CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2359, 15 January 1915, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

i JOFFRE'S RIGHT-HAND MEN : 1 . . LondoD) January 13. _ General Jonre's right-hand men are Generals Foch and De Mandhuy. Gen, I pial Foch ill July last was merely Commandant of aE army corps. He is a ■ Jian of. tie greatest , simplicity and [. . Uirectnesß. 'De"Mandhuy was a : plain I ■ brigadier. Originally a Royalist, /he , fcpont much of Ms life in garrison, towns ■ pn the eastern frontier. He is a darky . little: inan, alwajß ready, and fe l 'ipk on long marches.—("Times and foydney "Sun' Services.) VONi KLUOK PORTRESS ON THE ' ' AIBNE. v • : London- January 13. . General Von Kluck's headquarters on i Jthe Aisne are a veritable■fortress, be- . Sng surrounded by trenches and defend- ' jsd by a mass of batteries and machine ! fiuns. Ho told a journalist, ''They call |... jus Huns and barbarians. This honours f us, because it proves that our strength is understood."—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) | HKING ALBERT AND HIS SOLDIERS, | London, Januray . 13. ;■/•..- King Albert, qf Belgium, while inu'. apecting the: lines with; his staff - officers ; ®n Sunday last, i saw. men digging ■in ahe trenches- who/ were looking very sired. He inquired how long they had I peen working, and on being informed | {that they had ..been there , for: fourteen | jhoursj sent them away to rest, while he J :snd the.officers continued digging in j.; order to relieve , them.—("Times" and "Sun" Services.) ' , • DUBL IN THE AIR. ' 1 ! London, January 13. j The, Gorman, aeroplane, which' was j&ttaclced by a French aviator at Amiens ' on January 11, was brought down after j//an iour's pursuit.. The pilot/was only ■ wounded,"the observer being killed (the [■■ previous message stated that both wore ' The,latter was a ,son of Genr eral ' Von !' Falkenhayn, General : Von | ■Qloltke's successor. FRENCH VILLAGERS' UNWELCOME \ GUESTS. , i ■ ./:■', _ London, January 13. ;;,; >Thef inhabitants of .French frontier. ! (villages,'- who /had.' thought V /mmime' -froni 'German oppression, have i ■ ""startled. to" find "German's. billeted j: ten them and tbqt requisitions for cattle, <and food,'-are/very "rigorous. Numbers [ Jare fleeing to Holland. The Germans ; are attempting ■to head them off.— . JfTimes" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' DAILY COST OF THE WAR/ :' • Amsterdam, January 13. ( Jlho German Socialist newspaper, : f'Vorwaerts," estimates that the daily rcoßt of war to . all the belligerents aggregates £9,600,000. i f The.damage done to Belgian property >s; estimated at; £266,000,000, and - in ; lfiast Prussia at £2,000,000.', ', I : V PHOSPHORUS SPELLS. London, January 13.- <■ , The Germans are using shells cons', Saining;a certain, proportion,.of- phosi fjborus, which makes smoke, enabling • ithe- gunners to note where the missile I. Jails.- Wounds caused by these'shells j-.pre poisonous and ' surgically untreat-. i ''able.—("Times" and-Sydney "Sun" Ser- !: ivices.) - j . GERMAN DESERTERS/FROM THE !.:■/ ' ARMY. Paris, January 18. : The. newspaper "Matin" says. that r. nfter the Battle of the Yser many Ger- : -toans- deserted. Eleven thousand de- ! sorted at Bruges between November 15 : and December IS. This accounts for i the striot watch on the Dutch-fron- ; ttior. - : . * GERMANS SEIZE SWEDISH STEAMER, t ' Stockholm, January IS. A German destroyer seived the Swed- : ish'steamer Vega, laden with margar- : jine, "from Rotterdam . .for / Stockholm, : ;bnd' convoyed her to Swinemunde. i ' PRUSSIAN - CASUALTIES. ' Copenhagen, January 13. _ [ Casualty lists 117 to 121/ contain i -144,299 names, chiefly of these'fighting v in Poland in November, making ■ the /•(Prussian'casualties 840,3-13.- . ! . "GOOD AFTERNOON, M. POIN- : i OAIRE." ' (Rec. January 14, S p.m.) -j.-. Paris, January 13. :■( The German aviator who dropped Tiombs on Dunkirk at the time of Prefiident Pomcaire's visit to that .city/.had" j. evidently been misinformed as to: the i: time of the President's arrival. He - threw a weighted streamer, with the inr :£criptioii: "Good afternoon, M. JPoin- ! jcaire." - -i. •.- i ITEMS IN -BRIEF. • ' London, January 13. i Some Frenchmen on .the look-out in ! trenches 'are using improvised hel- '; mets similar to that used by Ned Kelly, ■ the famous bushranger. / Corporal Makes, in describing the i Christmas truce, states that the Saxons ; : said their regiments had ( previously been : in. Kiel harbour for three-.months,- wait- ; ing to go to England!. :■_ /, / / ' Some German regiments -with copper I helmet spikes are sending them to Germany. - ■ •-/ Japan is sending Red Cross continto England and Franco. ; - (Rec. January 15, 1.5, a.m.) . London,' January 14. ' , Turner, the Scottish Rugby interna/Jional player, has been killed in action. ! ! The Rev. Huxen Sams/ of the Queens- ; land Bush Brotherhood, failing to get a ; chaplaincy, has obtained a commission , in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantrv.