CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2242, 31 August 1914, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

BRITISH SERGEANT'S LETTER HOME . GERMANS MOWED DOWN ■ft, ■ / (Kec. August 29, 7.20 p.m.) London, August'2B. Sergeant Loftus, in a letter from the front, says:—"When the British artillery opened fire the Germans replied, but did not know of the shelters trick wo learned from the Doers. The German infantry came along the front iu Rolid square blocks, standing out sharply ngainsfc tho skyline. Wo couldn't hitting them.- Tho German rushed like, mad at our trenches. Some British continued,.'to volley while crack shots indulged in ; " independent firing, which was another trick we learned from the Boors. Finally wo mowed down tho Gormans with bullet and bayonet." BHOT IN MID-AIR. BRITISH AIRMAN BRINGS £ GERMAN DOWN. (Roc. August 30. 5.6 p.m.) London, August 29, morning. . i During the fighting on Sunday an English aviator on emerging from a cloud found a German aeroplane just helow, mid swooping within revolver shot lie emptied tho chambers of his revolver, and directly after was again, enveloped in tho clouds. When he emerged, ho saw a crowd of Tommies surrounding a smashed German aeroplane below. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN. A RUSSIAN CAPTURE. (Rco. August 30. 5.6 p.m.) ■ St. Petersburg, August 29. The Russians shot and brought down a Gorman Zeppelin which had been bombarding the railway station at Calava, on the Polish frontier; Tho Zeppelin contained eight soldiers, two quick-firers, arid explosives. CAPTURE OF CERMAN GUNS, t 11T3SSIAN COLONEL DECORATED. (Rec. August 30, 6.5 p.m.) , St.-Petersburg, August 28. Prince Cristoff, colonel of torse artillery, has been decorated for ordering his men to hitch off their own guns and gallop after some jGerman guns, several oJ which were captured and brought back by the Russian teams, under heavy I fire.

BRITISH RIDE THROUCH UHLANS. GERMAN ATROCITIES. .. (Rec. Auust 29, 6 p.m.) ,• London, August 28. Wounded English troops have been brought to Folkestone. They are disgusted at their early disablement, and are anxious to return to the front. They declare* that the Gormans "cannot shoot for nuts/' but the German artillery is effective. British cavalry rode through the Uhlans as thoueh they wore children. They confirm the stories of German atrocities, and of the Germans wearing khaki uniforms .taken from the British dead.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. ALL THAT REMAINED. FORTY SOLDIERS OUT OF A GERMAN DIVISION. (Reo. August 29, 7.20 p.m.) Paris, August 28. Many German prisoners have arrived. An' Officer, pointing to forty soldiere, said:—"That is all that remains of a whole division 1" ■ RICHT THROUCH CERMAN LINES. BRITISH HUSSARS 1 GALLOP. ; ' London, August 28. A soldier who has returned to Amiens relates that the British Hussars galloped through the German lines, and when they pulled up they found .themselves at the enemy's rear. The regiment was re-formed, and cut its way back to its own lines. , GERMAN TRICKERY. INDIGNATION IN BELGIUM. (Rec. August 29, 6 p.m.) Antwerp, August 28. . The Belgians are indignant at the German methods. At Namur the German, trumpets blow the French charge when tho French wore five hundred yards away. Then when the French wore breathless after charging three hundred yards, they were cut to pieces by quick-firers. ; • '. v

On another occasion a force was passing a steam-mill in which there were German soldiers in Belgian uniform, and those in the mill cried out, "We are friends, come along," but upon drawing near two hundred were shot.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. AN IRON-WILLED CENERAL. DIRECTS BATTLE WITH DEAD SON AT HIS SIDE. Paris, August 29. The killed at Charleroi include Xavier Castelnau, the twenty-year-old son of General Castelnau, Chief of the General Staff. ...-. ' The lad died at his father's side, but General Castehiau continued to direct tho fight. •. ■ GERMAN CAPTAIN'S DISCOMFITURE. CARRIES A TURCO'S EQUIPMENT. Paris, August 27. A wounded Frenchman, relates that a Turco captured a German captain, who, in a violent temper, cursed the Turco. The latter made the captain carry the whole of his equipment. Tlie Turco completed the captain's discomfiture by placing a, saucepan on his head and leading him through the lines amid roars of laughter. • ■ • - '• ■ GERMAN PRINCE WOUNDED. London, August 29. Prince Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen has been seriously wounded, and is in'the hospital at Maubeugo. Prince Ernest of Saxe-Meiningen is nineteen years of age, and is a lieutenant in the Thuringian infantry. PRINCE ALBERT UNWELL. London; August 28. His Royal Highness Prince Albeit, the King's second son, has landed from H.M.S. Collingwood, suffering from ap-. pendicitis. His condition is not serious. I ■ . . CAPTAIN TRENCH REAPPEARS. London, August 29. • The captain of marines on the cruiser Highflyer is Captain Trench, who was sentenced by the Germans as a spy in 1910. / Captain Trench and Captain Brandon, after a trial which attracted much interest, were sentenced for a term, the full period of which they did not serve i riior wore released on tlio occasion of L the Kaiser's Jubilee.

JAPAN'S WAR EIGHT MONTHS' SIEGE POSSIBLE (Reo. August SO, 5.5 p.m.) . ~., . . Washington, August 28. Advices received through Peking indicate that Tsingtau (Kiaochau) is able to stand a siege of'eight months. „ Toltlo, August 27. Smco the declaration of war there have been the usual evidences of Chauvinism, but tho Government and leading publicists are urging the desirability of avoiding .over-confidence, and tho tendency to treat the war and a powerful enemy lightly is condemned.—(''Times" and Sydnoy "Sun" Special.) (Itec. August 30, 5.5 p.m.) Tolilo, August 28. The second Japanese squadron roports l t&ere are no Ohinese ships outside Kiaocbau. ■.. Washington, Anguet 28. Tho Japanese Ambassador officially denies that''Japan intends to send a fleet to the Adriatic. 1 STIRRING- UP THE OHINESE. J Peking, August 27. The German Agency is distributing faked, telegrams free. to tihe Chinese papers alleging that eix French and two British army corps have been, wiped out. The assertions are' prejudicing the Chinese mind.—("Times 1, and' Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Reo. August 31, 0.6 a.m.) Toklo, August 29. The newspapere publish alarming Chinese telegrams forecasting an immediate revolution in the Yangtse Valley, coupled with an attempt to restore the Manchu .dynasty.