WAR IN THE WAR.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1918, Page 2

WAR IN THE WAR.

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A GHASTLY OUTRAGE.

A HOSPITAL BOAIBED.

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LONDON, Alay 24

Air. Thillip Gibbs gives details of a ghastly outrage by the Huns in bombing a Red Cross hospital and huts filled with badly wounded men, sonic with open wounds. There wore only eight nurses and orderlies on duty when the Gothas were heard and the first bombs crashed in. The Germans dropped a great number of bombs. Each one burst midst th© huts,- a third of the bombs being of the largest size making; great craters in the earth’; They killed many wounded mfelly including Germans,- who were receiving precisely the Same trea t ment aS' the British; , , , The total of the killed and wotinded runs to shnie hundreds.- . . The nurses displayed heroic devotion,and not one went to th'o bomb-proof shelters nearby. .. The raid lasted for two hoUrs., lhe nurses throughout moved through the wards, encouraging the wounded. The captain of the bombing squadron who was captured, merely shrugged his shoulders, and said: ‘‘lf you insist on putting hospitals near the railways you must expect them to be bombed.

fiends at work

LONDON, Alay 25.

The fiendish bombing of the hospital huts has caused a sensation throughout Britain. It was clean moonlight and the big rod crosses on a white ground, must have been clearly visible to the aviators, who were flying low. A score of great aeroplanes flew in two detachments discharging bomb* ana firing machine- guns, HARROWING DETAILS. LONDON, May 24. There aIV harrowing details of the sufferings of the wounded in the bombed hospitals together with fresh revelations.- the hew forms of brutality to wards Briish prisoners have afoUsed an increasing ware of Indignstion.-.-The newspapers are demanding adequate punishment for those responsible.

AVIATION OPENATIOXS (Reuter’g Telegram*.)

LONDON, May 24

Field Marshal Haig reports that at 10.40 in the evening, under heavy 1 arrage fire the enemy raided the neighbourhood of Bucquoy before the weather broke off to 23ru. We dropped eight tons of bombs on an aerodrome near Tournai and on billets. Wo broagnt ddwli fire enemy machines,- three British machines being missing. We al“) dropped seven tons of bomb's 6n billets in the neighbourhood of Pefonne, FdiCourt, and Bapaume and on hutments in the Somme area and a ton of bom os on factories and railways at Hagedengen, arid north-east of Aletz.

AAIERICAN AIRMEN’S OFFER

PARIS, May .5

The French Government has accepted the American offer to provide a squadron consisting of America’s most expert airmen to participate in the defence of Paris.

CATTARO BOAIBED,

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ROME, May 24. The bavki tiffieisl report says: The British air squadron oh the 20th bombed hvdroplane and submarine bases at Cattaro and started fires.- All the machines returned safely, notwithstanding counter action. A Belgian communique states: There was fairly violent reciprocal artillerying at Hangemarek and Merkem. A FRENCH REPORT. [AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION & REUTER.] LONDON, May 25. A French communique states that enemy raids south of Hangard and losers were repulsed. (We successfully reached the enemy lines west of Noyon and Woevre. PANIC IN RHINE TOWNS. BERNE, May 24. Travellers, including an ever- increasing number of well-to-do German women declare that a panic prevails in the -Rhine towns, owing to the recent air raids. All cellars are being converted into bedrooms. Numbers of people are fleeing further into the interior ok Rhineland. Burgomasters have made further urgent appeals to the Reiohstag to bring about the cessation of aerial attacks on England. COLOGNE RAID VICTIMS. AMSTERDAM, May 25. Forty victims of the Cologne air raid were buried on Wednesday at the city’s expense. The Kaiser .sent a telegram expressing his deep regret. Although there was no attack yesterday, warning was given that the city was in a state of extreme nervous tension. NEW GERMAN PLANES. NEW YORK, May 25. The “Chicago Daily News” corresnondent on the French front sends details of the new German aeroplanes. Thev have four motors each of horse-power, and a crew of nine and two pilots. They mount four machine guns and carry two tons of bombs. The machines have spread of forty feet and a length of ninety-two feet.