CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2236, 24 August 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

BETRAYED BY A GERMAN WOMAN A STERN TRIBUNAL London, August 21. ' A' court-martial at Bolfort condemned to death the wife of a German forest guard, who cut off the head of a French soldier, ,and seutenced tho .husband to twenty years' hard labour. They hid German soldiers in their house, and le<J a. pa,trol'of French Dragoons into ;: ar ambush, tho Dragoons losing one killeo 'and two ■■wounded.'"' "■■■•'■-. ■■' '-'A';.'.';'.; "ARROGANT BRUTALITY." 1 GERMANS DENOUNCED IN ENG< LA V ND. -~' (Rec. August 23, 5.6 p.m.) • London, August 22. Germany's arrogant brutality,' "stories of cruel outrages, and the ransom de- N manded of tho defenceless citizens whoso nation Germany was pledged to protect, are arousing intense iiidigna* tJQn. v Throughout England denunciations are heard of the rapacity arid bar* barity of German militarism. Many newspapers suggest that Germany's,. successes' in Belgium, are more theatrical than practical, and formed no part of the original plan, and that tho.more serious business of the camliiiigiris still before them. . GERMAN PRISONERS. ;; (Rec. August 23, 5.5 p.m.) "'■'.' .■.;Par|s, i -Xugust'§2'."" ,A thousand German' prisoners"from Belgium .were, embarked . at Dunkirk, < They are being taken to a Western French port for internment. SUFFERINGS OF THE HORSES. ...'•••'■ Rotterdam,-"August. 21. A heartreuding feature 'of, the jvar, ia the suffering of the horses. '{'""' v The Danish Government is prohibiting. f the export of horses, owing to the large numbers that have been sent to ■ Germany.; "~ t ■ •■- >■■■■-■— : -~,,...-...: AIRMEN'S; EXPLOITS. _ '"' "I , : .:; .;i .; A French airman, at a- place un* ■' named, encountered a division of Gcr- ' man cavalry, and dropped several bombs, which did groat damage. Other ' airmen were hit by rifle fire and compelled to descend in German territory. They hid in a wood until nightfail, when' they found another aviator shot' in tho legs. Ho and his machine were safely brought to the French lines. i . . i>.... :■ ■;' ''"■ -:-;■;;_ ;.; : ;;;>t 1 " "FOR THE RAVENS."';''"'" St. Petersburg, lugust 21. ' German hatred of the Cossacks is ■ proved by the refusal to bury Cossacks \ killed in frontier engagements,: the r Germans saying, "The. ravens can de- ' vour the Cossacks!" ■ ' t ■ ATRES^ASSERiii'Oi'/Ksiti (Rec. August 23, 5.5 p.m.)'' Amsterdam, August 21. , A German Zeppeh"n using searchlights fleiv , over Kenevaar. Tlie Dutch troops, fired, and tho dirigible, returned- to Germany. ■ . ITALIAN NAVAL COMMANDER. / (Rec. August 24j 0.5 a.m.) ,7 Rome, August 22. The Duke of Abruzzi has been ap pointed Naval Commander in Chief. DUM-DUM BULLETS. - (Rec: August 24, 0.5 a.m.) Paris, August 22. France has'protested to the Powers against Germany using dum-diuu bullets.' • . ' ■■.'..■ ■•■.■-