CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

f ; mom:GiyEs,His men a lesson ( :/ (Rec; ; September 26, 6.45 p.m.): ' 1 v ■%, , .London; September 25. I : ine colonel commanding a French i regiment, in the Argonne, in manoeuvr- ••. Mg.tas. force,-changed positions under ' : : neavy.fire.. He noticed that, some , v ; ; : .-companies..showed a disinclination to .' ■:•'■ leave , and he - then /instantly P marched the whole regiment into . the ..•-.■•biiUop-swept area, called a halt, and L; -put it through a. series of elementary i,; exercises, and said he hoped never to ,:;:bave,to repeat the lesson. With cheers ( ' /^m lll6^ tell marching order.— 1 ;.v.{,runes" and.Sydney "Sun" Services.) 1 ; i* AMERICAN AIRSHIP. j ui; f.;LEN.ROUTETO'BRITAIN. .--'.' -(Rec. September 26,5.45 p.m.) '-''•' : --:__ : "'■'*"■■' ' London, September 25. ■;.,■-. 'The; : New York:'EWorld" states that f v, the airship America has 'been sold to , .;.■ Canada,- and is going to England. Pour i ;;;. ' duplicates are being constructed for the 1 •••;■■..■ same'-destination'.—(."Times l . l ' arid Svd- i :;-!»ey..;"Sun" Services.) ' V , .Sp NEW. FORM OF TRENCH. ':' ' lM; : :- ADOPTED BY THE GERMANS. fi'..-.'-. :■..-;'" ".'(Reo. September' 26, 5.45 p.m.) 'f ■'•' ':'. - ■'"■;- -■ : ' London, September 25. I;■ ;•, - -, The Germans; ; in' , the.: Aisne : have lr': -.•■-.: a new form of. trench,, in -the 1 kwehape.of ,a squared bay window with 1 P. :raitraiileuse».. planted at each; angle.— i !.;^ ''Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. . I p,,; v ;: REIMS HOSPITAL SHELLED. |;|':;?:.';;■ PIVE'NURSES KILLED. .'-.; . .j pV:v'" : '-. '■ ■: ; ' Paris, September 25; r.-. :'.The Prefect of Ma'rno reports'-that I;:.,: German, shells at-Reims destroyed.the ■ [;:'• main:'hospital killing live nurses'and fv; wounding tw0.;.;.: ; V p; '■'.-'_ Seventeen soldiers and 'nurses were I : killed in 'the hospital of the Rue du k •'. . • . I |v:j HEROIC GERMAN TROOPS. "' p: FIGHT ON TILL LAST MAN FALLS. ' | : September 27, 10.30 .a.m.). : j !>'.■'■•":. '~--;: '. . London, .September-25. , $■:'■ A-.wo-imded'artilleryman in;hospital at ;.;_' Leicester 'say's a German-regiment was ft;.v swept away, in. a mad attempt to' 'cross ~ .'-■•;. a stream, under fiendish artillery, and i: ...rifle fire. The remnant of. the- Germans '.'gathered round the regimental flag and :to surrender. , v They stood back v?''tevback until tie last man went down, ;v .with' the_ flag in .his grasp,; There :.was' ;: no shouting wherrthe flag-was captured, K French and British . soldiers .passing 1 '.',;;; bareheaded in ■ memory.. of the brave -viv;oien.r'' /■.'•■;-.■'• '.':•'..v: : ''.;': MORE GERMAN OUTRAGES. '-. J .EVIDENCE SENT TO THE POPE. ! ;-h;,; : • (Rec. September 27, ,5.10 p.m.). liW'i'--"}. ."•'■'■■' ":■•'" London, September M ■],'■ ■; The. "Standard's" Antwerp .corre- ': ■;'. sporident says the Germans occupied the' ji' .; monastery. of - Montaigu,:; drank. to. ex\l■'•-.■:: cess; l :and fired into! the room,where the .monks; were 'sleeping. ■'. They' stole the i : . : . chalice,and .other sacred, vessels, .and ft'. ; scattered the Host oyer "the altar. They !'-■;. : ' led roped: monks'through the streets, i.,... ■ flogged them/ and put them to' the ;;. sword.; Evidence, of .. thesb'.outragey i. : ; : vhave, been. sent to the Vatican. •.;•,,. f; ,- FEROCIOUS FIGHTING. f^:>' ■;.■': . f:C-j. : v';-..'! ; ;.'-,'--*" /Paris,; September: 25. j [V.v During' the pursuit of the Crown ;;;- Prince's, army, the ■■ Gorman; rearguards ■ \.'