CAMPAIGN INCIDENT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENT

BURYING THE DEAD AT LIEGE

. 16,000 GERMAN CORPSES (Rec. October 8, 6.25 p.m.)' London, October 7. A Belgian engineer who was captured by the Germans during the siege of Liego, and who subsequently escaped, states that during the truce on August 6 the villagers were engaged in-bury-ing the dead. It was a fearful sight and sixteen thousand identification plates were removed from dead Germans. KAISER'S CHIEF OF STAFF. REPORTED SUPERSESSION. New York, October 7. Advices from German sources state that dissatisfaction with Count von Moltke, Chief of Staff of the German Army, has accumulated to such a degree that, while not formally ousted as Chief of Staff, he has been deprived of much executive authority, which has now been vested in a commission composed of the Kaiser and his most trusted soldier*. CERMAN DIFFERENCES. A COPENHAGEN S,TORY.

i Copenhagen, October 7. A story is circulating here to the effect that' at a war council before the Kaiser went to Prussia some of tie staff sharply criticised the Crown Prince's operations, and urged evacuation in order to maintain the defensive. There was a stormy scone. It is added that the KaiseT has had several fainting fits through neuralgia. A PILLAGED CHATEAU. CHARGES AGAINST CROWN PRINCE. Paris, October 7. . A German official gives indignant denials to the assertion of Baroness Debayc tliat tlie Crown Prince pillaged her chateau" at Champ Aubert. The Baroness repeats her charge, and gives details, including the namo of the locksmith whom the Crown Prince compelled to pack the loot, threatening him with a revolver. ANCIENT GERMAN GUNS. Paris, October 4. Trophies captured from the Germans include cannon'of very old pattern and needleguns dating from 1857 to 1870. MANY DEATHS FROM LOCKJAW. Paris, October 7. It is estimated that 50 per cent, of . the deaths in hospital from wounds received in the trenches are duo to lockjaw. ( .■ NEWSPAPERS IN THE TRENCHES. London, October 7. British Tommies in the trenches are receiving many newspapers. The football results appear to be the first item of interest. THEY "DON'T PLAY CRICKET." London, October 7. The .King, visiting the hospital at .Wandsworth, said: "They don't play cricket," when one of the Coldstream Guards related how he had been 6hot by a German who had hoisted the white flag.