Western Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 153, 4 December 1914, Page 5

Western Campaign

GERMAN REHREMENT IN BELGIUM. REMOVING WOUNDED AND STORES. deceived 4, 1,40 a.m. Paris, December 3. It is understood, that tho Germans on Sunday evacuated som./iu pillages behind the Dixmunde-Poelcapclle-Beec-laewe line. Large stores of ammunition, and also the wounded, were removed from Tliielt, Oenyme, and Roulers eastwards. The desultory and aimless German bombardment of the Allies' lines continues, but it is feebler, with no indication of a renewal of the infantry attack which it was thought the bombardment foreshadowed. The German efforts to prevent a leakage of news from Belgium to Holland are more stringent. Frontier patrols have been increased. There are fresh reports that the movement of troops to the eastward is in full swing. THE FIGHTING IN FLANDERS. GERMAN ACTIVITY UNEXPLAINED. , DAUGHTER!® BY THEIR FRIENDS. FRENCH REPORT SLIGHT ADVANCE. ZEEBRUGjGE HARBOR CLOSED BY: OUR GUNS. London, December 2. Though official reports do not confirm the Amsterdam statements that the Germans are making a new onslaught ia Flanders, there are many indications of increased activity, and the situation remains obscure, Amsterdam, December 2. A big .battle is expected in the Yser region, where many heavy French guns have arrived. Paris, December 2. Seventy-five- Prussians harassed by French artillery took refuge i|i a winecellar in Flanders and spent the night carousing. They did not hear the coming inundation which was due to the opening of the sluices. A French patrol found seventy-five bodies floating amid empty bottles. London, December 2. The Manchester Guardian says the Belgian Relief Commission denies the misstatements, respecting the attitude of the Germans, who afforded every assistance and prompt delivery of the relief supplies for Belgium. The American Minister in Brunei* ■tatei that without assistance there must be famine. , Three hundred thousand body belts and the same number of pairs of socks for wKich the Queen appealed to the women of the Empire have now reached France for the troops. Amsterdam, December 2. The Telcgraaf states that when the locks were opened at Nieuport three thousand Germans were cut off and desired to surrender. An aeroplane reported the matter and the German artillery opened cn its own men. Only 230 survived. Paris, December 2. A communique says: "We repulsed an attack at St: Eloi, south of Ypres, our artillery considerably damaging three heavy batteries. We captured a number of trenches! at Vermelles. Our artillery destroyed a battery at Windresse, in the Craonne region. We repulsed an attack at Fontaine Madame, in the Argonnes, where we progressed." London, December 2. The Evening News' Rotterdam correspondent states that warships' bombardment of 03tend and Zcebrugge on Monday again stopped the, Germans fitting out submarines. Amsterdam, December 2. The Handelsblad's Sluis correspondent states that tho harbor works at Zeebrugge are severely damaged and the sluices unworkable. The harbor is completely closed and ships and submarines are thus unable to leave. The good British markmanship had a great effect on the Germans. London, December 2. There is an outbreak of typhoid among Belgian soldiers. The British Red Cross organisation has voted £IO,OOO for special accommodation aad treatment, THE ENTENTE CORDIALE. FRENCH PRESIDENT AND KING GEORGE. Paris, December 2. President Poineare, M, Viviani (the Premier), and General Joffre visited the British headquarters yesterday. King George and President Poineare motored to the front and passed the day in the British lines. London, December 2. The King spent another day among the wounded Sepoys. They were delighted at his Majesty's knowledge of the details of their fights. VON MOLTKE OUT AGAIN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 3, 5.10 p.m. London, December 2. Amsterdam reports that Von Moltke has recovered, and is returning to the front, BRITISH TROOPS MORE SECURE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. ' Received 3, 5.15 p.m. London, December 2. The Times' military correspondent says the British army now occupies a more contracted and more secure posi- , tion than that which they defended with ; auch conspicuous heroism in the severest battles.

WITTY WORCESTER^. WOODEN HUTS TO LET. Times tad Sydney Sun Services. Received 3, 5.10 p.m. London, December 2. When the Worcesters left the trenches for their advance, one stuck a notice on Ilia wooden hut: ''This undesirable residence to let. Owner going to Postdam, <J ravel soil. Lovely view." OUR MEN IN HOLLAND. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 3, a,lO p.m. London, December 2, Commodore Henderson, commanding the naval men interned in Holland, writes: —"It was'crushing bad luck being run out so early in our innings, but we refuse to be downhearted. At the back of our minds we all cherish the firm conviction that some turn will come which' will release us before the war ends. We must have revenge for Antwerp." He mentions that the interned men are busy knitting warm garments, and in other occupations. ■FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. LITTLE TO REPORT. Received 4, 1.20 a.m. Paris, December 3. Official: In Belgium there has been a violent bombardment of Lampcrnisse, westward of Dixmude. In Argonne the enemy has blown up a salient north-west of the wood of Lagrurie. On the whole we are strengthening and developing our progress' on that part of the front. In Alsace our troops have taken Aspachlebas, south-west of Thann. On the rest of the front there is nothing to report.