CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2356, 12 January 1915, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

LIFE IN WINTER TRENCHES

'■.:■,'■■'..'■/ London,. 'January 10. ! ; "Eye-witness" at British headquart- ; Srs, describing life in the flooded trenches, says: "The wet olay causes the stoutest boots to. give way, and in i order to keep dry many of the soldiers V go barefoot down the long communica,tion trenches, and only resume, their i''■ hoots' and socks when they reach the drained fire trenches.

■ r . "A good deal of sickness exists in the [German ranks, and some of the units have been temporarily withdrawn. German companies now' consist of a mixture of active soldiers, many of the Landwehr and Landstufn, Ersatz Reservists, and volunteers." —("Times" ind Sydney ""Sim" Services.)

DISAPPEARANCE OF GERMAN OFFICERS

I MOTOR-CAR RIDES CURTAILED. j Amsterdam, January 10. \ German officers at Antwerp have been, 1 iforbiddon to drive motor-car/a alone, : }>wing to sixty officers, disappearing with "motor-cars in a few weeks. , REBELS IN THE TRANSVAAL ROUND-UP COMPLETED. Pretoria, January 10. ( Official.—All the rebels in the Transvaal have boen rounded up.. i PRINCE OT WALES AT THE > FRONT. I (Reo. January 11, 5.55 p.m.) I London, January. 10. \ -A Hertfordshire Territorial writes: — f'The Prince of Wales led the Hertfordj'flhires to the trenches on Boxing Day, /after a march of twenty miles to reMieve the Indians."—("Times" and \ -"Sydney "Sun" Services.) PSOISSON'S CATHEDRAL DAMAGED. I (Rec. January 11, 10.30 p.m.) , Paris, January, 11. Forty German shells on' Saturday night damaged the facade of Soissons Cathedral boyond repair. \ ' • A RICH PRIZE. (Rec. January 11, 9.15 p.m.) London, January. 11. "• The German barque Vizanella, with a Valuable nitrate cargo on board, has •been brought to Plymouth. • [ NO BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. ' (Rec. January 11, 9.15 p.m.) London, January 11. In consequence of the war, the Bisley, Stifle meoting is likely to be abandoned. 1 MISCELLANEOUS THE KING AND HIS INDIAN SOLDIERS. • London, January 10. The King and Queen visited 1100 wounded Indians at Brighton.' Many fconvorsed freely with the King. The .Wiling faces of all testified the grateIful pleasure felt at the visit. !! Their Majesties also-visited the British and Belgian wounded. HiIVT FOR GENERAL YON HINDEN- , BERG. * I London, January 10. ( The Berlin municipality has approv- ' jfed the expenditure of fifteen thousand (marks (about £600) as a gift to General [von Hindenberg, commanding the Gervjnan armies in the Eastern area of the tear. i RECRUITING IN' ENGLAND; 1 London, January 10. The past week shows an increased of recruiting in London and at 'Manchester, Burnley, andWolverhamp--1 'ton. Sis hundred have joined the ' ~footballers' battalion, including many 'well-known amateurs and professionals. 1 Cardinal mercier's pastoral'. London, January 10. Cardinal Meroier's Pastoral has been read "in several Catholic Churches in England. (Rep. January 12, 1 a.m.) <~ Rome, January 11. The "Osservatore Romano" says that fthe reports of Cardinal MeroierV arrest (fere not exact, but the Pope is dissatisjfiod with the German Government's , (''statements. . -. ■ ■ ■ f Tho Belgians are displeased with! the attitudo of the Roman Catholic Press, iwhich refuses to rectify the'inaccurate iGerman statements.i germans training school,. . * boys. ■■;■ (Rec. January 11, 5.55 p.m.) Londtin,. January 10. 'Amsterdam roports that parents in | Germany have been, instructed "to re-.' \<move from school boys of fourteen years of age, for the purpose of undergoing .-militarv training.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) < • I VERY LIKE A WHALE. (Rec. January 11, 5.55 p.m.), London, January 10. 'A' whale that drifted ashore on the .''Dutch coast was riddled by three-inch | shells. It had apparently been mistaken for a. submarine.—("Times" and Sydney "Sim" Services.) INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR THE KILLED IN: WAR. I , (Rec. January 11, 10.30 p.m.) • f London, January; 11. ■ The Industrial Life Insurances Offices ■have already paid £225,000 on 11,000 \ claims on soldiers and sailors killed dur- ' jng the war.