OSTEND OCCUPIED.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 19 October 1914, Page 5

OSTEND OCCUPIED.

. FIVE THOUSAND GERMANS" IN

POSSESSION.

CAPTURED ANTWERP

*&ERMANS RECONSTRUCTING THE

FORTS,

'•THE INTERNMENT OF BRITISH

TROOPS

DUE TO TOPOGRAPHICAL

MISTAKE

PARIS, Oct. IS.

Official.—The Germans in western. have hot advanced beyond the • line Ostend to Roulers, to Menin. [Roulers is about 20 miles S.S.E. of sXDstend, 25 miles from the coast; Menin is 30 miles almost due south of Ostend, on the French frontier, and 30 miles "from the coast.] " AMSTERDAN, Oct. 18. An official statement from Berlin ••states that the Germans have occupied ■"Ostend. . t The German garrison at Antwerp I -consists of 17,000 marines. The commander is demanding as Antwerp's war "contribution provisions, wines, and cigars valued at £2000 daily. LONDON, Oct. 18. ' The Daily Mail correspondent reports that the Germans entered Ostend on "Thursday morning. There was great commotion among the crowds of re"fugees on the quays and In the hot.ela. "The invaders, 5000 Germans, are lodged "in the public buildings. Two thousand were left at Zeebrugge. . There are no Germans beyond Heyost -•and Sluis. .AMSTERDAM, Oct. 18. Only 15,000 inhabitants are left in Antwerp, mostly old men, women and -'Children; The refugees in Holland fear to accept the German advances to re_ ."turn, desiring some guarantee that the promises that they will not be ill-treat-ed will be kept. . It is stated at The Hague that the -Dutch Government has arranged.terms • with the Antwerp military authorities, whereby the refugees may return to Antwerp, but the Belgians will be liable for military service, and to be treated ■as prisoners of war. LONDON, Oct. 18 V The Times' correspondent in the -North of France writes: "Conversations with Belgian officers show that the internment of British troops was due to •crossing the frontier during a mist at night, the result of an unfortunate Ix>pographical mistake. The move., was ..not directed for any military reasons, smd "the troops could have withdrawn again to Belgian territory without the Germans observing them, but the British love of fair play prevailed. 3' .•; AMSTERDAM, Oct. 18. r German in a telegram, Estate that the Germans took 5000 prisoners at Antwerp. The booty included 500 guns, a huge quantity of war munitions, food and wool, of a, total value of ten million marks, together with copper and silver valued at half a million toarks. - Thirty-four German steamers .were in •port. Some were burned, and ■others had their engines destroyed/The docks had been rendered unworkable. ';.-.• LONDON, Oct. 18. The Belgian Red Cross transported a large number of wounded from Ostend to Great Britain between Monday and Thursday. '"'.■/.■A Taube , aviator bombed the Red Cross vessel Paris, lying at an Ostend ■quay, despite the fact that wounded on stretchers were placed on the deck. The bombs missed the Paris by 50 yards. ROTTERDAM, Oct. 18. Visitors from Antwerp state that the permans are energetically reconstructing the Antwerp forts.