WHEN CALAIS FALLS!

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 226, 28 October 1914, Page 10

WHEN CALAIS FALLS!

GERMAN INTENTIONS. HOW BASE WILL BE PROTECTED. AI7STRIANS ARRIVE AT GHENT. CRUISER NURNBERG AT HONOLULU. \ By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (Received October 28, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. '' The Times ? s " Copenhagen messages state that on the strength of the Kaiser's command that Calais must be * at all costs, Baron von Darenne, of the General Adjutancy Staff; has been interviewed, and has declared that when the Germans are in possession of Calais, they will use their . 17inch howitzers, protecting their bases 'by torpedoes and submarines, surrounded by a triple row of'mines, and will scatter minefields to cut Portsmouth off from the North Sea. AMSTERDAM, October 27. The "Telegraaf" reports that 10,000 Austrians arrived at Ghent on Sunday. COPENHAGEN, October 27. A message from Berlin states that cruiser Nurnberg called at Honolulu for coal and provisions on September 2, after being chased for several days. ENGLAND'S GRAVE DANGER. AN ARCHBISHOP'S VIEW. PARLIAMENTARIANS AT THE FRONT. (Received October 28 r 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. One hundred and thirty-four members of the House of Commons are serving at the front, including- ninety - ; five Unionists and twenty-five Liberals. There are no Nationalists or Labourites. An appeal has been made for meat extracts for the British wounded on , tho battlefields. It is stated that the shock of injuries following on long marches, laborious trench work, and insufficient food, produces a dangerous physical depression, which, if immediately relieved, would result in many lives being saved. : The Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking at Bromley, said that the country is in grave danger of a serious break- • down in regard to intemperance, which is due to friends treating soldiers, in the belief that they are giving them kindly encouragement, and the increase of insobriety among wonen, whose men are at the front, due to excitement and distress. As a result, of their anxiety! for news, women crowded the hotels

not for the sake of drink, but seeking information. VON MOLTKE DYING. ** WONDERFUL GERMAN GUN. NORMAL CONDITIONS AT ANTWERP. (Received October 28, 12.30 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, October 27. It is officially confirmed that General Von Moltke is in a dying condition, and has been taken home to Berlin. His symptoms were aggravated by the failure of his plans to reach Paris, and the of which roused the Kaiser's anger. General Faikenhayn has succeeded General von Moltke. Antwerp is resuming its usual aspect. The trams are running, and many shops are open. The Dutch papers print detailed descriptions of a German gun sixty-six feet long, and with a range of twenty-seven miles, the projectile making a hole fifteen metres in circumference, and penetrating eight metres of rock and soil. The cost of each round is £2400. NEW ZEALANDERS AND THE WAR. OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED Press Association. . HASTINGS, October 28. A private cable reports that Captain Walter Russell, of > the Northamptonshire Regiment, youngest son of the late Sir William Russell, was killed in action in France on October 23. NAPIER, October 28. A private cable advice has been received from the War " Office, which states that Lieut. Algernon McLean; son of Mr Douglas McLean, formerly M.P. for Napier, has been wounded in action. " a GRAIN PRICES AT HOME. WELLINGTON, October 28. Writing on September 2, the High

! Commissioner reports that since the J outbreak of war the grain markets throughout the country have been somewhat excited and fluctuating. He states that prices for all grain and feeding stuffs have advanced, and that both wheat and oats are likely to remain firm. The prospect, for next year is encouraging. BIG SEA BATTLE. HOW THE GERMAN DESTROYERS WERE SUNK. [Sydney "Sun" Special Eepresentativc] LONDON, October 20. There was a great scene on the quays at Harwich when H.M.S. Undaunted, fresh from her first fight, led the destroyers up the river. The shriek of sirens announced their approach, and the pier and riverside were thronged, and loud cheers resounded again and again, and were answered from the decks. One of the combatants states:—"The Germans fought like heroes, but they were outmanoeuvred and outmatched by superior gunnery. In less than two hours the last of the four, battered and bested, went to the bottom. The Germans fought to the end, and the majority of them went down with their ships." A member of the crew of one of the destroyers says that the first indication that the British got of the Germans was the sighting of smoke off the Dutch coast. It soon became obvious that this came from the enemy's ships. THREE IN AN HOUR. The Undaunted opened fire at about five miles' range. The destroyers were in closer. There was a running fight of an hour and a-half. Three Germans were sunk within an hour. A British destroyer was twice hit. A shell pierced her stern above the rudder, making a hole as big as a dinner-plate, and another swept the deck and took off the foot of an officer who was at the S after gun. • The captain of a trawler which has arrived at Ymuiden, in Holland, says: '' The destroyers raced around like dogs, barking and biting." A sailor describes the vessels as waltzing round like dancers in a ballroom, with the Hook of Holland light- j ship as a'pivot. Captain Mantripp, the skipper of a Lowestoft trawler, describes how he isaw the naval engagement off the Dutch; coast at 2 on Saturday afternoon. j He says that he noticed the'-German destroyers steaming in line, and he thought that they were making for the Belgian coast. He watched awhile, and then went below to dinner. Coming up again he found that the Germans had turned completely round and were steaming at the greatest speed in the other direction. It looked as though they were running away from something. Then he noticed other warships coming from the north, and these" he identified as British. HOW THEY WERE WATCHED.* The Germans opened out as <■. much as they could, but the following ships immediately detected the move. One destroyer went west and others east and north. The cruiser must have been eight miles away when she fired her first shell,; but the destroyers came on quickly. "As the British gunners fired, "goes on the narrative, "the Germans responded for all they were worth, but as the cruiser got nearer she let go with three or four guns almost at once. Then, from for 'ard another gun was fired, and when the smoke cleared away I saw one of the German destroyers absolutely

jump out of the water. It looked like a house on fire. '' I to the masthead to get a better view. . The enemy \s destroyers were struck and went down one after another. By 4 o'clock they, were all sunk." One of the German survivors said that he came from the Emden. He added that the German gunnery was no good when the ships were on the run.