CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

NET-WO«K SCREEN FOB ;■" ZEPPELINS SEQUEL' TO A RAID ON CERMAN SHEDS. London, December 5. 'A' Swiss engineer relates that a.great network construction is being built to protect the Zeppelin sheds-.at Friedrichshaven. The sentinels and antiaircraft guns have been doubled.. Five powerful searchlights have been installed in the hills, and illuminate the whole district. . SUPERIORITY OF FRENCH GUNNERS. London, December 5. . The "Times" correspondent says that the French artillery at the Aisne during the past month has • been demonstrating its- superiority. It was .notrealised -,at first that shell fire was so important, and it was also necessary to use the.shells sparingly. Ample supplies are now available, and the French gunners maintain excellent practice, notably in the destruction of entangle-, ments.— Sydney, -"Sun" Services.) \ , VINDICTIVE SHELL, FIRE ON YPRES. ' London, December, 6. !An eye-witness with the British headquarters confirms _ the reports of the wantonness and vindictiveness of the bombardment of the Cloth Hall and the Cathedral at Ypres, which began after the failure of a final effort to capture the city, and ceased immediately the buildings were destroyed. It served no military purpose whatever. .' . SUGGESTIVE MAPS OF SWISS TERRITORY. ■ , Paris, December 6. The "Matin" states that maps' of Switzerland have been found on the dead bodies of several German officers. They had been printed in Germany with. Italian place names, for the use of Italian officers during an attack on France through Switzerland , . " The "Matin" recalls the KaiserVprotestations that Germany, would respect Swiss neutrality. . . ■ • VICTORIA CROSS AWARD/ . London, December '6. The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Private George Wilson, of the Highland Light Infantry, who attacked a hostile machine gun near Verhieul on September 14, shot.an officer and the six,men, and captured the gun;-.-.' NEUTRAL TIMBER SHIPS SEIZED s- ' BY THE ENEMY; ' : o'Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Reo. December 7, 5.20 p.m.) • ■ ■ ■ • London, December 7. V Seven neutral ships, laden : ~with. wood for Dutch, ports, were seized by German warsnips in the Baltic. PORTUGUESE FORCE SAILS' FOR -• ANGOLA. ' • . ("Times" and, Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. December 7, 5.20 p.m.) ' London, December 7. The Portuguese Expeditionary Force has sailed for Angola (Portuguese West Africa, the scene of recent invasions by. German South-West African'troops, for which, invasions the German- Government was reported to ha*e apologised). NEWS IN BRIEF,. ..' London, December 6. 'At Antwerp the Germans' severely punish anyone photograpniing ,the ruin caused by the war. _;''; j ;~; Burgomaster Max, of Brussels, writes .that he is confined to x a prison, and .is"subjected to tie treatment prescribed for murderers.—("Times" and; .Sydney "Siin" Services.) : '>■'.-. 1\..- . Five hundred British, barristers are at tho front fighting.—("Times",- and Sydney. "Sun"-Services.) . y j