Western Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 5 November 1914, Page 5

Western Campaign

GERMANS SACRIFICE INFANTRY,

■MUSIC BY GERMAN BANDS. BRITISH BAYONET LESSONS. Received 4, (i.lo p.m. London, November 3. A correspondent says the Germans were allowed to advance towards Nieuporfc, away from their artillery, when tiie Allies charged and slaughtered them wholesale.

To enable their guns to creep up a few hundred yards, the Germans don't seem to mind their infantry being slaughtered. They progress, perhaps, six miles in ten days, at a cost of 20,000 killed and more wounded. c

- A correspondent, describing the night attacks by the Gorman artillerymen, says they love darkness, and.are determined to give the British as little opportunity to sleep as possible. The British, in turn, made a point of giving instructions to the Germans in the correct use of the bayonet. The German military bands specialise in playing martial music, and this is the usual accompaniment to these strange night battles, there being heard, weirdly, during lulls in the tiring, lively march tunes.

INUNDATIONS AT NIEUPORT. CAUSE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS. ATTACK ON YPRKS PROGRESSING. A RUMOUR REVIVED. Received 5, 12.15 a.m. Berlin, November 4.

Official: It is stated that the inunda-' tions south of Nicuport preclude all operations, the, whole district having been destroyed by water, which in some places is as high as a man. The Gormans have evacuated the district without the loss of men, horse's, or guns. ,

The German attack on Ypres is progressing. They took 2300 prisoners, and captured several machine-guns. There were great losses on both sides at Rove, where several hundred Germans were missing, and two guns were lost.

The Basle Telegraph repeats the story of a mysterious wounded individual, who arrived at Strasburg. The Military Governor received him with extreme deference. The Palace is closely guaded, and none but the doctors and servants areallowed admission. It is believed that the patient is the Crown Prince.

LUCKY ESCAPE OF KAISER FROM BRITISH AVIATOR'S BOMB. Received ">, IS.LVis.m. London, November 'l. A British aviafir'a bor.:!> at Thljlt lell on thesnot where the Kaiser, fifteen minutes earlier, had given audience to the Headquarters Stall'.

GERMAN RETREAT. ALLIES ADVANCE. Received 4, 9.30 p.m. Paris, November 3 (Evening). Official: Tile enemy has apparently abandoned tho left bank of the Yscr below Dixrounde.

The AUics. have re-occupied the river passages, and advanced south of Dixmnnde, and in the direction of Ghcluvclt. We have slightly progressed east of ForctdelaigV. and north-west of Pontobut retired east of Yai'ly.

ARTILLERY DUEL. WAESIIiPS TAKE PART. ARISE OF WHITE FLAG. TIUINKULS OF WOUNDED. Amsterdam, November 3. The Tliindekblud reports n very severe duel between Oste.nd and Nicupyrt. 3fr:ny warship* participated. London, November ". In view of tho fact that, t'.u> Queen of the Belgians is a i!a\?.ran princess, the oll'icers of Bavarian regimcnK. arriving in Uelgimn informed the troops that they were iu ihe Ardennes. When the Bavarians learned the deception, ihey attacked a iiotel and killed everv oil'i-

A Dutchman Buy-, that I!>(K> German wounded are. pawing through Cologne and .Frankfurt every two days.

A German lieutenant. wV.o is a prisoner, generously praises the. Belgians. He admits tlie amazing German losses after crossing the Vscr. 'l'lju Germans ficiimlcrctl in the iluud eountry while the Belgians poured in a deadly infantry lire. One of the mo.tt horrible sights thai ln> had ever seen was men sliot and | drowned at the same time.

