Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 38, 1 October 1914, Page 5

Germany

AT GERMANY'S EXPENSE. THE FRENCH REPLENISH THEIR SUPPLIES'. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) Loudon, September 30. The Germans are using subterranean galleries and quarries for storing great quantities of provisions and ammunition. tints relieving the problem of supply. The French have already taken several of these 'quarries. A WINTER CAMPAIGN. GERMANS RETIRE TO MANUFACTURE SHEEPSKIN COATS. (Received 8 a.m.) London, September 30. Rotterdam reports that the Germans are preparing for a winter campaign. Men have been withdrawn from the lighting and are returning to the factories to prepare sheepskin coats.

WINTER CLOTHING BEING DELIVERED. —.. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Rotterdam, September 30. The Germans are vigorously preparing for a winter campaign. One hundred thousand officers’ fur coats have already been* delivered. The Government bought two million sheep and lamb skins for the men’s garments. GERMAN CASUALTY LISTS. 117,000 UP TO THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Copenhagen, September 30. The thirty-fifth German casualty list shows:— Officers—6o killed,- 190 wounded, and 7 missing; men—99l killed, 5456 wounded, and 1485 missing. The lists to date include 578 pages, each of three columns, comprising about 200,000 names altogether, 117,000 being to the beginning of September.

The lists include the losses at Marne and the Aisne, and on the Russian frontier. The latest list reveals that a loss of 200 men per regiment is common. j ■ \ The Sixteenth Regiment of infantry lost 34 officers and non-coms and 582 men killed, and 296 officers and men wounded and missing. THE GERMAN ARMY. INCREASING THE MOBILITY OF THE FORCES. GUARDING THE RAILWAYS. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, September 30. The Times’ correspondent says the Carmans have a vast array of automobiles and motor cycles with the army, and a large number of boy scouts from the ago of 15 to 17 are mounted on bicycles. They have 6000 marines with floating mines and tor- 4 pedoes for the destruction of the Antwerp docks. The Germans have enlisted citizens as railway police. These will patrol the lines under guard and are hostages for the safety of the railway. So far the main linos are undamaged. Owing to the prodigal expenditure, interruption for even a day or two will spell disaster.