Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 25, 16 September 1914, Page 6

Australia

THE HERBERTSHOHE INCIDENT.

(ReceivtHl. 12.10 p.m.) Melbourne, September^ltf.

Admiral Pafcey, in a latei; ..regarding the.eaptwre .oh Herbertslnohe, reports tliat Seaman Mofi'att suceuiiibod to; wouinds./ .The enemy's loss ids ,uncertain, but- M Ts «timate<l twenty ,to tbirty Were killed. ■ The prisoneis fouiprise:; seventoep,,' German ..couimis* .sioned and .non-coiwrmssioued officers, iucluding . the . .commandant,' and fiO native"Tpfllieo. Admirall Patey .adds thatf considering- the dense -bush -and narrow road and that pits,' tretidte's* iirid mines were laid, and also that a superior force was opposing us, t oiir casualties are slight. Operations were-ably and determinedly carried but untlei' Commander Beresford. ■" Mr Cook has received 5 congratula-tory.-messages on the success of theoxpedition, ■ including the Secretary of -'State for the Colonies and the Governor of-. Now -Zealand. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. {Received 1L55 a.m.). • Melbourne,. September 16. i"- Millen, in a statement.roview-

j wxfr the operations of tho Australian • ;'/jw'. son, said they were acting in cooperation with;the China Squadron. The search for the enemy's cruisers ] had been prosecuted, and wireless stations-in.the Pacific put out o£ .action. Tlie operations, also included; the, covering; of tho New Zealand:expeditions and the. seizure of .Samoa.. In attending first .to .the '.requirements of her. sister Dominion,'. Australia showed a disinterestedness- that"certain rV would bo appreciated .in-New Zealand. After referring.to the eapturo of the Geimian-.possessions' in New Guineas .New and .'".'the liismarrV Archipcla»;o...M,r- MiJ!eji said the operations would still call . for some detached work before being complete. He added: "We have the routes now r ;:fo."