BELGIUM

Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12931, 30 October 1914, Page 5

BELGIUM

GERMANS DRIVEN BACK OVER THE YSER. Received 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 28. The Daily Mail's Rotterdam correspondent states that on Monday, when the Germans were driven back over the Yser river by bayonet charges, th 3 Allies destroyed pontoons and the jetty, and the monitors salvoed the German ranks. SEVERE FIGHTING. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 28. The recent fighting at the Yser canal was very severe. Many places were taken and retaken repeatedly. The Germans crossed many times, but were always repulsed with heavy Josses. At some points bodies blocked the canal. GERMAN AIRCRAFT. FLUSHING; Oct. 28. The Germans are building an aircraft sned at Keildrech. ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVISIONING. Received 8.20 p.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 28. Britain and Germany have arranged, through the American and Spanish Ambassadors, for" provisioning Belgium. MENDING THEIR WAYS. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 28.' A proclamation issued in Antwerp forbids soldiers to pillage. It states that there must be no requisitioning without a written order, and soldiers must pay cash for everything. \ i . GERMAN DESERTERS. (Times. —Sydney Sun Service.) Received 6.15 p.m. LONDON, 0ct.28. Reports show that a steady flo'w of German deserters into Holland is proceeding. HOW THE SUBMARINES CAME. It is 'stated that the German submarines operating near Ostend were sent from Germany by rail, packed in sections. CARNAGE AND DESTRUCTION. A correspondent at Amsterdam says the severity of the loss of life in Flanders exceeds that of the battles of the Meuse and the Nethe. Shells from the sea fly here and there searching the trenches, scattering the columns, and annihilating brigades. Tin; German shells also bring death and destruction, and the carnage is .enormous. The Germans have filled , the monasteries with wounded. Fresh /German troops continue to arrive.