CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2345, 30 December 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

| OUR ROYAL THANKS [ . ;>/ KAISER'S ADDRESS ■ London, December 28. An Amsterdam message reports thai the Kaiser, addressing the troops on tho . Eastern front, said: "Dear comrades, we come from Prance to bring you • greetings from your Western comrades and to express our Royal thanks for your braveryMn victoriouly -defeating a superior force of with God's help. May He help you further. Give my Royal greetings to' your , comrades in tho trenches, but bullets and the bayonet to tlio enemy, who in any event shall be defeated."—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) v j court-martialled: V CAPTAIN OF THE YOROK. Copenhagen, December 28. German' newspapers state that the captain of the German cruiser Yorck has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a fortress and the commandor .to.a year'a.imprisonment for negligence and manslaughter. , 1 [The German armoured cruiser Yorck was reported, on November 5, to have struck a mine in Jade Hay, west of the mouth of the Rivor Weser, and sunk, half of , the crew of 638 being ■drowned. It was subsequently repoitod [ that the ship' was sunn by a liiitish submarine.] ' ■ ' A SAILOR'S ASCOUHT. SUBMARINE'S ADVENTURE; Paris, 28. A sailor from a French submarine relates: "We altered a,\ enemy's port (which was not named) on Sunday! "Vfe were about to torpedo the battleships when the rudder caught in steel cables, ajid the submarine was drawn up nearly to the surface. Torpedoes and shells rained on us, and it .was a miracle wo were" not struck. _ Suddoniy the cable . yielded, and we dived seventeen yardß and escaped.' We were submerged' for twelve hours."

SPY ARRESTED. ATTEMPTING TO ENTER GIBRAL- ' TAR. Madrid; December, 2S. ' 'K German, tlie bearer of compromisdocuments, lias been arrested at Algeeiras. for attempting to enter Gibraltar. He was wearing a- Moorish costume and speaking Arabic. CASUALTY LISTS. PRUSSIANS LOSE HEAVILY. ' Amsterdam, December 28. German casualty lists 101 to 108 show that there wero 35,883 Prussian casualties. Altogether a quarter of a million Prussians and Bavarians have beon killed, 850,000 wounded, and there are 400,000 missing. y . The casualties among the Saxons, Wurtombergers, and naval forces total half a million 1 ; ■

REVOLT OF SLAVS. Roma, December 28. Croatian and Slav artillerymen afc tho Montebrioneand' St. Nicolas forts, near Riva (Austria) revolted. Reinforcements were called out to quell tho revolt. JAPANESE TROOPS. NOT. WANTED IN EUROPE. London, December 28. The Japanese Foreign Minister has announced that no country has requested Japanese troops to be sent to Europe.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) UNREST AMONG SLAVS. SEVERE REPRESSIVE MEASURES. Berne, Decembor 28. Tho Sertian victory caused great* ! manifestations by. the Austrian Slavs, among whom unrost is spreading, desprite severe repressive measures. Two Mayors and a professor have been shot, and hundreds of men and women arrested. It is stated that since the beginning of tho war 15,000 Slavs lwvo been punished. BOMBARDMENT OF REIMS. GERMAN OPINION. (Rec. December 29, 5.10 p.m.) London, Decombor 29. The' German General before Reims informed an American correspondent that Qornm blond was moro vnluablo than a SWoh building. ".When feba time

oomeii to take Reims,l shall order ffia bombardment.''—('"Tunes"' and. Sydney "Sun" Services.) . GIFTS FOR THE FLEET. ADMIRAL JELLICOE'S THANKS. (Reo. December 29, 6.10 p.m.) London, December 28. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, in command of tho British fleet, in thanking the Lord I '-Mayor of London for Christmas gifts, said they had given the greatest pleasure, and havo much alleviated tho severity of tho' winter weather. "The fleet deeply appreciates tie confidence you express, antl officers andjnen will do'their utmost to' merit it."—, ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) NORTH SEA MINES.:; SEVEN VESSELS SUNK. (Reo, December 29, 10.10 p.m.) , ( London, December 29! During the last three days- 6evesl steamers, including throo , trawlers, have been sunk by mines in the North Sea. Another was damaged, but reached port.