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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 5

| GUKKHAS AI-'WOBK.

STEALTHY APPROACH SURPRISES GERMANS. ENEMY FOUGHT TO A STANDSTILL GERMAN PEACE OVERTURES ■ TO FRANCE. BELGIUM WANTS MORE MEN. Paris, October 30. The Germans pall the Gurkhas "the black devils of the English." During the fighting on the Y'ser gome trenches on the .British ilank were empty and the Germans occupied them. The Gurkhas in reserve saw the opportunity, and their excitement amounted to ecstasy. Many threw away their rifles ] and charged and cleared the trenches | with their knives. I On another occasion airscouts located ia, German ammunition store seven I miles from the shore and three and »-half . miles from the German entrenchments. I A Gurkha detachment obtained two gunboats and steamed into the mouth of the Yser River. By a silent march they reached within a mile of the ammunition oonvoy, where sat two German sentries. The Gurkhas took shelter in the wood and six comrades wriggled on their hands and knees with knives between their teeth and surprised and killed the sentries noiselessly. The detachment then approached the camp, which was only awakened by a great explosion followed i)y countless others, as the shells and shrapnel exploded. The Gurkhas r«gained the gunboats safely. Two German aeroplanes dropped bombe ia Bethune. One. fell in a group of women in the market-place, killing nineteen and wounding forty. Another dropped bombs in Dunkirk, killing a ■woman and child. The bomb wa« loaded with lead bullets and steel nails. Mr. Donohoe, writing from Calais, says tke army which attempted to force its j way to Calais retired in shattered disJ order. The battle reached itß culminating point on Wednesday, when the ' enemy was flung back six mile# ia tin j direction of Ostend. ■ Other correspondents at Amsterdam state that the Germans were practically fought to a standstill. They aro ontrenching towards Tiiielt, as a precaution in the event of retreat. The Daily News' correspondent on the Belgian frontier says that the warships' bombardment ceased on Wednesday night, and the troops took up the offensive at dawn with magnificent charges •nd dashing cavalry action. The enemy tied at the first shock, but rallied, and their cavalry made a desperate effort to retake the position (in the dunes, hut the broken line was unable to re-form, and the enemy hurried hack. Paris, October 30. The authorities are dealing vigorously ■with Germans and Austrians. In the city alone 20,000 tradesmen and 100,000 belligerent aliens have been detained. London, October 30. The American commission which visited the devastated districts of Charleroi, Liege, Brussels, Mons, Namur and DinHant that the condition of three million Belgians is desperate. , Their daily rations for the last three weeks have been only three ounces of flour' and ten grammes of salt. Only sufficient flour remains for four days! The condition of Liege is pitiable. It is feared that in desperation the famished people may attack the Germans. Fourteen hundreds tons of foodstuff's leave London on Saturday. The Chronicle's Paris correspondent states that Germany offered, through influential French commercial and financial intermediaries, to mako peace j with France-alone, France receiving iletz i and portions of Alsace and Lorraine | Germany retaining Antwerp and north- I crn Belgium. The offer was instantly •' rejected with scorn. ' j

The Moniteur Beige, now published at Havre, makes iui appeal to youn" Belgians to return and enlist until the eoimtry is liberated. Thousands of Belgian youths in England display no desire to return. Amsterdam, October 30. J lie German official statement is that westward of Lille the Germans progressed and captured several fortified positions and four guns and expelled the enemy from several trenches. Tn the Argonnes some machine guns were taken. A severe attack south-west of Verdun was repulsed and a counter-attack enabled the Germans' to break through to the enemy's main position, which was occupied. German attacks in the north-eastern theatre of the war are progressing There have been 13,500 Russians, 30 i cannon and 39 machine guns captured! during the last three weeks on the south-eastern front. The position is unchanged. GERMAN FORCE SURPRISED. j ■WHITE FLAG TRKACTIKRY HOTLY AYENGFI;. I Received I, 2.1.0 p.m. j „,, ,„ ,>nr ' 3 > October 31. j Hie Wurtcmhurg Regiment attempted l to pass through a narrow defile in the i forest of Toiirdesmoines and Midnr- ', gonnes. hoping to join the Crown Prince'* army at Varennes. The French, who. had been forewarned, erected a barrier' of rocks, whence a mitrailleuse poured ; a hot fire. The Germans hoisted the i white Hag, but fired when the French 1 advanced, killing ten, whereupon the j mitrailleuse re-opened on the Germans j causing horrible confusion. In attempting to escape over a thousand were killed.

KING OF THE BELGIANS REPORTS SUCCESSES. WHOLE GERMAN" COMPANIES DECIMATED. Received 1. -2.4o_p.rn. „„ Havre", October 31. 1 he King of the Belgians reports that throe (.ermau attacks were driven back at Dmnunde on the 29th, with heavy loss. Whole. German companies were decimated. He adds: '-German prisoners admit that the Belgian machine-guns inflicted cruel losses." , ~

HAD DIARiIiIoEA WHEN TEETHING "Winn teething, my little girl suffered a great deal from diarrhoea," savu Mrs. Alice A. Powell. Creasy, Tas. "Wle n first attacked. I took her to the doctor, Vut his treatment did not do her magood whatever. As sixteen children hud died of diarrhoea in the previous two weeks i was greatly alarmed. I race her a few doses of 'Chamberlain's CVic and Diarrhoea remedy and the result was simply marvellous.. In a few hours I noticed a decided improvement, m,J the child was quickly well again" ■!!! ehi'inists and stores. The clerk will find that Camp CoiiVe in the morning will invigorate and equip him for the day, and "Camp" in the. evening will uicldy vn"«h all fatigue