CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

GERMAN REGIMENT WIPED OUT (Rec. November 8, 3 p.m.) Paris, November 7. Before the Yser inundation the Kaiser appeared on the right bank and exhorted' his troops to recapture tho positions on the other bank. A Wurtumberg. regiment volunteered for the purpose and .waded \thigh'deep. Belgian sharpshooters accounted for the entire regiment. .- Most of the. wounded j were drowned! The Kaiser surveyed the ghastly sight.through his fieldglasses. ■•''...''■ 100,000 WOUNDED IN VIENNA. (Rec. November 9, 1.35; a.m;) Rome, November 8. Upwards of a hundred thousand wounded, have arrived at Vienna in a few days. ; The public is gradually becoming aware, of the grave Austrian defeat, on the San River. KING'S EQUERRY A PRISONER. (Rec. November 8," ,3 p.m.) , ' London, November 7. Viscount Crichton is a prisoner in Germany. .■ : .' ■ - -;-.■■ Viscount Crichton is a major in the Horse Guards. He has been Extra Equerry to the King sinceil9lo, and was aide-do-camp to His Majesty as Duke of Cornwall and York during the colonial tour of 1901. ROYAL PRINCE INVALIDED. . : ■ (Rec. November 8, 3 . p.m.) Amsterdam, November 7. Prince George.of Saxony, has left Flanders for ■ Wiesbaden to undergo treatment. . ; • _ A' SPY'S END. (Rec. November 8, 3-p.m.) Paris, November 7. The spy who guided the Loudon Scottish into the German zone of fire reappeared from-the direction of the German lines. Tho Gurkhas recognised him and wanted him killed, but a British officer rescued the spy, who was eventually tried and shot. FRENCH CAPTURE A VILLAGE. (Rec. November 8, 10.30 p.m.) Paris, November 8. A thousand German infantrymen and two squadrons of Uhlans crossed a bridge over the Oiso, and drove a regiment of infantry and a squadron of hussars and a cyclist section into Ttlie village commanding the roads io Clmulnes and reronne. ' While the fight was in progress a French airman's bomb destroyed a bridge cutting off the' Germans. Meanwhile the French were reinforced, and annihilated the Germans, and, throwing a pontoon across the river, joined the other 'forces from Offremont and captured Tracy-le-Val. EX-NEW ZEALAND OFFICER KILLED. London, November 6. Major J. S. Maidlow, formerly Assistant Director of Artillery in New Zealand, was killed in action. The late Major Maidlow belonged to the "Royal Artillery. Ho came to New Zealand in 1911. . .' THE KAISER'S CASH PRIZES. Amsterdam, November G. Th« Kaiser has promised 750 marks (about £37 10s.) for each machine gun captured. GERMANS AMBUSHED. . Paris, November G. A combined force of Moroccans, French colonial infantry, and Indian troops, confronted by a deadly German lire, resorted to the favourite tactic of disappearing in ditches and behind, hedges and other obstacles. After a quarter of an hour, tho Germans, imajnuina their ad-

I vanced within a hundred yards of them, when rifles and machine guns obliterated the whole detachment. AT CLOSE QUARTERS. London, November 6. The fighting at one stage in Belgium was so close on the Belgian lines that the combatants threw stones at each other across a dyke.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" sorvices. EXTRAORDINARY ENTRENCHMENTS. London, November 6. The German entrenchments in East Prussia were of an extraordinary nav ture. The officers had deep dugoute, with corridors leading to the men's trendies. They had quarters like halls in a mansion built underground. They had _ rich carpets and bedsteads, the furniture being taken from country homes during the retreat. -They were also equipped with telephones — "Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. GERMAN OUTRAGES AND ORGIES. London,' November 6.' The "Daily Chronicle's" Milan correspondent states of Ms own knowledge that girls of good families in Belgium were outraged in their mothers' presence. A- Geneva newspaper publishes the statement that when Brussels was occupied by tho Germans the officers banqueted in the Royal Castle at Lacken. This was followed by an orgy, during which loose' women used tho royal wardrobe. The burgomaster protested, but the Gorman commander amply remarked: "Those officers are not the elite of my arm}." GENERAL VON KLUCK., Paris, November 6. The "Temps" discredits the reports of General von Kluck's death. The paper states that lie now commands the army in'the region of the Aisne. MYSTERY OF A WOUNDED PRINCE London, November 6. The "Daily Chronicle's" Milan correspondent saya that It is believed that the Kaiser's son-in-law (the Duke of Brunswick) is tho wounded prince who was taken toStrasburg. 1 : MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES. , Bordeaux, November 6. Colonel Mafchand, or Fashoda fame, who has been wounded, has been- mentioned in dispatches for remarkable courage. Pcgou'd, the aviator, has also been mentioned in dispatches.

