BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 21 October 1914, Page 5

BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWS.

A SENTRY'S POOR AIM. t

ARRAS SEVERELY DAMAGED

GERMAN SLEDGE-HAMMER LOS-

ING ITS FORCE.

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FIGHTING AT

LA BASSE.

LONDON, Oct. 20

The" Canadians lost only eleven) horses on tiie voyage. They possess an extraordinary assortment of mascot animals. Nothing like the Canadian force has landed in Britain since William the Conqueror. ■ Hertzog's failure to condemn Maritz and range himself definitely with the Government has excited general disgust. (Received Oct. 21, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20.: A sentry at Pembroke Dock challenged a man creeping towards the guns. The man escaped, but the sentry fired and killed a soldier who was sleeping in a tent, besides wounding , another. The sight of a gun was missing, but was discovered on the track of the stranger's. flight The Daily Mail's correspondent says that Arras suffered nearly as, much as ■ Louvain and Rheims. The Town Hall, j Museum and Theatre were gutted, and I most of the buildings in the centre of j the town are in ruins. The Cathedral's famous belfry was severely damaged. A shell struck the. hospital, killing a number of wounded and nurses. The Telegraph's correspondent, who visited the battlefield in Northern France, says there is every indication that the German sledge-hammer has lost its power. The onslaughts have proved futile against the Allies' centre, and .the German avalanche in the north-eastern area is daily .weakening. - Atlantic war risks have been reduced to 7s 6d. . ■.'■■■■ .•..'■ ' r The new army recruits now number 780,000. - - ; The German hospital ship Ophelia was brought to Yarmouth for exanrina--tion by the authorities, and was dismantled of its wireless apparatus. ■■•'• The Times' naval correspondent suggests the closing of the North Sea against neutrals in order to lighten the North Sea fleet's work. The authorities are satisfied as to the bona fides of the occupants of the Edinburgh factory, which was recently raided. PARIS, Oct. 20. The Allies fought their way forward house by. house at La Basse, and also completely defeated a series of German efforts to break through between Peronne and St. Quentin.