OFFICIAL NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2341, 24 December 1914, Page 5

OFFICIAL NEWS

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLES'' London, Deci 22, 5.55 p.m. Paris reports.a German attack was 1 repulsed at Carency.' At Lihons'three, attacks were repulsed. Our • artillery, was efficacious on tho plateau of Nouvron. Violent bayonet combats .' took place at where wo made consid" erable progress. Fifteen lnmdrod 'metres of earthworks frontage wero carried at Perthes les Hurhis! '■' Two-thirds of the ground previously lost has been recovered at St. Hubert. In the neighbourhood of Yauquois, barbed entangle-' ments were crossed, and the enemy's trenches captured. London, Dec. 22, 10.40 p.m. Paris reports to-night:—Correction: Read Souvain, whero we made inconsiderable progress. The enemy executed yesterday violent counter-attacks northwest of Puisalieno. All were repulsed. (Roc. December 23, 5.30 p.m.) London, December 23, 7.20 a.m. '■ Petrograd reports: In tho Caucasus! in the direction of Van on Sunday tho Turks wore defeated with heavy losses. The Russians pursuing, captured a mountain gun and ammunition. A few. unimportant engagements have taken:' place in the direction of Suiykamysch.

That Germany has been driven to, desperate resorts to bring recruits forward to the fighting lino was plainly shown in the fighting for Calais. The Germans threw away thousands or lives in their efforts to cross the iser,< and actually ordered bayonet charges to bo made at certain points. _ Tho Belgian infantry holding tho' lines was well protected by mitrailleuses, and they mowed down the German troops with such a deadly fire that on each of these times the enemy's attack was broken and destroyed; When the Germans had been driven back and the ambulances went out to collect the wounded it was found that many of the German corpses wero mere boys of sixteen and seventeen, from - Gorman./ high, schools and universities, who have recently been mobilised and sent with' the last reserve to Belgium, by the order of tho Kaiser and his military, caste. Some of these youngsters were brought to tho British base hospital badly wounded. One of them, attended by English nurses., was a bright, boy, who smiled as he lay on his stretcher and spoko imperfect French very politely. -Ho- seemed glad to be let oft so slightly, with only a wound in the foot which will make him limp I for life; vory glad to be out of all tko horror of tho trencher on tho German kMn bJ Saw,