INCIDENTS OF THE WAR

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 8, 29 January 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR

A STORY PROM THE INDIES.

said LW? 0t thc West kdiei aro in the wJSf a " , IJ,telJl interest tL £iJ ~ Cr thelr o,m fashion. ?hem W. V urrenfc among in ._\\ hea war was declared between England and Germany the Kaiser sent a Uag of npe to King George with the accomplinyunc mluesaZh •-—«*■ 2 giains of rice a s there are in this ba* do I possess soldiers." King George accepted the gift, according to our ]a'gm historians and in returnssetn t the Kaiser a bottle of red peppers, adding:— As few peppers as there are in this )?t tie. so do I possess soldi-is. But. into one of them and see how it burns!" I heir account of the commencement of Jiostilitics has a quaint touch, though it is hardly likely to be accepted by future historians.

A PROUD PRISONER, A subaltern in a British cavalrv regiment pays a tribute to a captured German officer. "We took a German officer and some men prisoners in a wood " ho writes. "One felt hatred for them after our dead. Som-a of our men cursed them, and as the officer came by mo f scowled at him. Ho looked me in the face, and saluted fl s he passed. I hare never soon a man look .so proud and resolute, and smart and confident, 'n his hour of bitterness. It did mako one feel terribly ashamed of oneself'.''

GERMANS OUTWITTED. The military medal which is th 0 highest distinction awarded to French soldiers lias been bestowed on Sergeant) Giacomini, of the 30th Infantry Regiment. Ho was captured bv the Germans, and he was told that h c would be ;shot unless he consented to guide German troops tip to the position held by his comrades. He pretended t 0 bo willing to do so. At dusk two German battalions marched out towards the French lines, hjeaded by Giacomini, who was guarded by two Prussian noncommissioned officer. When they arrived about KK) yards from the French trenches some of the Germans who could speak English shouted as they advanced, ''Friends! English! English!" The French troops held their fire, but when the Germans were within oO yards of them the stentorian voice of Giacomini was heard. "They aro Bodies (Germans). Fire! Fire! - ' A succession of volleys followed, and the Germans were driven back. Giacomini had thrown himself flat on the ground when he gave the warning to his comrades, and owing to the darkness ho escaped from his captors, and rejoined his qwii men.

SAVED BY A GERMAN WATCH. Private J. Bail>y. of the Ist Lincolnshire Regiment, owes his life to a watch' he was wearing during an attack out-side Lille. While running to take cove':' ho received three bullets in his loft arm. He was wearing the watch on his right breast. One bullet tore through h's riiiht sleeve, struck the watch, and glnnced off into his other arm. And th<> gun motfll case of the w&tch bore th 0 stamp. "Made in Germany."

WENT BACK FOR THE CAT. Cantain Xeilson. of the hospital ship Rohilla. which was mined off Whitby, has been awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Crueltv to Animals. Captain Neilson, aftor leaving the ship in the last lifeboat, returned to the wreck and rescued from the bridge, on which the waves were dashing, a flmall black kitten.