CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2318, 27 November 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

DESERTIONS FROM GERMAN ARMY ; :.■•-. London, November 2s. In consequence of the prevalence of desertion tho Germans in Ghent are required to report to headquarters twice daily. Sentries on Dutch'border have beon. instructed to* shoot any persons of doubtful identity crossing the border.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)

HEROIC GUNNER. - INCIDENT OF THE EMDEN FlGtHT>'\ (R'ec. November 27, 0.30 a.m..) '.' Colombo, November 26. / The sailors wounded in the, SydneyEmden notion are progressing. favour-' ably. A story of Teal grit and phick on' tho part of Seaman Home is told by I one of his comrades. "Home was tho. . sight-setter of, tho 6in. starboard gun,..' and had crouched ready to give thoj command behind the shield' of the gun whon a shell burst just behind us, killed, the gunlayer and injured four out-l ' of nine who were serving the gun.A Home' got it badly in both legs and shoulder, but crawled back to his seat i . behind the battered shield,, and stayedthere until ordered below. . .' .

' FOULLY STABBED. \ GERMAN OFFICER'S TREACHERY, Dunkirk, November 25. Of seven thousand French marines who were doggedly holding Dixmudo one-half was killed or wounded. Several German companies surrendered during the fighting. One German offi-' cer advanced under a white flag, audi Captain Jeanniot, commander of the marines, advanced to speak to him,' when he was foully stabbed, and his in-*, terpreter shot.

'. CRIM AFTERMATH. 1 UNBURIED DEAD ON THE SAND*' DUNES. London, November 25. 'A' .traveller, just returned to" England, states that the British warships Killed so many on the Belgian coast that the corpses were lying for a month un-' buried. 'The other day a tram of thirty .car*' riages passed Ghent with the blinds down. A sentinel showed him the in-', terior. filled to the roof with bodies going eastwards. ■ . .

' UNPALATABLE NEWS. ' / (Rec. November 26; 8.40 p.m.) ' London, November 26.. , 'An eye-witness with. the British'troops states that the news struction of the Emden caused immense!'satisfaction in all ranks. "AT.'. on«\ place, where the opposing trenches are*' close, tho news was passed on;- with, comments, to the enemy, and as the result the Germans fired heavily'on our trenches for some time."

GERMAN LOSSES TO DATE. (Rib. November 25,; 6.45 p.m.) London,.November 25. A 'A report from Copenhagen estimates | that on the basis of the offioial lists- the' German losses to date total about ons and a half millions.—("Times" and Syd- ' ney "Sun'.' Services.)

RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE'S' SON' - ' \WOUNDED.' '"'■■. November 25. ';■ German advices state that the Grand Duko Paul Alexandrovitch's son, Dimitri, was wounded at the fight ing on. the Warta. v