The War News.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 October 1914, Page 5

The War News.

SATURDAY

v, breach between Italy and her former allies is widening. me sinking of an Italian trawler by an Austrian mine has brought a protest from Rome to the Austrian Government against Tj- the laying of mines in the Adriatic. ..The attitude of Turkey is stated to be again critical. It is understood that Turkey intends to make demands upon ,^. -Britain with respect to the stations of certain British warships. The French hopes of an early success from the battle of the nA are rising, and their troops £]£Urn) ting with increased spirit. t^1 are described as more effective than a fortnight ago, . N . while the Germans are fatigued and ill-clad. The Germans found revenge for a reverse on their right wing by shelling the undefended town of Albert. The town is now a' burning ruin, and its 8000 inhabitants are homeless. MONDAY Fierce fighting is. taking place between Royne and Lassigny, where the Germans concentrated . in great strength. The enemy's attacks have been repulsed. *&««=<"-- The first contingent of Indian troops—native and white—has landed at Marseilles. The men, who received an enthusiastic welcome, immediately proceeded to the front. to re-inforce Sir John French. v: The Belgians continue to show activity, and it is believed the German bombardment of the Antwerp forts-is ■•merely intended to keep them in check. The Austrian authorities have become so alarmed by the Russian advance that they have ordered the fortification of the suburbs of Vienna and are making preparations for the possible removal of r the capital to Prague,in Bohemia. The Russians are entering Hungarian territory through the Carpathians, and are also advancing from Bukovina, near the Roumanian border. There has been severe fighting in. East Prussia, and the German. U centre is believed to have been broken. ~ A Russian army of a million men is said to be advancing upon ■ the fortress of Cracow, in 'Western Galicia. The cruisers Scharnhorst and p_ Gneisenau, ..which have been evading, capture in the Pacific since the outbreak of war, bombarded Papeete, Tahiti, on September 22, and sank a disarmed French gunboat. Operation against the Germans ■&■&*. at Tsing-Tau are, being carried - .on by sea and land. . / ' : 'Austria has given a conciliatory reply to Italy's protest against the placing of floating mines in the Adriatic. - TUESDAY . The news from France is.decidedly favourable to the allies. A battle is in progress on the allied left wing. . No general result has been reached, but the German forces fighting at Roye "suffered a 'severe reverse,. One cable states that the Bavarians *" were demoralised, if not decimated,, in this fight, and another records that a Rarty of French dragoons lured a sectiqn of the enemy into a wood, where they suffered great loss and eventually fled, leaving 800 prisoners. A report from Paris states that the German demoralisation is now becoming ostensible and confessed. On their retreat _ along the Bheims they abandon■^ij^pany motor-lorries, apparently ©wing to shortage of petrol. The Paris newspaper Gaulois aeouses the German Crown Prince of having ordered the destruction of Clermonte en Argonne before evacuating it. Ev Ten old men's almshouses maint tamed by'the Little Sisters of the Poor were burned, though the • Mother Superior, on her knees pegged tfyat they be spared. The Germans in Belgium are pressing the, attack on Antwerp at enormous sacrifice. ' The ■Rpfsian reserves have called out. Over 8,000,000 Russians are now mobilised. Further details are to hand of the German reverses at Suwalki and Os-owieto. The Germans claim a success at the former place;, but.Ktjsssiaii reports state iiiat they were rep,ulse ; cl with jje.ayy Joss. C'jr.sc.enee is trie v-'.oe of the >Qd), i.s tre p&ss:or-s p. o the voice of tiM- -.o^.", No wonder ibey ofitn conuctdict each other.— ~Roasse'4C..

A WEEK'S SUMMARY.

WEDNESDAY The battle proceeding in Northern France is still undecided. The allies have been forced to yield ground at certain points. At other points they have succeeded in taking the enemy's trenches, and it is reported that they have advanced northward to the Arras district, where fighting is now ?.i progress. The news from Petrograd records a rout of the German forces at Augustowo, in Russian Poland, a further advance of the Russians into Hungary, and an official announcement that two Russian armies are advancing from oast I and south towards Allenstmn, in East Prussia. At Augustowo the | German defeat is said to have been complete. On account of the raids made by Germans on British territory in Africa, the garrisons in British East Africa and Uganda have been strengthened by strong bodies of Indian troops and local volunteers. . The outer defences of TsingTau, the capital of Kiau-Chau, have been occupied ■by the Japanese, and the British troops-co-operating with them. Anothr British steamer has been sunk in the North Sea by a I German mine. THURSDAY It is nearly two months since the Germans entered France near Lille, at a point which was held by French territorials. They are now, under the constant.pressure of the allies, again massing near Lille. The Russians are following up their victory over the Germans in the Suwalki Province of Russian Poland by a vigorous pursuit of the retreating enemy. . A: party of British South Africans in Namaqualand, after a. heroic fight against 2000 Germans, following a night attack on an ' advance guard, had tohoist the white flag and surfender. . The Japanese have extended their ' beyond KiaaiChau, and have sized Jaluit, the' chief island and the seat" of Government in the German Marshall Islands, in the. Western-' Pacific. <- A i-~ FRIDAY The battle on the allies' left wing is still in progress. Both fronts are being extended northward., Masses of cavalry are now in action as far north as Arihentiereg-, a French town close to the Franco-Belgium frontier. The military governor of Antwerp states that the bombardment of the. city is considered imminent. Reports from various parts of the world record the sinking of ten German and Austrian warships.., A German destroyer has been sunk by a British submarine in the North Sea, a German cruiser and. two German gunboats have been sunk by Japanese at Kiau-Qhau, and four Austrian torpedoers and two desti-oyers have been sunk by their own mines. An Italian newspaper reports that there is popular indigation in Austria at Germany leaving her ally unsupported in the fight with' Russia, The same authority states -that notwithstanding the. oppqsi.t,iqn,;of the Austrian Emperor-, the Qerman staff has taken complete control oi the Austrian army/ A report from San Francisco states that considerable damage was done to Papeete at the bom' bardment by German cruisevs. Two person? were killed, twp vessels sunk, and many residences destroyed, -