CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2313, 21 November 1914, Page 7

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

GERMAN DEAD ON THE ' BATTLEFIELD

... London, November 19. 'A' British' officer reports that lie saw thousands of German dead stripped indicating a shortage of uniforms. Many of the wounded had been driven insane. The Germans were roping the dead together and dispatching them to blast furnaces to be cremated. ./ SOFT-NOSED BULLETS. PROOF THAT GERMANS USE THEM London, November 19. The War Office has obtained proof of the German: use. of soft-nosed bullets in Togoland and France.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) TYPHOID RAGING 'AT LILLE. (Rec. November 21, 0.15 a.m.) Paris, November 20. I There is a serious outbreak of typhoid, among the German troops in tho Lille district,, and the town has been evacuated, and 5000 Germans are in hospital The epidemic is spread-ing among thb troops in tho Roubaix and Tonrcoing factories. / The latter towns were not damaged, as the owners of the* factories paid an indemnity of £2,000,000; . but the factories are being used as hospitals. 'A V.C. AWARD.- ' (Rec. November 21, 1.10 a.m.) London, Novembor 20. The Victoria Cross lias boon awarded to Lieut. Dimmer, who, though shot five times, served a machine-gun until it was destroyed.

THE BOMB-DROPPERS. (Rec. November 21, 1.10 a.m.) . ■ Paris, November 20. Rormna airmen dropped bombs ion