When Friends Fall Cut

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 August 1916, Page 3

When Friends Fall Cut

C'aA.nUX u iithD. In -Uiiioiv coi i't.'s]i„n.ic;ii .a tue UUlli M' bilitiLO . L'POl i..s Lil.lL a lj.- 1114111. look jiiuee a low mija 11,40 oemce., Ueiuiau .uii 1 Austria 1 .: troapis ;u ibc uit»u .vi oi s>i>.un tole.-ie. uiioie liie Cernian aiui Aust ia.ii linos unite. Austrian dir- iters, iie says, yve the iollowiuy; acoiMUii u-i 1 iit- aiiair : Ali the Geiinan frontal '.ieiny; i loin led. tbe en, ui\ ,s ttoup.s wore coniipolJed to -uiiaiigo their positions. 11l tins prooLteS the Germans bewail to push the Austrian, forward, making tiieni 1 cclijty all the vailijiuard places which nere inundated. The Austnans protested vigorously, and armed encounters took place, ill which a lanso number of and men paiticipate<l, atid which culminated in fierce bayonet and levolver attacks. l-iutt-ends of lilies were used, and many of the combatants were killer) and wounded. Fre,s|i troops who were sent forward to put an end to the lightinc: took sid.iis with the rioters, and n.t last the Ansrian commanding staff were compelled to use cannon to part the combatants. Tile noise of the artillery gave rise to the impression that an offensive airaiinst the Russians had been ordered. and the news caused an immediate cessation of the conflict in which hundreds of Oor nans and Austri ins were opposed to i'.i.-h other. Subsequently many off!' us were arrested. Tie affair was reported to the Archduke F riod rich. the Comtnander-in-C'h i" of the .\ustri'in forcec on the hasten; front, with the rosu'; that the Austria i: soldiers involved Mere replaced by new 11 en, -and; several Austrian officers are being tried by court-martial. Deserters report that ill-feeling between the ,\ ustrian-s and Germans is now very acute.