CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2294, 30 October 1914, Page 6

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

DEATH OP PRINCE MAURICE OF BATTENBURG ' 'CATTLE WOUNDS PROVE FATAL. ' . London, October' 28. . Prince Maurice of Battenberg died from wounds; received' in battle.* Prince .'Maurice of Battenberg,' born '-'October 8, 1891, was a second lieutenant'; !n the King's R.R. Corps. Eg was. th.lrd son and: -fourth-,- child of; H.R.H. Princess Beatrice (a/daughter'of ,the:late Queen Victoria), who was married in." 1885 to Prince Henry of : Bafaenberg. Prince Henry died in \BOG.. . . . < 'DEMAND ON THE PRINCE OF MONACO; (Rec. October 29, 8.20 p.m.) Paris, October 28. , The • Germans occupied Princo Monaco's; chateau at Do \Marcliis, near Reims, and threatened to blow.-up' the place unless, paid a tribute of million francs.' ... : "TEE HOUR OF DELIVERANCE." . (Rec. October 29, 8.25' p.m.) London, October 28./ One hundred and seventy-four German soldiers, many of them more lads, i were brought to Camberley, where a - party of a hundred German and Austrian civilian prisoners warmly'greeted thom, shouting: "Hoch, der -Kaiser! The army will soon come to deliver us!" • GERMAN COMMANDS IN AUSTRIAN - : , ARMY;: ' ; • ;, ' (Rec. October, 29, 8.25 p.m.) - Rome, October .28. As the result of German officers taking supreme, command in the Austrian •Army, a German Staff-lias been installed 1 ' at ;the. fortified town ,of Trent, in the Tyrol; ' MISCHIEF-MAKERS .IN CHINA. (Rec. October 29, 0.5 a.m.) ■ ■ : Peking, October 28. Chinese drawing German pay and at-. V tired in Japanese kit, with German officers'who- escaped froni -Tsing-tao, have , - been actively inciting Chinese - soldiers to commit fiollicose acts , against'the Japanese. \ GERMAN GIRL SPY SITOT. . Patrograd, October 28. .A German .girl spy. was • court.martialled and slwt'- near Petrograd. Her clothes were lined with admirably executed plans of the Kronstadt and Meiho defensive works. , WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. ' London, October 27.' An appeal is being made for meat ■ - extracts for the British wounded 1 oh the ' battlefield. It is stated the shock from injuries, following on long .marches, laborious trench work, and insufficient ' food, produces a, dangerous physical depression. y this is.'immediately relieved many lives will be saved. THE NEW GUN BOGY. Amsterdam, October 27. Dutch- papers print detailed descriptions of a German gun, GGi't. long, with ; a range of 27 miles, firing a projectile •; .which makes a- hole 15ft. in diameter, penetrating 26ft. of rock and , soil, ,at a .tost of £2400 per round: THE WAR LORD. ■ ~ London, October 28. "i - It is reported that the -Kaiser has, undertaken the leadership of the' Aubtro:Gennan armies. \He ' ;is ; in- good health'and spirits, and thoroughly enjoying, the position of War Lord. ' CHOLERA IN THE DANUBE., ('.'Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ■ ' '' ' Rome, October 28. . 'An analysis of. the waters of the Danube shows the presence of cholera v microbes. ; Hundreds of cases of cholera - are - reported in Vienna daily. . DISGUSTED GERMAN OFFICER. . Rome, October 28. 'A prominent German officer, disgust-, cd with " the devastation caused by his countrymen in Poland, hns handsomely contributed to the . relief of Polish refugees--" -.'