Official News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 90, 11 September 1914, Page 8

Official News

I men COMMISSIONER'S GABLE. \ The High Commissioner reports:— l.oiiilon. Sept. i) (9.10 p.m.).. 'Reliable.--War reports to-day are encouraging. On the Allies' left'wing, the Hermans are retreating across Morin. J'he Allies are still taking the offensive near Marne. and are advancing. It i s estimated that 3,01)0,1)1)0 men are engaged in the battle now in progress along the line from Meaux, 20 miles from I'nris. to Verdun, and southward to the Swiss border. j Patriotie offers from the Viceroy and Indian princes evoked great applause "hen read in the House of Commons tonight. In seme instances the Indians jure oll'ering the Empire everything they J 'J'he Austrian* are retiring before the j Russians and have evacuated Russian I Poland. London, Sept. fl (11.30 p.m.). Gliicial.— Paris reports a general advance to-day of the Allies' centre. No action was fouyht en the right wing, and there is no change in the Yosges and Al>ace. The Hermans were reinforced on the Allies' left wing, but the position is regarded as satisfactory. The enemy is still retreating, after desperate lighting. The Montenegrin General, Vaeotieh. dispersed 10,000 Austrians, and occupied I'ocin. The Press Bureau forbids any mention in the Press of the movements of the Colonial contingents. Municipal authorities in England have

h<'<>n requested to reduce powerful lights! niv • , London . Sept. 10 |2 ami OnK-.aL-.-The Oceanic, an *nn£i m'er. l '''" Z ma > "as wrecked near' th a -Wh Coast of Scotland. Tho officer* and crew were saved. """cm i'ifl.v to sixty thousand refugees from •lgm,„ and (France axe expected £ England durmg the next ten days. " ( L lie Oceanic is a White Star Ji,, M TIIJS MOXTH SUMJfAIUSED. SATISFACTORY PORTION' OF THF ALLIES. j BRITAIN STILL COMMANDS HE SEA. Wellington, LiMt \ih\t His Excellency the Governor lias received the following tii blegr,m from the .Secretary of State, dated London, W tend** 9 (7.10 p.m.):-- ' "After one month of y,-a.», the coin mand cf th, s ,a i, Wt uncbaKengcT , tile hands of Great Britain anl her A!"The main German and Austiiaii fleck remain in harbor under of ♦hei- ««, one anjd»rr onto, two tat«tf. '' !lUl * "He saWarino,' and cne Amtrmn. cruiser, have been sunk * Oe r : wan Jtednoi.ght and cruder fW, without fiK-nting, to the Dardanelles. . i ,. 1h ?.. 1 «"8 jf British ships has'bun iav.il supremacy, over 300.0C0 troops Hive crossed the sea in different partof( the world without losing a n:an A Lnt:sh expeditionary iorce has ■<;" earned to Franc. Expeditions ,„ . k !' s ™t. t0 «H«ct t.V, German IteV" nt ''' l a " a t;,i « n( i 'Jt'iiea troops, protected bv the AiHo-<.'i™-h fleet, have been soiled from Algiers to Prance.

Hie armies in Europe , T ;n be icinoiced without ceasing by troops horn Unada Australia, Xew Zealand, Africa, and Jnilin. "The Herman mercantile marine has disappeared from the sea.,, which are open freely to British commerce. Everywhere in the Pacific ami Atlantic Ccrman ships have avoided action with British cruisers, and their depredations have been small. '•The British Xavy will 1,- increased «itluu the next 12 months by no t leas than ten first-class tapitai ships, 13 cruisers, and 20 destroyers. Durin* the same penod Germany will net add'"more than one-third of this number to her licet, "Meantime, in answer to the call of the Government, large numbers of fr-sli recruits have voluntarily joined the British Army, Eagerness to enlist has grown markedly since the British troops have actually engaged th« ojieuiy. During the t!i->t week, in London alone, the number ot recruits averaged nearly 4TO daily and on Monday last the number exceeded JS;!0. Enthusiasm for recruiting is increasing everywhere. "The position'in France has been dealt with 111 previous messages. "The Russian armies have invaded Prussia. "The Austrians have been decisively* oaaten by Servians and Russians. 1 "Outside Europe, the Japanese fleet and troop-j have blockaded Tsing-tao-logoland has'surrendered to the in'loFernch force; and Samoa to a force Irom .New Zealand.-(Signed) Harcoiirt."

SPORTING,

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