THE WAR. Official News.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 102, 23 September 1914, Page 8

THE WAR.

Official News.

111G11 COMMISSIONER'S REPORT

Wellington, (September 22.

Following is Wie High Commissioner's report, uniler date London, September 21 (12.35 a.m.): — Reliable. The Servians defeated -20,000 Austrians near Novibazax. The jiontenegvnw are advancing towards Sarajevo and liavo occupied Prohetka, whence the Austrians retired.

A German army surgeon states that arrows havo ibeen used ell'ectivcly by Allied airmen. Two airmen Hew over a Cennan regiment at the frontier at a 'height of 5000 feet and dropped arrows on the soldiers in camp, it is estimated that the two airmen shot lifty arrows, killing anil injuring itihirteen soldiers. The arrows are made of steel.

Stockholm reports that a number of Russian warships have arrived at llelsingfors in a damaged conation. Terrific cannonading was heard in the neighbourhood of the Aland: Islands a day or two previously. It is believed that Russian cruisers were engaged with the German fleet near Bornholm.

The High Commissioner reports under date London, September 20 (10.35 p.m.) Official. —Since the outbreak of (lie war the Pegasus has been working 4 on Zanzibar and lias rendered useful service, including the destruction of Dar-cii-Salaa-ni, the sinking of the German guitboat, LMowe and the floating dock. The Pegasus -was attacked d>v the Kon : gsJber» while at anchor in the Zanzibar hartior cleaning her boilers and repairing machinery and was completely disabled. It' is reported that 25 were killed and 80 wounded out of a crew of 234. TJio damage dona to the Konigsberg, is not known. She was 'ast seen steaming southward.

On September 10, the German cruiser Einden, after being completely lost for six weeks, appeared suddenly from the Bav of Bengal. During the period Sep-

tember 10 to 14 she captured six British ships, of which fivo were sunk and the sixth sent into Calcutta with her crew. The Enxden' is now reported at Rangoon. The British auxiliary cruiser Carmania fought a German armored merchant cruUer mounting fight 4-inch guns. The action lasted one hour and forty-fivo minutes, when Lha German ship capsized and sunk. The warship Cumberland reports from t.lie Cameroon Rirer that a German gunboat, on the r.ight of iPoptomber 14', attempted to sink the gunboat Dwarf with an infernal machine. The attempt failed and the steamboat with <mo prisoner was captured. On the Oth the Dwarf was purposely rammed by the German ship Xachtigail and tdigiitly damaged. The Nac.htigall was wrecked. A further report from the Cumberland states that two fierman launches Jiavo Ibeen destroyed. , London, Sept. 21 (6.15 p.m.). Reliable.—The Germans again bombarded Rheims.

A Berlin message states that the ITote Rheims was within the area of battle, and the Germans were compelled to fire on it. They regret that the city was damaged. Official—Madras offers a fully-equipped hospital ship of 300 beds for the use of the Indian Expeditionary Force.