INCIDENTS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2472, 27 May 1915, Page 5

INCIDENTS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

SAXON SURRENDERERS MURDERED BY THEIR OWN ARTILLERY TREACHERY IN KHAKI London, May 25. "Eye-Witness," referring to the recent surrenders of Saxons, saj's that, at Com- de Laivouse, the remains of a battalion deeidcd to surrender eu bloc. "The men advanced, towards our infantry, who, not understanding their action, poured in a hail of bullets. Several.hundred halted and throw down their rifles, held up their hands, and waved a white flag. "Our gun's at the rear continued to fire. The infantry might have continued to lire in consequence of previous experiences of treachery, but the matter was taken out of their hands by Prussian infantrv 011 the north. Realising the intentions of the Saxons, they opened fire from four flanks j enfilading the Saxons. The news of the surrender was also telephoned to the _ German artillery, which opened firo quickly and killed most of the Saxons. < Saxons Were Clean Fighters. "The fact that the victims were Saxons was a source of regret to the British, because the Saxons were always cleaner fighters, more chivalrous, and loss brutal than tbo Prussians and Bavarians. , "The British show great determination, and declare that they are 'going to get a bit of their own back.' 'Remember the Lusitania!' is their cry. "One satisfactory incident was the killing of sixty Germaus, clad in khaki, I which had been stolen from our dead. They advanced, shouting in excellent 1 English: 'Don't shoot; wo arc Grenadiers.' A British officer climbed out of tho trenches, and the-Germans fired at him, but did not hit him. Tho men in the trench promptly returned the fire, charged with the bayonet, and killed all the sixty. Killed Just In Time. "At one point, where a little resistance was offered in order to entice the British forward, they discovered a German officer, killed by a shell splinter, seated in h dug-out- at a switchboard and dvnamo, with an exploder connected with seven mines and electrified entanglements. "It is believed the Germans are usm§ an incendiary bullet. Tho clothing of two British wounded lying in the open was noticed to bo burning. On the following day the charred bodies wero found?' —"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.