CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2254, 14 September 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

KAISER WATCHES THE BATTLE HAGGARD AND DISPIRITED (Rec. September 13, 5.50 p.m.) ' London, September 12. German news received in New York' says the Kaiser was at the front, and drove in his motor to rising ground to view the battle. Although ho slept undisturbed by the roar of the cannon, ha looked worn and haggard. On alighting from the car he mounted a horse, accepting the assistance of an orderly. Ha chatted a few minutes with the Staff rather dispiritedly, and moved to a spot whore he watched the operations through his Held glasses for two hours. He said nothing, dismounted,, and re*, turned in his motor-car at top speed to the German rear, surrounded by tha Guards, who never leave him night or. day.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Service.) A BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT. ALLIES' RECENT RETREAT. (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) New York, September 12. American military, experts .describe the recent retreat o'f the Allied forces as being probably tlie most brilliant military achievement in modem history. London, September 11. Throughout the whole of the British: retreat the cavalry foiled every German effort to capture tho retreating tran6- • ports, stamping t'lie operation as one. of the most successful in the history, of the British Army. UHLAN BARBARITY. SWIFT BRITISH REVENGE. > (Rec. September 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 12. Mr. Maxwell, correspondent of tha. "Daily Telegraph," relates that a pri- , vate of the British Army Service Corps who was riding on ' a motor-cycle was overtaken by a party'of Uhlans ' who thrust Janets through his neck, hands, back, and feet, and throw tho body in a haystack, which they fired.. Some of our cavalry arrived oil tha scene, and took swift vengeance on the savages, who sought shelter in a village. When our men fell upon them they sprang about like rats, but tho British got the lot. Some bounded about in tho air, while others spun round like tops when the bullets hit them. CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY. HEADQUARTERS. NEAR, VERDUN. Copenhagen, September 11. Berlin advices state that tho Imperial Prince's headquarters have boon taken up in a fortified position west of'the fortress of Verdun. Part of liis army attacked the forts soutll of Verdun'.

WHOLE REGIMENT LOST.

