WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1299, 19 September 1914, Page 3

WAR NEWS.

The special correspondent of the “ Daily News and Leader” at the front states that a new army 0 f secret composition has arrived to operate against the German right, which is said to be retreating. The front of the Aisne battle covers one hundred miles.

Great Britain’s first new army is near completion. It consists of 500,000 men. The Germans are sending hack their first line troops from East Prussia to France. The Austrian armies are established upon the second line of defence.

The “Daily Telegraph's” Paris correspondent states that Italian reservists in France allege that they have been called to join the colours on September 28th. Reports published in London from Italian sources show that German public opinion is deeply impressed with the news of defeat. Disorders are feared in Berlin, where threatening crowds await outside the newspaper offices for tidings from the front. A special train, of great length, packed with the corpses of German soldiers, entered Berlin and caused horror among the spectators. General Joffre, the French Commander -in - Chief, and Field - Marshal Sir ■ John French, the British Com-mauder-in-Chief, have both acted on humanitarian principles, systematically saving their men, and never giving battle unless there is a tolerable certainty of victory without the ruthless and extravagant sacrifice of life which seems to mark the German methods. The result of such a policy has been eminently satisfactory. General Joffre has ample reserves to fall back upon, and he has the fullest confidence of his men and of his nation. News received in Auckland states that the Harrison liner Diplomat, 7600 tons, with a cargo valued at has been sunk by the German cruiser Emdeu in the Bay of Bengal. There is no further war news through up to the time of going to press.