CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

"FOR VALOUR" . VICTORIA CROSS FOR A SER-GEANT-MAJOR, : London, November ]1. Sergeant-Major White, who- carried Lieutenant. Roberts (only 'son of- Lord ■Roberts) out of danger, when mortally wbunded_ at Colenso,'<has been notified that he is to receive, the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Le Cateau, where he went back for-a wounded captain. Hβ placed the .captain on a horse arid galloped with him to -safety, though he himself was, wounded in both legs. ■ ■ During the earlier part of the Boer War, in Sir Redversßuller's operations ati Colenso, an attempt .to, cross the Tugela River failed, and twelve guns were lost. In a gallant attempt -to. save, the,guns, Lieutenant F. Roberts, V.C., Lord Roberts's only surviving son, -was. mortally wounded. ENEMY'S WAR LOSSES. OFFICIAL LIST. OF- GERMAN ■ ' CASUALTIES. -. '.'•.'' (Rec. NoVember 12, 6.30 p.m.) ■ .'■ ' ■'. • London, November 11: ■ A message from Copenhagen states that the German official" list gives casualties totalling 509,000, mainly for September; there are only a few in October >-( "Times" and Sydney "Sim"' Services.) ' ' BRITISH AEROPLANE LOST. EARL OF ANNESLEY ON BOARD. / London, November 'il.

The Admiralty announces that a flight ; ; was undertaken by Lieutenant Beehor, with Sub-Lieutenant Earl Annosley as passenger. They left'Eastchurch to fly abroad on Thursday. . The machine never reached its destination. A. careful search wag made for the-aeroplane-by a seaplane, and a patrol ship, but no tidings have been received of them. . . ALMOST ANNIHILATED. : HUNGARIAN CAVALRY IN BEL- ■": • : -.: RCDM. Paris,. .November 11 '■ ■; It is believed that' the Hungarian cavalry in Belgium havo been almost annihilated. The two latest lists of casualties include; 867 Hungarian names of distinction. : , : . I THE ROULERS AMBUSCADE. GERMAN FINE PAID. London, November 11. Prominent citizens' at Roulers canvassed the town, and succeeded in collecting the German fine of £4000, which was imposed in revenge for the ambush of their troops 'by two French battalions (reported yesterday). The Germans accused the residents of con-, nivance in the trap. ,•■'..'■■■■.■