BELGIAN GENERAL IN RUSSIA. . London, November 6. The "Standard's" Petrograd corres-. poiident states that General Rucker, of the Belgian Army, has joined Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander of tho Russian forces. MINELOSSES IN THE NORTH SEA GERMAN.HOSPITAL SHIP UNDER SUSPICION. London, November, 6. The mine-sweeper Mary was destroyed by a mine in tho North Sea, and eight of the "crew were drowned. A quantity of explosives was found aboard the German hospital ship Ophe-* lia, which was captured and suspected of being used as a minelayer. Fifty of 'the' officers and crow were landed-at Grayesend and ,6ent to a concentration camp. Most'of the sailors' hats bore destroyers' names; Captain Neilsen,'.of the hospital ship Rohilla, gayo evidence' at the inquestoft the bodies of some of tho victims that his vessel struck a mine and was vitally injured. Ho ran her ashore to save life. A verdict was returned to the effect that the vessel struck something before grounding.

GERMAN VESSELS SUNK NEAR KIEL. (Reo, November 8, 3 p.m.) Copenhagen, November 7. Tw<> German steamers and two German trawlers were recently sunk by German mines in Kiel Bay. BALTIC SOWN WITH MINES. (Rec. November 8, 3 p.m.) Copenhagen, November 7. Fishermen report that German mines in the Baltic practically render navigation impossible. Explosions occur daily. GERMANS IN CEYLON OPENLY ,BOAST OF AIDING THE .'. ENEMY. (Rec. November 9,,0.80 a.m.) • Colombo, November, 8. The British in Ceylon aro greatly dissatisfied with the latitude allowed to' Germans, and only after strong criticisms have all Germans been interned. It is an open secret that the Emden's success was due to Germans using wireless and other means of signalling. Certain Germans openly boasted that they had sent information to Germany.

I BRITISH GALLANTRY FRENCH MEDAL FOR N. 0.0.'5. ■ ■ . , (Reo. November 8, 3 p.m.) London, November 7. M. Poincadre, President of-France, has conferred the.: Medal Militaire on 198 non-commissioned officers and men of tho British Force for gallantry between August 21 and 81. . SPIES ON YORKSHIRE COAST , MESSAGES FLASHED TO SEA. London, November 6. - / British patrols, captured several fishing vessels in the. North Sea, carrying pigeons for dispatching messages to Germany signalled from the English coast. Lord Harewood, Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, reports that there is.widespread spying oil. the East Coast, 'including flashlights from motor-oars from the Yorkshire cliffs to fishing boats, which supply the link between England and tho enemy. SEAMEN INTERNED FOREIGN CBEWS ON BRITISH SHIPS. London, November 6. Nino thousand German and Austrian seamen employed on.British ships have been removed to camps in Britain. They are mostly 'linden the control 'of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union. A suggestion has been made that the navigation'laws should be amended, fo •ao to require that a certain proportion of British seamen should bo emploj'ed on British ships.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. GERMANS ARREST ENGLISHMEN. Amsterdam, November 6. It is officially stated at Berlin that owing to Great Britain not replying to Germany's requests to release Germans interned in England, the Government has ordered th© arrest of air English males between the ages of 17 and 55. GERMAN LOSSES BREADWINNERS OF A MILLION PKOPLE DEAD. Copenhagen, November 6. It is announced from a trustworthy source that German calculations show that ovej; a, miliioa. neo&lo havo already!

m, lost their providers.—"Times" and Syder- tiey "Sun" service.