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Western Campaign

A TIMELY WARNING. NO MIRACLES NOWADAYS. Received 21/, 8.50 p.m. Amsterdam, November li). A Dutch newspaper states that the late King of Koiiinaiiiii wrote to King Albert in July, advising Belgium to devote herself to defence, as the miracle of 1870 would not Lie repeated. A GHASTLY GRAVEYARD.

GERMANS SOLDI KRS ONLY PARTLY BURIED. Received 20, 5.50 p.m. Loudon, November 19. Li huge German cemetery was made near Naimir. Thousands were hurriedly buried, many being only partially covered. There is now a ghastly spectacle, caused by protruding limbs,' and many Belgians, horrified, are quitting the district.

GERMAN FURY SPENT,

THEIR ARTILLERY OVERMATCHED. DEFECTIVE AMMUNITION IN USE. Received 20, 5.20 p.m. London, November 20. The Times' correspondent in West Flanders gathers the impression from the officers and men from the trenches that the fury of the German attack has spent itself. He says: "It is important to remember that when the enemy made their recent supreme effort, the British artillery was not so good, but heavy guns are now doing great execution. The German gun s are considerably the worse for wear, owing to the reckless and unsafe use, and the bad quality of the ammunition which is being 'feverishly manufactured. During the recent bombardment of Fumes only three out of twenty-five shells exploded. ANOTHER BATTLE ON THE YSER. YOUNG GERMANS SENT TO THEi REAR. BIG DEFENSIVE WORKS IN I BELGIUM. \ GERMAN LINES AT SOISSONS STRENGTHENED. Amsterdam. November 10. The Germans have taken great defensive measures from Bruges to Courtrai. I They are also strewing mines from the front towards Brussels.

It is reported that the Germans are making a new effort to cross the Yser. There is an extensive movement of the Landsturm from Ghent, while the young Germans are being sent to the rear. The Telegraf says the conflict along the Yser lias been renewed from Nieupnrt to Dixnmnde. The Belgians arcutilising small boats. London, November 10. The Daily Mail says there are indications that the Germans are strengthening _their lines towards Soissons. Times and Sydney Sun. Services. London November 19. A British officer saw thousands of German dead stripued, indicating a shortage of uniforms. Many wounded were driven insane. The Germans are roping the dead together and dispatching them to blast furnaces.

Tlif Figaro stati-s thnt General von Kluck visited Soissons last year and studied tlu> quarries. A German company brought them with the object of establishing mushroom beds, but impregnable trenches were constructed.

Paris, November lfl. A communique states that the enemy's artillery activity has increased on the northern front, particularly between the sea and the Lys. The Algerians repulsed the enemy near Tracy-le-Yal, and regained ground previously last. The Germans lost heavily.

We maintained our positions in the Argonnca.

FRESH GERMAN ARTILLERY. BRIDGES IX FLOODED AREAS. Received 20, 10.40 p.m. Amsterdam, November 20. Eighty large guns passed through Liege, en route to Northern France. .Seven thousand engineering troops also passed, en route to Dixmunde to construct bridges in the flooded area. The newspaper Vossiche Zeitimg states Ivrupp's capital has been increased by seventy million marks, the family taking up the whole of the new issue

TYPHOID. FIVE THOUSAND INVALIDED. ■' Received 21, 1-2.15 a.m. Paris, November 20. A serious outbreak of typhoid lias occurred among the Germans in the Lille district. Tim town has been evacuated and 5000 arc in hospital. The epidemic is spreading to the troops in Roubaix and Tourcoing. The factories in the latter towns were undamaged, the owners having paid an indemnity of two millions sterling, but the factories are used as hospitals.

NIGHT ASSAULT GERMAN FORCE KILLED TO \ MAN. FEARFUL ENFILADING FIRE. Received 21, 12.15 a.m. Paris, November 20. During the storm on Tuesday night Germans between Ypres and La'Bassee crept towards the English trenches in open order. The enemy's artillery fired wide of our trenches. They were allowed to approach unopposed, except from the shell-fire. When they readied the English trenches, which had been purposely evacuated, they were shot down to a man by a terrific enfilading fire. The four lines -were 1 completely shattered, while the English suffered not a single casualty.

STARVED INTO SUBMISSION

A FRENCH RUSE. Rccoiveu?2l, 12.15 a.m. Paris, November 20. A hundred and forty Germans in the Ypres district stealthily, and during the night-time, occupied deserted French trenches. The French, resolving tn starve them out, watched them for live days, and then sent a German prisoner to' demand their surrender. The enemy, now dving of hunger, willingly surrendered. GERMAN TRENCHES STORMED. A GALLANT FRENCH DOCTOR. Received 21. 1.15 a.m. London. November 20. The Press Bureau reports: "An eyewitness narrates that eastward of Ypres a third attempt to storm some German trenches succeeded. The subaltern com- ] "landing the attack was killed, but the attack was continued under the scr-1 geant-major, who received the Distinguished Conduct medal, but succumbed to his wounds. Spies and snipers, often wearing khaki caps similar to the British, sometimes get behind our lines and cut the telephone wires. This eye-witness concludes by describing the heroism of a French doctor. He attended 54 German wounded at the Ypres civil hospital for several days after the building had been struck by German shells, including an incendiary shell. Ho was finally killed at hia post.

I A QUIET DAY. Received 21, 12.15 a.m. Paris, November 20. An official statement issued on Thursday, at midnight, savs: '-This lias been a particularly quiet dav. Nothing to report." IRISH IN A ROW. MAKE SHORT WORK OF GERMANS. Received 21. 1.35 a.m. Paris, November 20. After repelling a; German attack on the trenche a at Ypres and La Tlassee, the English infantry attacked the supports, who retired. Later the Germans stumbled on an Irish regiment. A wholesale rough-and-tumble ensued, in which rifle-butts and fists played the chief part. After an hour's tussle the Irish were victorious. Over 30(1 Germans were battered to death, and 23 German Maxims and 150 Uhlans were captured. GERMAN BOMBS IN AMIENS. Received 21, 1.5 a.m. Paris, November 20. German airmen dropped bombs in Amiens, killing IS horses.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 21 November 1914, Page 5

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Western Campaign Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 21 November 1914, Page 5

Western Campaign Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 21 November 1914, Page 5

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