CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2274, 7 October 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

A HEROIC BRITISH SOLDIER REFUSES TO SURRENDER (Rcc. October 7, 0.15 a.m.) . . Paris, October 6. '.' French soldiers relate that David Kay, of"the sth Lancers, became separated, from his regiment, and took refuge in a railway carriage. Ho refused to surrender, and shot six German officers before being killed. AN AIR-SCOUT'S WORK. GERMAN GUARDS AMBUSHED. (Rec. Occwer 7/ 0.15 a.m.) , Paris, October 6. An aviator'observed two reconstituted divisions of Prussian Guards advancing with their heavy artillery sent by railway. A column of Lancers formed an ambush near the line and blew up the train. ROBBINC THE DEAD AND j WOUNDED. GERMANS SHOT. (Rec. October 7, 0.15 a.m.)' Paris, October 6. Two German soldiers have' been sentenced to death for robbing the dead and wounded. A third has been sentenced to penal servitude for life for a similar offence. GERMANY'S BIC HOWITZERS. EFFECTIVE BUT~CUMBERSOME. (Rec. October 6, 10.45 p.m.) Paris, October 5.' A French artillery officer states that the German seventcen-inch howitzers have disastrous, effects at long ranges, but the mechanism is so complex and transport so difficult that ideal conditions are rarely obtained. Tho howitzers are harmless at close range.' A CAPTURED REGIMEP<!T. TAKEN ALMOST COMPLETELY BY ■ THE FRENCH. (Rec. October 6, 5.45 p.m.) *. London, October 5. Among the thousands of German prisoners arriving at Marseilles is included almost an entire regiment of Prussian Guards, with its band and staff officers. POLISH GUERILLAS. retaliation, for german hangings: (Rec. October' 6, 5.45 p.m.) -, Petl'ograd, October 5. Polish peasants at Knl-iez engaged in guerilla warfare against tho Germans. The latter hanged six peasants to n tree, and horribly mutilated their bodies. The guerillas captured three German officers and 119 Prussians, and hanged them to neighbouring trees. A RIVER BRIDGE HELD. BELGIAN OFFICER KEEPS ENEMY ■ IN CHECK. Ostenti, October 5. A sub-lieutenant named Hiornaux, in charge of a battery, gallantly prevented the Germans from rushing a strategically important bridgo over the Scheldt connecting Termondo with Gacinbrim. With a battery carefully hidden ho swept the troops , off the bridge. A second party of Germans, wrapped in mattresses, advanced, and were shot down, and a third attempt failed. Then the Germnfi artillery found tho range and routed the battery. Hiornaus was killed, but his mine succeeded in blowing up the bridge. TURPENITE. PETRIFIED BODIES FOUND. Paris, October 5. It is reported that tho French, on entering a chateau after bombarding it, found a number of men of tho Wurtemburg army petrified, apparently as tho result of the use of Turpinite, the new French explosive. Some of the men were ut the windows, taking aim, with their fingers on'tbo triggers. An officer had his niouth open ,in the. act of dictating an order.

SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS. ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES. Amsterdam, October 5. Owing to the enormous losses of officers, the Kaiser has issued » Cabinet order modifying the regulations with regard to the granting of commissions. BOMBS FOR LONDON. KAISER'S TASK FOR. HIS AIRMEN. Amsterdam, October 5. _A message from Berlin states that the Kaisor has promised to decorate the first Gorman aviator dropping explosives in London. GERMAN SOLDIERS PRAISED. London, October 5. A cavalry officer writes from the Aisne; —"Tho Germans are awfully good and iight like tigers. Their artillery is tho best in the world, both in personnel and material. They fight fairly and tbo reports of brutality except in isolated instances are not "correct."—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ■ THE KAISER AT COBLENZ. London, October 5. Copenhagen reports that' during his recent stay at Coblojiz the Kaiser made hnnsolf popular by speaking to the civilians ho met. . Tho Kaiser on Sedan Day embraced .the Crown Prince, calling him "an invincible hero." Tho week before he left, tho Kaiser adopted the practice of appearing unawares in tho barracks at, night and silently watching 'the men, who fust mistook him for a ghost in tho attitude of Napoleon.— ("Times" hud Sydney "Sun" Services.) A PRISONER'S LETTER. vL'ondon, October 5. An escaped British prisoner writes:— "Tho Gorman officers are awful snobs. Tlioy carry as many beautifiers as a touring actress. They place a bullet or .a.stono in tho finger of 1 a loose glove and flick tho ears of soldiers they meet. Many soldiers' ears are swollen and raw."—("Times" and Sydney . "Sun" .Services.) A GERMAN FORCE OF BOYS. London, October 5. Germany is raising a new, forco of boys of 1C years of age.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.). \ ■ SLEEPING UNDER FIRE. ■ London, October 5. A corporal writes: "I can sleep dur ing any row you like You should see our chaps dozing in the trenches whilst shells aro bursting everywhere. If roused by an explosion they only say, 'It is one of them cheap German alarm clocks, , and then go to sleep again."— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. London, October 5. "The Times's" Antwerp correspondent states that since the war started King Albert has established a wonderful ascendancy in the minds of tho Belgian people. In tlie testimony of the highest military authorities, he has shown himself a. soldier of first-rate ability.—("Time3" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) KAISER'S SONS ALL ALIVE. Stockholm, October 5. The German Minister denies that any of the Kaiser's sons have been killed. x