CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

| THE KAISER AND THE POLES A BID FOR SUPPORT (Rec. September 8, 0.45 a.m.)' ■;:.-. Petro'grad, September 7. i The Germans seized the president and a number of citizens of . one town, as hostages for the good behaviour of the inhabitants. Later; thb.Germin general, .on' the pretext that a shot nad been fired on the troops, ordered the hostages to prepare for execution. The order was countermanded, arid' a Polish archbishop visited the hostages; and said the Kaiser ,h'ad porsbhiilly charged hiiri to say the Poles 'could expect frorii the Kaiser the regeneration of the Polish race' thrbugh Westerii'culture.

British headquarters shelled.

GERMANS WELL INFORMED. (Rec. Septeber B,' 2 a.m.). ~ London, September,.?; morning. The* "Daily Mail's" Rouen correspondent states that throughout the British retirement from Mons to Comthe Germans were uncannily acquainted with Sir John French's,.headquarters, which were shelled at Le Cateau and St. Queritiii. •

IMiTATiNO THE CERMANS.

AUSTRIANS CHANGE THEIR

[ :, MINDS. (Rec. September 7, 8.40 p.m.) Petrbgrati, September 6. , A Red Cross doctor, states the Austrian general deihanded 200)000 roubles (nearly, £21,000) from tli6""'towi of Kaminietz, ;,in.-J?odolia, fifteen miles from the frontier; otherwise; „the,.provisional, head of ,ih9 town" would be "hanged, and the town destroyed v He declared that the citizens had-fared'after hoisting the white flag. .As Y the bankers , and wealthiest members or the ■populace had left, only six thousand roubles (£640) was raised by sacrificing jewelled crucifixes and church plate. Ono colonel, however, returned the levy, and said the Military Council had (iver-ruled the general, wb.o--b.ad been iroundied iipori entering the"idiyn, and wanted to imitate the Priissians.

DRAGOONS' FINE CHANGE. HOW GERMAN. GUNS WERE ' TAKEN. ' (Rec. September 7, 9.50 p.m.)' Paris, September 6. - , Dragoon Guardsmen relate that when, the Gorman guns were.captured at Compiegiio the German and British .batteries were, oiily five hundred yards apart. The British succeeded in firing first, and the Dragoons followed up with a tremendous charge, in which even .the shbeiiig fcmith, armed with a hammer, participated. . BRITiSH BATTERY'S FiNE STAND. fire kept up at finish by two Gunners. (Rec. September 7, 9.50 p.m.) London) September 6, evening. ■. The Press Bureau reiwrts that'in the ftehting on. August 26 at Le Cateau, a whole British battery was killed or pounded, except a subaltern and two gunners, who kept up the lire throughout, and were unhurt. AMBUSHED BY WOMEN. GERMAN UHLANS' REVENUE. (Rec. September 7, 9.50 p.m.) Bordeaux,' September 6. Refugees inake a. statement' that thirty youths and Women with rifles ambushed a possd of Uhlans and killed nearly all of them near Voriziers, in the Ardennes. Next day. a largo force of.Uhlans burned the village, and five children were incinerated. BRITISH WOUNDED. MAJORITY HIT BY SHRAPNEL. • (Rrfic. September 7, 8.25 p.m.) 'LphdOh; September G, evening. Tho Press Bureau states there are 800 sick and wounded in Netley Hospital. Shrapnel is responsible for the majority of tho wounds, and the bullet wounds are few, thus confirming the statement that tho German infantry aim badly. The loss of limbs is very uncommon, and the vast majority of the patients will make good recoveries and rejoin their regiments. CUNS FOR GERMANY. BUSY AT A BELGIAN WORKS. (Rec. September 7, 9.50 p.m.) London, September 6, evening. The "Daily Chronicle's" Amsterdam correspondent states _ the Germans;. are feverishly reorganising . Belgium's famous gigantic gun factory and ironworks, near. Serairig; and have offered to increase the Belgian artisans' wages by 50 per cent., with tho alternative of starvation. A MOTORING INCIDENT. DUKE OP WESTMINSTER. ESCAPES. Paris,' September 6. Uhlans attacked a motor-car in -which were the Diiko of Westminster and an officor carrying French dispatches. Thoy put on speed in getting away, but many ' shots wero fired, and the officer was ' killed. A HIGHLANDER'S ,STORY. THE RETREAT FROM MONS. London, September 6, J A letter from a wounded Gordon \ Highlander describes the rotreat at ' Moms; '-'Wo wero fighting by day and retreating by nighti" he flays,i"iintil we came to Cambrai on Tuesday 'night. I dare not>mention that place and close my eyes. God, it was awful rAvnlanch© ( followed avalanche of fresh Gorman ' troops, but tho boyi stuck to it."- *>'