GERMAN MINE LAYERS

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 694, 15 August 1914, Page 5

GERMAN MINE LAYERS

INDIGNATION IN DENMARK Copenhagen, Wednesday A German torpedo boat destroyer struck a mine off the Gjedaer lighthouse on the. Island of Laaland, in the South Baltic Sea, an area which has been mined by the Germans Forty-two officers and men were killed, and several others of the crew were wounded There is intense indignation in Denmark over the action of the Gar* mans in laying contact minea in international waters GERMAN LOSSES AT LIEGE 2000 KILL-ED, 20,000 WOUNDED Brussels, Wednesday The War Office has announced that 2000 Germans have been killed at Liege. Twenty tnousand have been wounded, and 9700 prisoners have been captured LIGHT-HEARTED LANCER A Belgian lancer named Bogaerts is becoming famous for sallying out alone and attacking detached parties of Uhlans has alraady secured fourteen prisoners, killed three Uhlans, and wounded several others without receiving the slightest injury himself

STRINGENT*BUT NECESSARY Paris, Wednesday The Government has forbidden the publication of the numbers of casualties suffered by French troops, and of the names of the killed and wounded. It has opened a bureau where relatives are merely told whether the soldiers about whom they inquire have been killed or wounded, without information regarding the place or the day they fell A GERMAN RETREAT FRENCH TAKE THREE GUNS Brussels, Wednesday The Belgain War Offioe announces that the retreating movement which the Germans commenced yesterday has become more pronounced. It seems as though the chief of staff wad hesitating to give battle. Paris, Wednesday It is officially stated that artillery fire destroyed a German battery near Sprimont, ten miles south-east of Liege. The French captured three field guns and three maxims GOLD FOR GRAIN A FAR-REACHING MOVE Ottawa, Wednesday BBy arrangement with the Bank of England, the Finance Minister will act as trustee to hold gold for the Bank of England, thus allowing Canadian and American bankers to pay through the Minister here the gold necessary for credits in ,Great Britain Thia far-reaching move means that Canada's crops and the United States exports will reach England just as if no financial crisis involved these countries. The Canadian press praises this action in the highest terms GOEBEN AND BRESLAU REPORTED PURCHASE BY TURKEY London, Wednesday It is reported that Turkey has purchased the Gsrman cruisers Goeben and Breslau. There is no foundation for the report according to official circles, but it is regarded as being probable