MADNESS OF BATTLE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 13, 15 August 1916, Page 7

MADNESS OF BATTLE.

EVEN THE HORSES FIGHT. STORY.OF CAVALRY CHARGE. 0-escribing the cavalry charge at Foureaux Wood, a cavalryman Who was in it s&iys: "When the signal came, after a long watt, we pickod our way around the treftfeh line and-,then cnarged. The horses simply went mad. and eo did we. The-Germans hadn't even dreamed that a cavalry attack was possible, and fled terrified, seeking cover where none existed. Our mounts seemed to know exactly what to do, and it was their fight as much as ours. They did not heed the shells, and if they galloped into shell holes they clambered out almost without slackening speed. Mostly they leaped over all the barriers. They were wild. I couldn't ®ay what really happened. Our blood was up, and we rode her©-and £here among the Bochee, scattered their groups, thrusting at them with our swords held at rest over our horses' glides." HAS AUSTRIA HAD ENOUGH? The plight of .Austria-Hungary —is again the cause of-many rumors. FieldMarshal von Maickensen has visited the Emperor Francis Joseph, and afterwards three 'politico-military councils wer« held, at which the archdukes and Prime Ministers were present. Finally the monarch "gave a long audience to the Austrian Prime Miniis" ter, Count Tisea. Undoubtedly uneasiness prevails, but there is no sign of collapse, although the United' States sprees is already speculating on such a result and is pointing to the fact that the Austrian Charge d Affaires at Washington is having many conferences with the acting-Secretary of : State, Mr Polk. The 'Petit Parisien' says that the Austrian armies in Galicia are composed of heterogeneous elements, showing thati the reserve corps are depleted. Turkey has sunk at least three Russian R«d Cross ships in the Black Sea,: and has fired on others. The last report' of the kind was received' on Tuesday, July 11, when a Petrograd official message stated that an enemy submarine; had sunk a Russian hospital ship without warning. Seven people were dirowned. AN UNHEALTHY SERVICE. It is believed! that 150 German submarines have been lost or destroyed The 'Manchester Guardian' remarks: "How the score stands is only known to the Germans. But we go on sinking and the Germans steadily go on building. They .know when a submarine goes out, and they know, also, that the time always comes when it does not return." The captured German submarine 1765, \ which is now on view on the River Thames and 1 can be seen from the Thames Embankment, is one of the numerous 250-tons burthen submersible mine-layers. She is unarmed, and car-1 ries 12 mines, and it .is estimated that she made 20 trips since she was launched at Christmas. She"can descend in three ■minutes. WAR SIDELIGHTS. In the final clearing up at Ovillers an officer among the prisoners offered a subaltern of the guard his iron cross for "doing what we considered impossible." The'subaltern thanked him, but declined, saying Britons were not accustomed to deprive an unfortunate enemy of the reward of his bravery. An unposted letter found on a. German who was taken prisoner says: "The 190 th Regiment lost nearly 1000 men resisting the advance of the British at Contalmaison. The 2nd and' 3rd bat-' talions lost more than half their number." A former town councillor of Vladimir Volynsk who escaped says that the Austrians darted to Austria, or forced to labor on the defences; all the ablebodied male inhabitants. The remainder are starving. The cheapest black bread is a - rouble (about 2s) a pound.