Belgian cavalry, who cut off a number of the Seventeenth Hussars, who wore ap-, potently glad to surrender. They were ravenoously hungry. All their supplies were short, and they 3iad no knowledge of where .they were; some thinking they were in France. They Were wholly without maps or compasses, and their horses were thoroughly exhausted. CERMAN■ DESTROYER LOST. STRIKES A MINE IN THE BALTIC. , London, August 17. A Russian schooner was pursued, hut eluded a German destroyer near Fa!ster Island (south of Zealand). Tho destroyer struck, a German mine, and foundered.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun", services. MOT WANTED. WAD, CORRESPONDENTS AT THE FRONT. 1 (Rec, August 18, 9.45 p.m.) Brussels, August 18. At Sir Edward Grey's request active English war correspondents at the front are being asked to keep away or return to England,_ as any indiscretion on their part may injure the interests of the Allies. The latter have agreed not to allow any, correspondents to go to the front at present. . ' (Rec. August 18, 11,10 p.m.) v Copenhagen, August 18. Th« German General 'Staff refuse to allow war correspondents to accompany tho army. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. , A LEADING GERMAN SPY.,, Brussels, August 0.7. The police have captured WuelGng, one of the chief German spies resident in Brussels. ( At the moment of his arrest he was 1 writings a report to the Gorman Government. The taking of the report resulted in the arrests'of many others. ROUGH RIDERS' CORPS. FORMATION IN'FRANCE. ' Paris, August 17i . A Rough Riders' Corps is being recruited; Itiincludes several American cowboys, . a number of jockeys, and many Englishmen. The squadron, which will be entirely self-supporting, will bo armed 'with oarbines, 'satires, and automatic pistols. VILLAGE SET ON FIRE. UHLANS'SHOOT THE VILLAGERS. Amsterdam, August 17. A Uhlan patrol entered the Belgian village of Heclital, forty miles east of Antwerp, demanded money. They shot and fired 011 the villagers who refused to surrender. The offending village was. burnt down. , PRISONERS OF WAR. SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR POLES AND ALSATIANS. ' ' (Received August 18, 9.45 p.m.)' Paris, August 18, morning. The Frenuh and Russian staffs have arranged that Alsatian, Lorraine, and -Polish prisoners shall receive special treatment. . ■ t' ■ M. MAETERLINCK A VOLUNTEER. (Rec. August 18, 9.40 p.m.) Brussels, August 18. Despite his fifty-two years M. Maeterlinck, the distinguished author and playwright, has volunteered for service with the Belgium army. - He declares that tho enemy of mankind must be fought at all costs. M. -Maeterlinck is at pre- ! sent assisting at harvest work in. Nor? su.Vady. . Although Mi ' Maurice Maeterlinck was born at Ghent, in Belgium, he has adopted France as his country, living at Neuilly, n?ar Paris, and is probably the most "international'' of contemporary European writers. He practised as a lawyer at Gheut, but abandoned the profession and began writing in Paris. There he was "discovered" by M. Octave MirbeaUi His first great work was "Pelleas et Melisande," which he wrote-in 1892,' and its mystic romanticism immediately attracted attention and criticism. To thousands of playgoers, young and old, liis name is identified with the "Blue Bird" —seen in Wellington a year or two ago—whilo "Wisdom and Destiny" and the "Life of the Bee" are a quintessence of his poetic philosophy. In 1011 M. Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prizo for . Literature' (amounting to £7773). FIRST CAPTURED GERMAN FLAG. Paris, August 17. The first- captured German flag has arrived at Paris. GERMAN MOTORS SHELLED. ALL OCCUPANTS KILLED. Brussels, August 17. ! The fort at Embourg shelled throe motor-cars carrying German officers on the road alongside ■ the River Ourthe. One car fell into the river, and the others wore smashed and all tho occupants killed. : . TOWN OF VISE BURNT. MALE INHABITANTS MADE PRIS- . ONERS. London, August 17. , 'The "Daily Chronicle's" Amsterdam correspondent states that ihe CJennans tm Saturday burnt the remainder of Vise,' Oil the Meusc, below Liege, and sent the-men prisoners to Ais la Chapollc, ill Germany, aud the women and cluldraa tg Maoetricht. in Holland,

ENCINE-DRIVER'S RUBE," j DELIVERS 700 UHLANS TO THE FRENCH. •■•■■•■ London, August 17. A train driven by an. Alsatian, while transporting seven' hundred. Uhlans to tlie frontier, instead of stopping where he should have detrained the Germans, ran across the frontier and drew up at a station occupied by French troops. The whole of the Uhlans were captured. ■;".;. \; ■'.■" ■ EXCHANGE OF OFFICERS. * BETWEEN BELGIANS & FRENCH: London, August 17., . The Belgians and French are exchanging officers. The transfers are calculated to stimulate iho energies of the respective armies.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) .",''-'. WIRELESS AND THE WAR. FRENCH NEWS FOR'GERMANY. Paris," August 17. . The French Government is twice daily sending wireless war ne,ws in" German j French, and English from- the Eiffel Tower. Gruault, a Frenchman,., courtmartialled and sentenced ;;ta death for offering the "Cologne Gazette" details of. the, wireless station'on the Eiffel Tower aiid the Aerodrome at Issy-les-Moulineaux. If the sentence. out he will be the first spy executed in France, though wild rumours state'that 1573 have already been ehot. '.•■■..'.' GERMANS IN LIECE. . LIVING LIKE FIGHTING COCKS: London, August 17. While the Germans attacking. Liege were suffering great hardships, those occupying the city were' living like fighting cocks at the expense of the Belgian populace, the officers occupying the best rooms in fashionable hotels and demanding the oldest' wines, offering lOU'S in payment. . . A theatre was transformed into " a stable, and quickfirers were mounted on the balconies commanding the streets. ■The - Germans possess hundreds of motor cars. ■ ' • ' ... 'rhe_ residents are allowed ouly candle 3, which must be extinguished at 9 o'clock, when the windows must be closed and the doors opened.—("Times" and. Sydney "Sun" Services.)