CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2272, 5 October 1914, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

APPALLING CARNAGE

TRAPPED ENEMY ANNIHILATED

Paris, October 2. . Thore was an appalling* incident on tlio Allies' loft wing on Monday. Five hundred Germans were caught in flat fields with slopes on' every side. Tho French artillery quietly occupied tho positions. When the moment came to open fire, tho officer commanding the fiattery said: "Make me a cemetery down theTe." " Tho order was obeyed. The Rims accounted for most, and rifle firo for the rest. Not a man escaped/Shells spread missiles over an area a hundred yards by thirty yards. 'They often kill a wholo row of entrenched men. THE LOUVAIN HORROR. GERMAN COMMANDER SUSPENDED. . (Rec. October 4, 2.15 p.m.) Paris, October' 3. Major Von Mantiuffel, formerly of the Thirty-third Regiment, who destroyi ed Louvain, has been suspended. It is rumoured that this is the first act of a German Commission which is in Belgium investigating atrocities by tho troops.. ' : A PLUCKY DASH. AUSTRALIAN'S DISPATCH RIDER'S • GALLANTRY. (Rec. October 4, 10 a.m.) Paris, October 2. The allied commanders warmly praise 'the British, volunteer motor-cycle dispatch riders. One am Australian Cambridge undergraduate, encountered fourteen German cavalry, iHe shot the officer and one man, and remainder fled. The Australian delivered' his dispatch, thus preventing an ambush. WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS. . NEWS WITHHELD FROM AUSTRIANS. (Rec. October 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 2. Austrians of all ranks at Cattaro (the Austrian naval port in tho Adriatic) are kept in ignorance of the progress of events, and' are' not even allowed to know what is happening in>adioining centres, covert disaffection and constant fears of betrayal. An Austrian raid was smashed because the guides betrayed it to tho Mon-' tenegrins. Blame for the selection of the guides fell on the Austrians' Chief of Staff, who learned of the defeat by telephone, and when it was confirmed by field telegraph committed suicide.— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) LIVING LIKE RATS. , GERMAN TRENCHES AT BATTLE OF THE MARNE. London, October 2. During the fighting on the Marno the condition of. the German trenches was terrible, the men living like rats for weeks in undrained holes and fighting without a pause. Tho wounded and dead had to lie as they fell. The cries of the wounded were heard at night when the firings ceased. In some of the trenches round Reims the French drowned the enemy out of the lines with hose-pipes laid from the town. MYSTERY OF CERMAN PRINCE. RUMOURED DEATH OF KAISER'S THIRD SON. . " ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) '.'■ London, October.2. Mystery enshrouds Prince Adalbert, the Kaiser's third son. A .nurse writes from Brussels that the Kaiser demanded the surrender of Antwerp, and that King Albert replied that on the first shot being fired Prihco Adalbert ' would be shot! Antwerp residents are speculating regarding the identity of a prisoner in a non-commissioned officer's uniform, whom 'his fellow prisoners have treated with extraordinary respect. French papers declare that Prince Adalbert is dead. WOUNDED FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS. AVALANCHE OF GERMANS FROM THE MARNE AND AISNE. , ..'',■''■':.. Paris, October 1. An avalanche of German wounded from Marne. and the Aisne is taxing tho French Red Cross facilities to the utmost. Both German and British, wounded are being hurried to England. Although the British Red Cross organisation is perfect, the carnage' exceeds all expectations.

In Rouen, Nantes, Le Mans, and •Tours the little British graveyards are growing daily. The French people are paying their tribute of sympathy in flowers and tears. KEEP DRY. HINT FROM THE" FRONT. ("Times" and' Sydney "Bun" Bervicea.) : London, October 2. An officer writing from tho front says: "The great thing is to keep your kit small' and watertight. The things most wanted are cigarettes, tobacco, woollen scarves, warm vests, gloves, and, above all,' light waterproof capes. Tho difficulty is to keep the men dry." MINES IN THE ADRIATIC. AUSTRIA EXPRESSES REGRET. Rome, October 2. Austria, in replying to Italy's protest against mine-laying in the Adriatic Sea, regrets the loss of life and has promised to removo the menace forthwith. HEALTH IN THE FIELD. SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE ARMIES. I ! ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, October 2. Dr. Deborino, principal medical inspector of tho French forces, states that the sanitary conditions of the armies are good; there'are fewer sick than perhaps in times of peace. The wounded are attended to with wonderful devotion. DUTCH SANCTUARY FOR REFUGEES FROM ANTWERP (Reo. October 4, 2.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 3. . The Dutch and Belgian Governments have arranged for twenty thousand families to leave Antwerp for Rotterdam. The refugees aro being temporarily sheltered in the warehouses of the Holland-America Steamship Line, pending their removal to concentration camps. ACTORS 'AND CRICKETERS AT THE FRONT. (Reo. October 4, 4.15 p.m.) London, October 3. Three hundred actors and one hundred and fifty county crickotors, including Douglas,' Warner, Sewoll, Blythe, S'pooner. SCIENTIFIC BULLET EXTRACTION. (Rec' October 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 2. The extraction of Gorman bullets has been tried successfully at tho Lyons Military Hospital by means of an elccA bullo,l< embedded in

four and a naif inches of flesh was so extracted.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) GUARDING THEIR AVAR LORD. (Rec. October. 4, 10 a.m.) Copenhagen, October 2. Great care is being taken to conceal the Kaiser's movements. He is surrounded by a largo body of Life Guards and an enormous staff of detectives. The Red Cross is painted on the roofs, of the carriages of the Imperial train. THE RULING PASSION. (Rec. October 4, 2.15 p.m.) Paris, October 3. Prisoners of war at Wezel, near the Dutch frontier, are surrounded by high fences of barbed wire. The French soldiers are- digging trenches under the orders of armed Germans. The British aro playing football. 60,000 GERMAN WOUNDED ARRIVE AT COLOGNE. Copenhagen, October 1. Sixty thousand German wounded have reached Cologne. . The Exhibition and other public buildings have been converted into hospitals. Machine-guns have been mounted on the Cathedral and; the roofs' of hotels. The public is panicky, fearing air attacks.'