SCENES OF CARNAGE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 167, 20 August 1914, Page 5

SCENES OF CARNAGE

FIERCE BATTLE IN BELGIUM COMBINED FORCES ROUT THE GERMANS FRENCH COMPANY CUT UP RUSSIA HURLS BACK GERMANS & AUSTRIANS NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS IN THE NORTH SEA The cables to-day contain further details of the landing of Britain's expeditionary force in France, also some desultory fighting in the North Sea. „ A fierce battle is raging in Belgium, between the Belgians and the Germans, and an account is given of the surprise and annihilation of a French company during the battle of Dinant. The Germans, who claim that their main advance has just begun, aTe said to be nearing Antwerp, while Russia reports the occupation of five positions in the enemy's territory. The Germans and Austrians have been repulsed with heavy loss. The French are said to have gained further successes in Alsace and also claim to have sunk an Austrian warship off the Montenegrin coast. It is also reported that a German Dreadnought has been seen in a totally crippled condition near the Norwegian coast. Greece has sent a warning to Turkey threatening military action, and it is reported from Washington that Japan's assurance of the limitation of her operations in the Far East has caused an easier feeling throughout the United States.

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FIERCE BATTLE RAGING. BELGIANS AND GERMANS. REFUGEES FLY TO BEUSSELS. (Received August 20, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. Eeuter 's Brussels correspondent states thai a fierce battle is proceeding between the Germans and the Belgians * akmg an extended front. Many refugees... have arrived from; TirlenrfJht, Diestj and* Aerschot. BRILLIANT SWEEPING MOVEMENT FBENCH AND BELGIANS JOIN, •'GERMAN^FLEE AT RAMILLIES. (Received August 20, 8 a.m.) BRUSSELS, August 19. On Tuesday.'"',' the' French cavalry, by means of a brilliant forced maTch, re-; calling Stuart's great raid in the American Civil WarJ joined Jthe Belgians, and, executing a great sweeping movement, encountered considerable German forces in the vicinity of Bamillies, who fled after a feeble resistance. One large body of Uhlans with machine guns fiercely attacked a Belgian infantry regiment, but the French dragoons opportunely debouched from a •wood, taking the Germans in the The survivers fled, helter-skelter, and took refuge in a village near Ramillies, which they burned before retreating again. The cavalry passed a series of burned Tillages, whiclt the Germans had fired. Patrols of the Allies, particularly the Belgians, were maddened by these outrages, vow to exact a full measure of retribution. The Belgians- have nicknamed the Prussians, the "Red Indians of Europe," owing to their burning propensities. FRENCH COMPANY CUT UP. GERMANS EFFECT A SURPRISE. PASSAGE ACROSS MEUSE FOILED. (Received August 20, 8.20 a.m.) BRUSSELS, August 19. Later reports of the battle of Dinant show that it was more important than has hitherto been realised. The loss on both sides was heavy. It is now clear that the French succeeded in foiling the German attempt to pass a large force of troops across the Meuse. The Germans effected a surprise, one French regiment suffering severely, and out of one company only three men returned. The French did wonderful marching, one body of troops covering 126 miles in two days. Ten cyclist chasseurs formed an ambuscade on the road and killed eighty Germans. It is reported that a thousand Germans were taken prisoners at Dinant. Germans on Monday made another attempt to cross the Meuse over a bridge near Dinant. The French artillery repelled the attempt with considerable loss. A number of German prisoners are to be shipped to England forthwith. WALL OF DEAD AND DYING. GERMANS MOWED DOWN. THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF LIEGE ATTACK. (Received August 20, 8.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. , English officers recently in Brussels interviewed some of the defenders of Liege. A Belgian officer recounted thus: — "As line after line of German in-

fantry advanced, we simply mowed them down. They made no attempt at deploying, but came on line after line, almost shoulder to shoulder, until the fallen were heaped in an awful barricade of dead and wounded/ threatening to mask our guns. The barricade became so high that we did not know whether to fire through it or to go out, and clear openings with our hands.; Meanwhile some the wounded were try-: ing to release themselves. This wall of' dead and dying actually enabled the wonderful Germans to creep close and charge up the glacis, from whence the . Maxims swept them. The Belgians had losses, but they were slight as compared with the carnage amongst the enemy. Many prisoners 4 were taken, and they .were ravenously hungry, and ' begged food by tearing at their captors' haversacks, and crying in German and broken French, 'Bread, bread; : drink, drink.' Others devoured carrots and turnips in the fields." THE FRENCH ADVANCE. SUCCESSES IN ALSACE. CAPTURE OF A TOWN. (Received Augunst 20. 8.10 a.m.) PARIS, August 19. / In addition to Henbrisach, other fields of Operation lie north, between Chateau Salins and Lorquin, a small industrial town, which the French captured at the end of last week. Other villages were occupied at the weekend, and one of the railways at' Fenestrange, serving Saarburg, was cut, which thus threatened the north and south-west, and compelled the abandonment of Saarburg, which contained a considerable garrison and a huge barracks. (Received August 20, 8 a.m.) • LONDON, August 19. It is stated in Paris that during the recent skirmishing on the frontier the French captured enormous quantities of provisions, forage, shells, and waggons. _ ■ • FRIGHTFUL ATROCITIES. WOMEN AND GIRLS BUTCHERED. OLD MAN TRUSSED AND SHOT. (Received August 20, 9.10 a.m.) PARIS, August 19. M. Mirman, the Prefect of Meiirthe and Moselle, has reported to the Minister for the Interior, that many women, girls, and aged people have been butchered, also houses looted and burnt at Badonviller, Cirey, and Blamont. An old man was trussed up and shot at Bremeuil. The Government is enquiring. GERMANS HURLED BACK. FIGHTING WITH THE RUSSIANS. LARGE FORCES REPELLED. (Received August 20, 9.10 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, August 19. It is officially reported that a division of Austrian cavalry, two battalions of infantry, and two batteries of artillery attacked VJadimirvolynsk on Sunday and were repelled with heavy loss. A division of German infantry, with :J6 guns, was repelled at Eydtkuhncn. A common, every-day cold is farreaching in its effects; the whole system loses tone, and you are then in ripe condition to contract other and more serious diseases. At such times a tonic | is required, and Baxter's Lung Preser- ' ver is recommended. It stops a cold [ almost at once if taken in the early stages. You can get Lung Preserver from your chemist or storekeeper at • 1/10 a bottle. .61

STRIKES_A MINE. AUSTRIAN TORPEDO BOAT GOES DOWN. ONE SAILOR SAVED, (Received August 20, 8 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. The Austrian torpedo boat No. 19 struck a mine at the entrance to Pola Harbour and sank. One sailor was saved. A DERELICT DREADNOUGHT. *BY SHELL FIRE. WHAT DUTCH SAILORS SAW, (Received August 20, 8 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. A Dutch steamer has reached Amsterdam. She reports that she saw, off Drondhjeim, in "Norway, a German Dreadnought with her funnels smashed and her sides riddled with great holes from shell fire.