| GERMAN COMMANDER'S LETTER, i < (Roc. September 13, Midnight.) | ■ London, September 12. j - ! Count Bernstorff Gildenstein has writ--1 ton to his family, stating that'all-his !■■■■■■ Mecklenburg Cavalry Regiment, except -.four, wero killed m the North of i i - Franco.. AFTER THE BATTLE. l . TERRIBLE SCENES AT TERMONDE.' | . i ■ Rotterdam, September 11. |;■«' Thie"-"Niewe Courant's" correspondent describes a visit to Termonde. | '.'There was. a dense smoke and a liorsmell of burning flesh. ■' The road- : .ways were strewn- with bodies of i; ' . civilians and Belgian and • French solf, •!> oiersy with : their hands stilly grasping . .-weapons. Tho Germans had not touched "V. ■ tlfo numerous rifles, swords, and pistols i. . 'on the roadways." r"': DUM-DUM .-BULLETS. S; -■ " > - , FRENCH DENY; USING THEM. ' • (Rec. September-13, , 5.5 'p.m.) Washington, September 12. t . , ~ Prosidont Wilson lias'received Presiji.,r f dent-Poincare's messages, denying the f■ use of du'm-dum bullets, and. declaring fc'i;r . '' that the ■ Kaiser,'in? making the charge, [«; V was trying'to shift .responsibility from f; ;. -t; : ■ - Germany,' which had, used bult:".: lets'-since the wdr, began, 1 RELIEF DEPOTS IN RUSSIA, t-;(Rec; September .13, 5.50 p.m.) ' . >'•;-• - ' London, September 12. ■ i ;xhe. vodka-shops in Petrograd 'have (," ; , been converted into -relief . depots for . ,tho families of soldiers.—("Times" and i', . Sydney "Sun" Services.) [ v CERMAN HEADQUARTERS. IN A NEUTRAL STATE. , , London, September 11. ■v.' ...... The~,Central News'.Amsterdam repre? v,' . -sentativo asserts that : the' German Army £■; headquarters is at Luxemburg' • : • Germany, in common-with the other I Powers, signed a treaty in 1867. declar- [■ 'ing the Grand Duchy - of' Luxemburg , . neutral teritoryj and guaranteeing its h ; independenco and integrity. i ' . A GERMAN DIARY. ' A CAPTURED OFFICER'S ENTRIES. !..: London, September 11; . . A captured German■ officer's '•> diary I-'. contains the following entries :— f. v-' "July 20. —At lastr—'l'lie Day! We '--'.are ready;'let him corno who may. 1 - The '/.world raco is destined to be German. I'' : : "August 2. —We're at Mademoiselle [: '. Belgium's door.'; Will'she open, or must ; ; we burst in? „ r v. | . 5 . "August 5— Our losses to-day at Liege were frightful. Never mind, it's all allowed for.' : Besides, the fallen are only 'Polish beginners, tho'spilling' oi . whose.blood will war-lust at i';*:'-' ■'•>'' 'i '. necessary factor. " Wait until • wo put our experts on. to these deluded people." . (A prophecy which came true : two days later.) "August 11—Now for the English, . • .who aro used to fighting fanners. Tonight William' lias given us $ome b'eau- ! : tiful advice' You should think daily of your Emperor, and don't forget God.' His Majesty-should remember that in p. . thinking of him, ye think .of-God, for' !; -: is not. fie the'. Almighty's instrument in ; ' • this glorious fight- for right? | .f-" 1 /"August 12.—This is: clearly to be an artillery'war, as we foresaw, infantry . counts for. notliing." '. • AN ITALIAN TRIBUTE. ;■ :!iS v i' 1 BRITISH THE BEST SOLDIERS. (Rec. September ;13, 5.50 p.m.) j Londbiii"September .12. ,' r : The newspaper "Tribuna," published ;.' , ' in Rome, in replying to the German offii. . . v cial lie's, _says_tlio British have been the jT* .best soldiers in the'waf. They are the ; most obstinate in resistance, and the IV. ;. most' formidable.iii attack, and havo renr ; dered to t France/services of immeasurable- .value— ("Times". -;and- Sydney . I','. "Sun" Services.) :;. ,V - . - ! ' ' AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL, !' . - EMPLOYED AT THE FRONT.: ; ; , • (Rec. September 13, 5 p.m.) , ' London, September 12, morning, f-. ' The chief of .the Royal Medical Corps , ! ' it the front lias declared that the .Ausi;> ' tralian'joliintary hospital is. splendidly !. ' 7 efficient, : -and lias been actively employed ji-- V .from''t'he-moment of landing, j '.- ' Two" moro motor ambulances and more f .; nurses aro being dispatched. I PRISONERS IN CERMANY. ILL-TREATMENT ALLEGED, j; -, ' : Amsterdam, September 11. i'. ; .. .. .The .'JVorwaerts'V. says that prisoners Y V lof war are iiow_ being treated badly in lv v . Germany. It cites tlie case of a male ' - . nurse who was flogged for 'making, a • dying Frenchmah's'.,will,- and a fatal .at- \ . -tack on a Belgian clergyman'accoinpanyl' ing prisoners of war..at, a camp in SaxI. ; onj, on the ground tliat ho incited-a i:. civilian attack on.-the' Germans in Bel- !.. v ' : * Belgium. . Tho .".Vorwaeits" . -(tsks-wfie- !-: ' 'ther tho troops aro. not, instructed to | '■■ afford? proper protection to prisoners of I- ■ war. ' • ■ ; • THE CASUALTIES. ' SJIALL NUMBER KILLED OUT- ' .RIGHT. ■' • ; (Rec. September 13, : 5.50 p.m.) London, September 12. '- '? • :' Frencli military doctors report that. | only 2 per cent, of the war casualties are • 'killed outright.—("Times" and Sydney : ' "Sun" Service's.) .' ' : i"' '; "~ r_ - • j "DIED LIKE A HERO.' GENERAL'S LETTER TO DEAD " ! ' ■'. - . - : MAN'S MOTHER. ' < London, September 11. jMajor-General Allenby, in a letter f : ■: bympathising with Lady da, Crespigny on.tlie.death-of lier son, Captain O. N. Champion de Crespigny, says: "On the ' Queen's ' Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) . foil the brunt of the fighting on Sep- ■ tembcr 1. Your son held an important : ; .l, .tactical position, and died like a horo. fie held the position till every man was | : killed or wounded." GERMAN ROYALTY. I / . KAISER'S NEPHEW WOUNDED, i " Amsterdam, September 11. K The Kaiser's nephew,. Prince Freder--sck William of Hesse, has been shot iu . > the cliest.' Prince Frederick William of Hesse is i an ensign in tho Sixth Regiment of Uh- [ . lans, and is 21 ! years of age. His L . jnother is a sister of the Emperor. ' jv. . . '■ A' PRINCE KILLED. Amsterdam, September 11. j Prince Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen was i . filled, at'Namur. , Prince Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen, was born at Meiningen in 1859, and was a major in the Thuringian infantry. ENGLISH IN BERLIN. Amsterdam, September 10. ; The "Gazette" states that a thousand . .English soldiers are prisoners at the ; military exercise ground in Berlin, and are being well treated. MAURITIUS PLANTERS' GIFT OF, SUGAE. London, September 11. ' Mauritius planters have offered a mil ' • ' ' iion ptfunds of sugar to the. Navy anc v.., a 'similar quantity to the Army. Tlie Government has accented th&offer.