CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2247, 5 September 1914, Page 7

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

GERMAN ARTILLERY EFFICIENT DIRECTED BY AEROPLANES : (Reo. September 4, 5.30 p.m.) London, September 3. A correspondent, who has returned from tlie front, states that the markmanship of the German artillery is extraordinary. In range-finding and shelling trenches- they are past-mastere, and they excel in preparing for infantry attacks by vigorous gunnery. Their shrapnel literally clears out tho trenches. The fire is directed by aeroplanes, which are superior to the French because they are ablo to remain, longer aloft.—"Times" • and Sydney "Sun" Services. "HELLISH NERVE-RACKING . , NOISE." MOST TRYING FEATURE OF THE WAR, (Beo. September 5, 1.5 a.m.) \ London, September 4. A sergeant-major, in a letter from tho front, says: "The worst about this war is not the fear of losing ono'e life, but tho hellish nerve-racking noise. Townsmen accustomed to traffio stand it much bettor than countryman, and those- recruited from.the big cities are by far the fittest. A London lad told Hie it was no worse than tho roar of tho omnibuses." A TRAITOR EXECUTED. TELEGRAPHED FRENCH MOVEMENTS TO GERMANS. (Rec. September 5, 1.25 a.m.) Paris, September i. Colonel do Bonhoinme recounts that despite the lapidity with which the French • guns changed their positions, their locality was immediately known tc the enemy. Hβ subsequently discovered that a, railway crossing-keeper by secret telegrams kept the Germans informed. The keeper was instantly executed. BATTLE IN THE AIR, GERMAN AVIATOR WORSTED. , {Rec. September 5, 1.5 a.m.) London, September 4. A French airman, whose thin polished wooden planes are . armoured below, ■sighted a German air-scout near Chantiny, twenty miles north of Paris, at a great height. Ho eoared and raced after it, and when abreast opened fire. Wlien over tho forest of Compiegne the German machine was seen to stagger, droop limply, and fair on the tree-tops., DARING AVIATORS. FLY OVER WHOLE LENGTH OF ALLIES' TRENCHES. London, September 3. Tlie German aeroplanes, which are of the well-known automatically stable Taube or dove type, are very daring, und fly the whole length of the Allies' trendies." British howitzers have brought some down, but many more re main. ' ■ FRENCH REFUCEES. WAITING TO BE TAKEN TO BRITAIN. . (Rec. September 4, 8.20 p.m.) London, September 3, evening. Tho "Daily Mail's" Dieppe ■ correspondent says a fleet of boats at Dieppe is waiting to loavo with refugees who have waited on the quay for hours. AVhat England will do with, this motley crowd remains to bo scon, BRITISH PRISONERS" .ESCAPE. CAPTORS INTOXICATED. (Rec. September 4, 11.20 p.m.) London, September 4, morning. Advices from. Ostend. state that m American attached to the' American Consulate in Brussels narrates that seventeen English soldiers captured neai Waterloo were marched to tho nearest restaurant, end compelled to act a; waiters, wliile their captors were eating Tho Germans soon became intoxicated and the British, soizinc tlie Germans 1 arms; slew several and escaped. BOMB-DROPPING AT BELFORT. (Rec. September 4, 9 p.m.) Paris, SeptcmW. 3. A German aeroplane dropped severa bombs at Belforb, whitih did no damage PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE • London, September 3. The "Daily Chronicle" states_ thai Several Gorman prisoners taken in the Heligoland engagement have attempted to escapes froni the barracks in which they were confined in Edinburgh. Led by a son of Grand Admiral von Tirpitz, the German Minister of Marine, they made a desperate attempt to, rush . the Territorial guards. They were all secured and taken to Edinburgh Castle, where they are strongly guarded. "HAVE YOU BROUGHT US WILIiUM?" London, September 3. An English traveller from Franco i'eporta that th,e people flock to tho stations when, troop trains are due, shouting: "Have you brought William?"— "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. ANTI-TYPHOID VACCINATION. ' London, September 3. Medical correspondents to tho Press urge compulsory anti-typhoid vaccination of the Army.' They declare that the microbe kills more men than the bullet.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. GERMAN ATROCITIES RECORDED. Petrograd, September 3. The" "Novoe Vromya" gives circumstantial details of German atrocities, including the burying of Russian wounded. IN THE UNITED STATES 'WAR. TAX OF £20,00,000. (Rec. September 4, 8.20 p.m.) Washington, September 3. President Wilson intends asking a joint session of Congress for a war taxation measuro to enable him to raise £20,000,000 annually. Tho money will be used for various purposes connected with the preservation of neutrality, and to assist in tho relief of the conditions duo to. the war.