CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2263, 24 September 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

TWO GERMAN BATTERIES WIPED OUT HOT FIGHTING AT NOYON ' Paris, September 22. Wounded men report that the Germans made a determined stand near Nojon. Heights, about 30 miles -west, oi Laon. The French brought up more artillery from the east, and put a number of German gune out of action. Two batteries have been wiped out, and the French have pressed home their operations. The Turcos behaved splendidly, and participated in the Frenchmen's final rush, their bayonets compelling the enemy to retreat. , They captured nine guns. GOLD-BLOODED SLAUCHTER, MORE VILLAGERS SHOT DOWN. (Rec. September 24, 0.5 a.m.) London, September 22. A number of villages in the_ neighbourhood of Philippeville and Givet, ia the south of Belgium,, were destroyed by the Germans. The inhabitants resisted, inflicting heavy losses on_ the Germans, who compelled fifty civiilans to bury the German dead. They ordered them to dig a last pit, and when, this was done, forty-eight of the civilians were shot, the remaining two being forced to bury them. GERMANS ENTRENCHINC. PREPARATIONS IN BELGIUM. (Rec. September 24, 0.5 a.m.) London, September 22. Router's Ostend correspondent says the Germans are entrenching strongly between Wavre, Louvain, and Gemblous. These towns lie almost equi-distant from one of Brussels, and stretching down to Namur. FRENCH ABBE SHOT. COURT-MARTIALLED AS A SPY. Paris, September 22. Abbe Deleheque, oi Duukirk, while conveying letters from French soldiers to their families, was arrested by Uhlans. He was court-martialled as a spy, and shot. .. GERMAN AMAZONS. HUNDREDS OF WOMEN FIGHTING. Petrograd, September 22. Many women are among the prisoners captured fighting on the East Prussian •frontier. Cossacks seized over a hundred at Willenberg. One woman, seventy years of age, maddened at the loss of her sons and grandsons, climbed the belfry of a cburch, and fired at the Russians with a machine gun. She wouuded fifteen men before she was captured. "PARIS 1814-1914." AN EVENT THAT~DID NOT TAKE PLACE. (Rec. September 24, 0.5 a.m.) London, September 22. A bag belonging to a Prussian officer captured at Verdun contained a number of iron crosses inscribed "Paris 18141914," and were intended as souvenirs on the entry into Paris. ' These have been distributed among British and French soldiers. CUARDiNC THE KAISER. THOUSANDS OF TROOPS ON DUTY. Paris, September 22. Thousands of troops are guarding tho Kaiser's quarters at Luxemburg. A squadron of aeroplanes is in readiness to meet any air attacks. BULCARIAN GENERAL'S SUCCESS BRILLIANT SPAND AT LEMBILRG. Petrograd, September 2'l. General Dhnicnstf. icrmcrlj of tho Bulgarian Army, has been decoiaU-d for his t'l-i'liant anil successful resistance rthen fciie A'.istrians attemj.tod to recapture Lemberg. He was for. lour cays aud nights -fighting against odis of four to ciio. A ROYAL NURSE. TSAR'S SISTER AT THE FRONT. Petrograd, September 22. The Grand Duchess Olga, sister of tho Tsar, joined the Red' Cross Brigade, concealing her identity. An officer, recognising her, requested to kiss her hand. The Grand Duchess Olga placed her fmgers to his lips, and commanded him to address her simply a-s Sister. — "Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. PARIS RESTLESS. RETURN OF GOVERNMENT DESIRED. London, September 22 Paris is becoming restless at the delay of the Government in returning from Bordeaux. -"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services.