A oojTcspondent statey that the Or- ' mans are still making treacherous use of the white The hoisting of this : signal is the most invariable reply to j a British bayonet charge and when the j British have taken the signal in good faith, they have been coolly fired on. 'As a result the flag in German hands has lost its significance. i Prisoners taken are loaded with watches, jewellery, and iFreneh money acquired by looting in Belgium and France. 'ln order to minimise losses by the bayonet) charges, the Germans have o'dopted the practice of vacating the front trenches during the night and rebeenpying them at dawn. ( Paris, November 3. Official.—-German atacks between thp

We have progressed southward of Dixmimdcl and southward of Ghcluvelt. We held all our other positions. Ti« violent German offensive between Braween, Nannoy, and Vailly completely failed.

| The congestion in the hospitals at the toase has caused many to succumb for lack of attention. Paris, November 3. Fifty German Poles surrendered at Cadonviller after killing their Prussian officers-. They gave information enabling the French to capture the forest of Par■roy. ;Four hundred hungry Germans offered to surrender near the Yser Caaal. When they left the trenches their comrades fired on them, and only 230 reached tie French lines.

Havre, November 3. A Belgian official report states that a German order dated the 29th, shows that the capture of Ypres is regarded as of capital importance. 'An impending visit of the Kaiser to South Flanders has been announced, indicating that the enemy's principal effort is directed between Ypvcs and Lys.

The Allies on Sunday and Monday shattered all the enemy's atacks in that region.

KAISER PRESENT AT IMPORTANT BATTLE. LONDON SCOTTISH TURN THE SCALE . GERMANS TURN TAIL. ■Paris, November 3, The Kaiser witnessed the fight to capture Ypres. At one stage the Germans believed they had achieved their purpose, and the British tapped a wireless message to the eifeet, "More men now, and we have them."

I The Duke of Wurto.inburg-'s three 'army corps rushed from Bruges and rejinforced eight corps operating from [Ghent. The British met the Wurtem- ! burger's in the direction of Dixmunde. I The Germans were then four to one. | The battle raged all day, but the London Scottish turned the scale. They went in to the inferno of shot and shell, advancing by short, rushes, right up to the enemy's trenches. The Germans came at them with fixed bayonets, and the London Scottish fixed bayonets and charged. The impact was terrific. Overborn by numbers, the London Scottish recoiled, but re-formed and charged repeatedly. Then the Germans ran. The British losses were severe. (The London Scottish is a well-known Territorial regiment.)

GERMAN SACRIFICE OF LIFE. : THE INEVITABLE RESULT. BOMBS ON GERMAN STAFF. London, November 3. German generals continue to sacrifice thousands, apparently on the off•banco of victory. Great attempts are being made to break the Allies ' lines in every position. Signs are not wanting that the tremendous offensive has spe»t its force.

Englishmen arriving from Germany report that nothing is known concerning the smashing defeat of the German plan for a march on Calais. Nothing ia known concerning the enormous losses on the coast, and everyone is convinced that this portion of the plan for the conquest of Europe is being carried out. French aviators dropped homos on the headquarters of the Prince of Wurtemburg's army at Thielt on Sunday. They threw a large part of those in motor cars inlo a panic, and scattered the escorting 1 troops. Another report says that three of the staff,were killed.

a belated bomb, intended for french president AND BELGIAN KtXO. HALF AN IlOfeJll TOO LATE. Received 5, 12.40 a.m. Calais, November 4. A spy informed the Germans that M. Poincare and King (Albert were inspecting the Franvo-Belgian cavalry in the i-quiiic of the Hotel tie Vilie at Fumes on Monday, but the taube was misinformed >is to tile time, and dropped a bomb JUOO feet half an hour before the King and M. Poincare arrived. Little damage was done.

Odessa, which has had a visit- from ; I Turkish destroyers, is little more than a 5 I ten'.airy old lint it grew rapidly in im-| | 'portanee as the port of a vatt area, and? nowadays it lias a population of half ai million. It lies in bay oi : til.' iike-i:! Sea, between the estuaries oi Hi" :■ s tor and iho Dnieper, and gathers the | trad,; of both river basins. Theodora, I which was visited by the Bj'csiau, is an { ancient port. Both i!, and Odessa were ' colonised by tho Greeks, and .both werV ' abandoned during tho third and fourth centuries, but whereas Odessa, was left virtually uninhabited, Theodosia soon •began to grow in importance. The town | "is on a shallow bay on the eos'lim coast | of tho Crimean iwnmsula and since j Sevastopol was couvcrlcd into a naval base it has drawn a good share of tho ! Crimean tirade. A deep channel and j harbour have been dredged!, and the port ! is now quite a modern one in its faeilijh's for trade.

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