CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2238, 26 August 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

ZEPPELINS NOT A SUCCESS

EASILY HIT BY FRENCH GUNS

(Reo. August 25, 10.5 p.m.)' London, August 24. \ French reports state that the German Zeppelins havo proved unablo to' rise .sufficiently to escape tho. French artillery\ / .A French 'dirigible- dynamited' the railway station at Treves, notwithstanding a fusillade of bullets. BRITISH WOUNDED. EARL OF LEVEN DANGEROUSLY ■- I • HURT. London, August 24. The Press Bureau reports that the Earl of Levon has been dangerouslv wounded, and that Sergeant-Jlajor D. 3.

Williams (aviator) and Captain 0. S. Akerman' have been wounded. v Tiie Earl of Levon is twenty-four years of age, and is a lieutenant in tho Royal Scots Greys. Captain Akerman is in tho .Royal Engineers. , GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. PERSISTENT REPORTS OF HIS ■ DEATH. - : . (R«o. August 25, 8 p.m.) London, August 24. Tho "Evening Standard" reports that refugees from Germany state there are persistent reports of the Crown Prince's death. , "DEATH'S HEAD" HUSSARS. I BRIEF APPEARANCE' IN CHARLEROI. Paris, August 24. "Lo Temps" states that twenty of tht- "Death's Head" Hussars entered Oharleroi, and rodo quietly 'through the streets, calling. "We are friends." The citizens, mistaking them for English cavalry, cried, "Vive l'Angleterre!" until a Belgian officer, realising ' the mistake, gave the alarm. Bolgian soldiers then killed two Germans and put the rest to ilight. v BELGIAN ROYALTY. BUSY AMONG THE WOUNDED. nn v Antwerp, August- 24. the King and Queon of the Belgiansare spending every possible moment tcuding tho wounded—"Times" and bydney "Sun" services. WOUNDED MAN SHOT.. 'FRENCH OFFICER'S EXPERIENCE. Paris, August-24. A lieutenant of the French Dragoons, who was wouuded during*-the fight at the Meuse, says: "My b'drse fell dead and dragged me down. I'fainted, but recovered and called for help,. A German camo, and seeing'l'was an officer, called his commander. The latter took iny revolver and fired at,me. The bul- , let travelled along the wall of my stomach, and 1 was again rendered unconscious. My orderly, camo »aud revived and rescued me." ", :\ . GERMAN CIVILIANSJIRMED. FEARS OF A RUSSIAN RISING. ~ (Rcc. August 25, 6.5 p.m.) ■„•„',' L Be r lin . August 24. ijifles Jiavo been issued to civilians with a view to suppressing possiblo iismgs of Russians in Germany. There are .forty-five 'thousand Russians in Germany, and they are- .being: compelled to assist in the . harvesting, otherwise they would be imprisoned. THE VICTOR OF MULHAUSEN. A VETERAN OF.. 1870. Paris, August 24. lienoral Pau, who recaptured Mulflaiiseii in Alsace, is a veteran of tho lo7C_ war, and lost his right-hand in the BaLtlo of Fraeschivciler. He is one of the most popular soldiers in France, and a perfect dashing type of oflicer. Ihe three years' military service system :s largely duo to General Pan's untiring energy.

The BRttlo of Froeschiveiler was fought on August 6, 1870. The Germans endeavoured unsuccessfully to storm the height of Froeschiveiler, the headquarters of MacMahon, throughout tho day, but carried it at 5-p.m. by a simultaneous attack on all sides.