CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2339, 22 December 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

PRIESTS SHOT ■ REPRISALS BY GERMANS Amsterdam, December 2G . One hundred and ninoty-threo priesW have been shot, wounded, or mado'prisoners for giving evidence before thei Commission of Inquiry into German outrages in Belgium. CERMANSSACRIFICED," IN EFFORTS TO CAPTURE YPRES. London, December 20. Amsterdam reports that thousands of Germans have been' sacrificed in Flanders during the last few days. . The Germans declare that they want to make acknowledgment to the Fatherland for its Christmas gifts—honcei their frantic efforts to capture Ypr.e? before Christmas. INCINERATED. TWO MILITARY AVIATORS. Paris, December 20. t Two military aviators fell near Issy* tes-Moulineaux. Their petrol took firs,, and both were incinerated. [Issy-les-Moulineaux is a chief aerodrome in a suburb to tho south-.east of Paris.] RIOTS IN AUSTRIA. . DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMYi, London, December 20. . Riots are occurring in Austria. Trieste reports that 17,000 Austrians of various disaffected nationalities deBerted during tho Tecent fighting, anil, joined tho Servians. SICK OF THE WAR. GERMAN LANDWEHR. London, December 20. 'An. eye-witness states: "Prisoners'' admissions show that many of the Landwehr are sick of the war, and resent their, officers' harshness."/ The Germans seem to be discarding their pickelhauben (helmets). IN THE FIRINGS LINE. PRINCESS PATRICIA'S REGIMENT. Ottawa, December 20. Princess Patricia's Regiment is now in the firing' line, it being the first Canadiau contingent to reaoh the front, CERMAN RESERVES. 'ALL FIT MEN CALLED UP. • (Rec. December 21, 5.40 p.m.) London, December 20. . Germany bos called up all fit me# from the ages of seventeen to forty-five-—("Times" and Sydney "Sun"- Sep vices.) RUSSIAN ARTILLERY. PRAISED BY PRUSSIAN PRESS; (Rec. December 21, 5.40 p.m.) London, December 20. , The Prussian semi-official Press highly; praises tho Russian artillery, saying' that it was impossible at tho battlo of Ivangorod to locate their batteries except with the help of airmen.—("Times' l and Sydney "Sun" Services.) NERVOUS REFUGEES. - , FLEEING TO HOLLAND. (Rec. December 22," 1.35 a.m.) Rotterdam, December 21. A great stream of Belgian refugees l! flowing across the Dutch border without reason, beyond the vague feeling that something dreadful is about to happen. In Belgium it is believed that tho Germans' nervousness has been, communicated to refugees. THE DARDANELLES. FORTS BOMBARDED. (Rec. December 22, 1.35 a.m.) Athens, December 21., The Allied Fleet bombarded the forta on tho European side of tho Dardanelles on Saturday. SHELLINC ARMENTIERES. EXTREMELY VIOLENT. (Ike. December 22, 1.35 a.m.) Boulogne, December 21. Tho German bombardment of Arrnon-. tiores was violent. A thousand sheila and many incendiary bombs wore thrown into the town for ten hours. The fatalities wero small.' DECORATIONS FOR VALOUR . Great Britain's rnost prized 'military decoration iB the Victoria Cross,, which is only conferred for conspicuous acts of bravery on tho field of battle. Franco confers hei distinctive badges in tho well-known forai of the Legion of Honour. Austria confers her Ancient Order of: Mario 'i'liereso. * . Germany's equivalent of the Victoria Cross is the Iron Cross, which the' Kaiser has already given to many thousands of his soldiers iu the present war. Russia distributes her Cross of St. Vladimir sparingly to her successful soldiors. Denmark has one of tho most illustrious orders of chivalry, the Order of tho Elephant, which ranks even with tho British Order of "the Garter. Spain is proud of her Order of the Golden Fleece, which is, mid lias been, most sparingly conferred. ■ Italy never fails to decorate her sol- , diqrg ,«{ 3%itj.