CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2246, 4 September 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

GERMAN ORGANISATION

AN ARTIST IMPRESSED

(Reo. September 3, 6.15 p.m.) London, September 2. An English artist who was arrested by the Germans at Namur and subsequently relea/ed, describes the splendid organisation _'of tho Germans, the columns marching in like on parade, with the officers giving their orders " like pistol shots. An officer marked his disapproval of a man who was slightly out ot lino by spitting upon him. The wagons are marked. "Berlin to Paris," ana optimism prevails in military circles.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) / A FUSILIER'S STORY. SCENES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. (Rec. September 1, 1:40 a.m.) ' London, September 3. Among soldiers' experiences printed is that of a Fusilier, who says; "The, Germans did not give us much tame to think. We had no time either, for we were busy picking off the enemy. The last sight I had of the Germans was of a squadron of Lancers caught in the open. All their horses were shot. They lay behind a rampart of dead men and horses', using their carbines, with our artillery and infantry pouring a hail of lead into them. "One of our men, holding a waterbottle to a -wounded German ( was shot dead, and another while lighting, a cigarette had "his fingers shot off. We hear awful stories of tho German treatment of our wounded, but I am not inclined to beliove them at all." CUT OFF FROM THEIR RECIMENT. SOLDIERS' LONG TRAMP TO COAST (Rec. September 3, 11.40 p.m.) ' London, September 3, morning. A number of British soldiers have reached Folkestone. They wero cut off from their regiment at Mons and wandered through the German lines. -They were forced to bury their arms and uniforms, and by hiding by day and walking by night they reached the coast in six days. THE FRENCH AND THE BAYONET; • A TROOPER'S STORY. (Rec. September 3, 6.15 p.m.)' London, September 2. A British trooper, describing a battle, said: "The French are tho ones for them ; we are too kind. The French go for them with the bayonet, and you just shut your eyes."—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" .Services.) «. MR. GRAHAME-\VHITE JOINS FLYING CORPS. (Rec. September 3, 11.5 p.m.) London, September 2, evening. Mr. Grahame-White has joined the Naval Flying Corps as a commander. Mr. Claude Grahame-White has been an aviator since 1910, when'he bought his first Farman biplane. Ho was also a pioneer motorist, and owned one of the first petroleum-driven care in England. CHURCH SERVICE UNDER FIRE. (Rec September 3, 11.5 p.m.) London, September 2, evening. Prayers at one British camp on bunday were conducted while shells were flying around. • N WORK AMONG THE WOUNDED. (Rec. September 3, 11.5 p.m.) London, September 2, evening. The Duchess of Sutherland's Hospital continues to work at Namur, where there are many wounded. Nearly a thousand have arrived in London, and other towns, but their wounds are mostly not of a serious character. BOY SCOUTS EXPLOITS./ AN AMAZING RECORD. • Antwerp, September 2. Georges Lessen, a Boy iScout at Liege, secured tho arrest and execution of eleven spies. Lesson killed a Uhlan, and, though suffering from a fractured arm, captured another at Malines, and twice penetrated the German lines. King Albert has decorated him, and is giving him a commission. AIR SCOUTS' SPORT. COUNTING THE BULLET HOLES. Paris, September 2. ' Aviator scouts have invented a new sport, which consists of scoring bullet holes in their machines. Each hole is marked with red chalk to prevent it being included in tho noxt day's total. Tho present record is thirty-sevon holes for one day. Other aviators are occupied in convoying machine guns from the repairing ohops to the troops. BRITISH DROLLERY. AND FRENCH ADMIRATION. London, September 2. Tho Fronch officers are lost in admiration of tho cool drollery, of tho British inejv.. One says: "Three of your soldiers in tho fighting line would argue about tho merits of 'Gunboat' Smith. Then they would stop and fire steadily, laugh when the 'ceaso fire' sounded, and resumo tho argument. "I said to one: TVe shall beat tho Germans nearer Paris, and finally rout thorn- , , , "He replid: 'Why not do.it here, and eiivo us walking all that distance ?' " BELGIANS MOWED DOWN. SIXTY. ESCAPE OUT OF 350. Antwerp, September 2. The Belgians agree that tho German machine guns are good. One installed in a parish church surprised a Belgian detachment 350 strong when taking a hasty meal. Only 6ixty escaped. THE KAISER. VISITS MONS AND CHARLEROI. Paris, September 2. Tlie Kaisor visited the battlefield at Charleroi, and then proceeded to Mens ond Brussels. CERMAN PRINCE DEAD. KILLED AT LIEGE. Copenhagen, September 2. German newspapers describe . the death of Prince Adolf of SchauniburgLiuna at Liege.

The Germans were hemmed in, and ■ a&sailed by torrents of bullets._ When strong supports began to arrive, the . Prince ordered tho standard to bo raised. so that it would be recognised. Immediately there was a nail of Belgian bullets. The Prince was hit in tho '■ throat and chest, and died immediately. The above message presumably refers ". to Adolf, Prince of Schaumbourg-Lippe, , and not Ihis uncle, Prince Adolf of Schaumbourg-Lippe. The Prince of Scbaiimbourg-Lippe was born in 1883, and succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1911. Ho was a major in command of a battalion of Prussian cavalry (7th Hussars). Prince Adolf, although a general of cavalry, is 65 . years of age, and is not likely to be. . on active service at the front. Ho is a brother-in-law of the Kaiser, whose ; sister, Princess Victoria of Prussia, he married in 1890. BIG CERMAN AIR FLEET. FIFTY ZEPPELINS AND HUNDREDS OP AEROPLANES. (Rec. September 4, 1.40 a.m.) London, September 3. Two American engineers who wera recently in Berlin visited the flying station, and saw fifty Zeppelins ready to start. Hundreds of aeroplanes were also ready. RUSSIAN BRAVERY, REWARDED BY THE TSAR. Pelrograd, September 2.The Tsar has conferrod twenty crosses of the Military Order of Saint George upon members of an infantry company for rescuing a disabled battery in East Prussia under a raking fire* EARL'S SON DIES OF WOUNDS. London, September 2. . - x Tbo Hon. Archer Windsor-Olive, seoand son of the Earl of Plymouth, and alieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, has died from wounds received at Mons. GERMAN SPY ARRESTED. (Rec. September 3, 6.15 p.m.) London, September. 2. A German spy wearing a British captain's uniform was arrested at the front ■ conversing with British officers. He was wjaring French and German uniforms beneath the British uniform.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services).