Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1915, Page 5

Germany

THE FIGHTING AT SOISSONS. , GERMANS CLAIM BRILLIANT SUCCESS.' ■' ■ f- • „ [United Puess Association.} London, January 14. (Received noon.) A German wireless states: Our iroops north-east of Soissons attackid the heights at Vregny and cleared ihe elevated plain. Trench after Tench was stormed until after dark, ind despite the pouring rain and deep-k'-sodden clay. The Kaiser witnessed file brilliant capture of fourteen French , officers, 1300 men, four cannon, four machine'guns, and one searchlight. i WHY SWITZERLAND WAS SAVED INVASION OF BELGIUM DECIDED UPON BY NARROW MARGIN. SWISS ROUTE THE BEST. Tdiki and Sydney Sun Sebvioeb. (Received 8.0 a.m.) , London, January 14. A Genoa barrister who has returned from Germany states that the gen. jjral staff decided by a majority of only two votes to violate the neutrality of Belgium instead of Switzerland. Many military experts considered ( the Swiss route the best, as it was feared France was prepared for an invasion through Belgium, consequent on. the revelations of Bernhardi. It was only on account of the great difficulty of entirely changing the mob. ilisation plan at the last moment that Switzerland was saved.

THE OLD RASCAL! WHAT A PRETTY FACE CAN DO. Timm and Sydney Sun Services. . (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, January 14. The Kaiser visited the region of i -Longwy in September, and was pho- ■ tographed in the village of Buzeillcs, standing beside a pretty Frencli girl. Ho asked her what she would like, and the girl replied: “Bazeilles might be spared, your-Majesty.” The Kaiser deft a note ordering that the village should not be harmed. The troops obeyed the instructions. CITIES JN A STATE OF SIEGE. United Pkkm AssociationCopenhagen, January 14. Hamburg, Lubeck, and Cuxhaven are declared to lie in a state of siege. No reason is assigned, but it is supposed to bo a precautionary measure against the possibility of a British attack. PENDING ATTACK ON SERVIA. Rome, January 14. The newspaper Romano declares that the pending Austro-German attack on Servia is not a punitive expedition, hut aims at joining hands with Turkey across Servia and Bulgaria-. RAILWAYS RESERVED FOR THE TROOPS. Amsterdam, January 14. The German railways are practically reserved until the 18th For the transport of troops. Foreign military attaches with the Germans on the western front have gone to the eastern front.

GERMANS BEYOND CONTROL! Amsterdam, January 14. Newspapers report that a German officer said that if the German troops had to retire from their present position, Belgium would lie devastated, because the men had got beyond control. SOMEBODY TO BE RECKONED WITH. London, January 14. Maximilian Harden, the German journalist, writing in “Die Zukunft,” declares that “Tommy has amazed us all. We thought at first he was something funny from England. Now we all take him seriously.” He comments bitterly on Britain’s mastery of the seas and the swallowing up of Germany’s large colonial territories. Paris, January 14.

Official: Our counter-attacks slightly progressed between Cuffies and Crony; but wo were unable to debouch from Crony, Our troops fell back slightly near the village of Moncel. THE RUSH FOR BREAD. London, January 14. Copenhagen reports that the new bread regulations caused an extraordinary rush on the flour shops, and additional police had to he called out. Housewives waited for hours.