\ constructed trenches,";which they forti-f..-:.!fied.with Maxims, andwere ordered to i;-';. holdat all coßts, - L . :'" . - > f J .- .iThe;French: attacked under a terrible [;;.; r fire, reached t3ie German trenches, and if..-;. fought'-ferociously.-.':; .They' 'used their . !. as' daggers:- Numbers : ; were i[. ' found.dead locked.in each, other's .'Arms. [i;:;; v GERMAN: CASUALTIES.f- ■■'j THmTIETH LIST;PUBLISHED. ' j/..-; . London,,. Septembe r: 25. ;;; -'The "Cologne. Gazette," on AVednesp j.;'day last, pub-.ished. tho thirtieth list of I.; German l losses. It occupies-six columns. [-;;';.,:;■ "IMPOSSIBLEI" " r; ' GERMAN OEPICER REFUSES TO. p-y :;.■::■' BELIEVE THE NEWS, ,: ;; :; \';W ; -1 : .'London, September 25. ';.;. A German officer who was captured t .twenty miles' from; Paris, on arrival in 1,-- England said: "llie Gormans must he ';,'' .there'now." When told that the Ger- ;;; -mans _Jiad been driven. back. sixty miles' j::, he:cried "Impossible!" : ' ;; v .' The -officers. _and men, .'he said, .had J ; been'schooled in the invincibility of the t . '.German, armies, and declares that the i, v., ■ final'.defeat'of their country is imposb;.: sible..-: All r .have ; :been deluded by the (-;;'•■ stories of tho Germans' uninterrupted p.; success on sea and land.: . - .'■ ?' ■■■;' HUCE GERMAN'CUNS. L :, London, September 25. v.- ■' . A gentleman-travelling ,in Belgium j','.;. describes the two big-Gorman guns as :. fifty-two centimetre, siege guns. Twentyt six traction engines are required to.haul t. each.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" 1-: Services;) '•'.-■■■■..:■' \. GERMAN PRISONERS IN ENGLAND. ;•'•:•- (Rec. September 27, 5.5 p.m.) !' '■;■ : Rotterdam, September 26. :;!■'■ '- Eighteen hundred German prisoners i , captured between Malines and Aershot {■:■'. . .on Septembec 23 have been 6cnt to '',.'-'{land!.--if ' ,:^ ; MORE .RED CROSS AID. •'■ '■■ (Rec. Septembor 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 26. '-' . Tlie Red Cross Society 'is sending ;''!' thirty surgeons and 150 nurses to Pari?, ;■ also/a hundred motor ambulances. ; BRITISH WOUNDED RETURN. (Rec. September 27, 5.5 p.m.) . . London, September 26. Fourteen hundred British wounded arj: rived at Southampton yesterday. f VON MOLTKE'S SON DEAD. i Paris, September 25. i Count von Moltko, son of the Comi'•-■ mander-in-Ohief. of tho;. German Army, ' was killed yesterday., _ \ '■:■ ■ MISSING" ENVOYS, !•.'"■; Paris) September 25. : An interpreter from Reims states that i.v Prince August Wilhelm demanded !' : '--'.-' £4,000,000 if the two missing envoys !-' sent with a flag of truco to discuss f -. ■ torms of occupation wore not found. ; The envoys have not been traced. }y ■'.'-'. A WOMAN'S LETTER. !.'■-..'■. London, September 25. A Belgian mother, nursing a wounded • soldier, writes an open letter to tho ' Kaisonn as follows:—"Your son " ' Joachim is commanding an armed horde : ""■■ devoted to rapino, murder, and bestial : : horrors. He will earn .he Iron Cross - amidst our tears, which will dry, and '; our ruins, which wo will restore. Thank God wo can clasp our sons to our ; ' breasts knowing they are soldiers and :- not assassins."—("Times"-and Sydney :.; "Sun" Services.) • ENGLISHWOMEN ABROAD. Berne, September 25. r France and Germany nave accepted '•■ Switzerland's offer to act as intermediary in the return of women and children ■'- and persons incapable of beating arms. Austria's reply, is being awaited. ?