COMMENCES HOSTILITIES AGAINST RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 31 October 1914, Page 5

COMMENCES HOSTILITIES AGAINST RUSSIA

OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA GOEBEN AND BRESLAU TAKE PART GERMAN ATTEMPT TO REACH CALAIS FAILS ENEMY COMPLETELY DEFEATED AND ARMY • SHATTERED / OFFICIAL NEWS REASSURING GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT BEFOftE RUSSIANS SATISFACTORY NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA FLIGHT OF THE REBEL BEYERS RESIGNATION OF PRINCE.-LOUIS OF BATTENBERG FURTHER EXPLOITS BY THE EMDEN

M'BXSS ASSOCI^XION,—COPXBIGHT- \ 1

BERLIN- REPORTS. I ——— [ LONDON, Oct. 28. ' | A Berlin report says that the definite result of the battle* proceeding among the dunes along the Belgian coast- i> hourly expected. It is considered that the Allies will retire. . j The report- states that the investment of Belfort (which stands virtually on the [ junction- of France. Germany, and Sw 11i zerla-nd) is expected t-o last- a long t-imo. ! as the garrison is very strong, and the 1 French have shown themselves masters ill the building of field fortifications. (Received Oct. 31. 9.20 a.m.) ! AMSTERDAM. Oct. 30. | jY German official statement is that I westward of Lille the Germans pro.sressi ed .and captured, several fortified post-. j.-tions and four.-guns. - I The enemv were expelled from severs 1 trenches in .Argonne and some machine suns were taken. , „ iA severe French attack southward oi Verdun was repulsed and a counterattack enabled the Germans to breakthrough to the enemy's main position, • which was occupied. : German att-acks in the north eastern theatre of war are progressing: , Thirteen hundred Russians. 30 cannon, and 39 irachine 2 uns were, captured in the last three weeks. The south-eastern fi'ont is unchanged.

OFFICIAL NEWS

ALLIES" GOOD PROGRESS. 1 : PARIS, Oct. 30. •. (Official.) During yesterday : we made -progress at-several"points, particularly aroundYpres and south, o-f Arras. is nothing-.new to report on the Nieuporr—Dixmude front. j Between the -Aisiie and the Argonne , ~we captured some of the enemy s , trenches. Not one of the partial at- i tacks attempted by" the Germans sueWe "have likewise advanced in the Forest of Aprenront.

ALLIES' ADVANCE TOWARDS OSTEND

B AVARIAN BATTALION j SURRENDERS. - I .Oct. 30. ! It is reported _that. the Allies have advanced towards. - _ The British occupied Feffihghe and Raversyne, -which was carried at the bayonet's*point;,. " - ■ A Bavarian battalion refused to fight and surrendered. _

GERMANS PREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE RETREAT

REPORT FROM GHENT. . . ~ LONDON, Oct. 30. A correspondent of the 'TDaily Telegraph," writing - from Ghent, says several .hundred - German motor cars are held in readiness for immediate retreat r with • provisions and equipment for the troops fighting in" Flanders.

6ERMAN MARCH ON CALAIS

COMPLETELY DEFEATED ARMY RniWiiiAtfEftEb ENEMY FOUGHT TO A STANPILL. (Received Oct. 31, 9.14 a.m.) London, Oct. 30.'. Mr Martin Donohoe. writing from Calais, says that the Geriran arniy attempting, to force its waj-. to Calais retired shattered and in disorder. Ihe battle reached the culminating point on - Wednesday when the enemy was fixing - back six "miles in the direction of Oscorrespondents at Amsterdam ' state that the; Germans were practically fought to a standstill. They are en- - trenching towards Thielt a s a precaution in the event of sC retreat .

FIGHTING ON. THE YSER

GERMANS THROW DOWN THEIR ARMS. LONDON, Oct. 29 A -corresponding describing the fight- - inz 'on the Yser, says a number of Germans threw down their arms and pleaded - .for mercy, but the fighting was too desperate, for that was the moment when. - tbe tired Belgian infantrv gave way andleft- the trenches," but the core of the trenches stood and saved the situation.

BATTLESHIPS PARTICIPATING

I IST BOMBARDMENT OF GER-MAN LINES. LONDON, Oct. -29Batleehips are taking part in the bombardment of the German lines in Beljjrum-

ENORMOUS CARNAGE

IN THE FLANDERS FIGHTING. LONDON,,Oct. 28-A-correspondent, v/rittn- frdm Amsterdam". savs that, the seventy, of the loss oHife in the fighting in Flanders exceeds that at the battle ot the Mense Twi'ttia Nethe. "Shells from the sea, he here and there searching the trenches,. scattering the .columns and annihilating bridges. , German sheila Also-bring death" and destruction. Th Sie if enormous. The Germans hav* :fill«jd the monastries with then wounded andffresh German troops continue to ar Tive."

I _____ I bombardment ceases

ALLIES TAKE OFFENSIVE I MAGNIFICENT CHARGES AND CAVALRY AC-TLOX. ENEMY'S LINE BROKEN. (Received Oct. 3i. 9.14 a.m.) London. Oct-. 30. The "Daily News" correspondent states." that the warships' bombardment ceased on Wednesday night- and the troops took up the offensive at dawn with magnificent charges and a dashing cavalrv action. The enemy fled at the first shock, but rallied; and their cavalrv made a desperate effort to retake the | position on the dunes; but- the broken I lino was unable to reform and the enemj i hurried back. / ,

THE "BLACK DEVILS"

HERMANS DESCRIBE THE GURKHAS. INDIANS' THRILLING EXPLOITS. (Received Oct. 31, -9.30 a.m.) V PARIS.. Oct. 30. ! The Germans call the Gurkhas the "Black Devils of English." During the ! fighting on the Yser some trenches on i the British flank were empty and Germans occupied them. The Gurkhas m reserve saw their opportunity. iHeir excitement amounted to ecstacy, _ and many threw away their rifles and charged and cleared the trenches with knives. On'another occasion airscouts loca ted a. German ammunition store seven n:lies from shore and 3A miles behind the German entrenchments. A Gurkha detachment obtained two gunboats, steamed into the mouth of the Yser river and bv a silent march, reached to within a mile of the ammunition convoy, where sat two German sentries. The Gnrkhas sheltered in a wood, irom I where six comrades wriggled on thenhands and knees, with knives .between ! their teeth, and surprised and killed the i "entries. the detachment then approached the. camp, which was only awakened by a great, explosion lollowled by countless others as shells and i shrapnell exploded. The Gurkhas then regained the gunj boats safely. ?

1 GERMAN SUBMARINS AT OSTEND

I .S \ID TO HAVE BEEN SENT "BY j RAILr. I ' LONDON. Oct. 28. - j It.is stated that the German subma- ' , rines operating near Ostend were sent ' jfrom Oermanv "by rail, packed m sec-

KAISER'S SON-IN-LAW

REPORTED SERIOUSLY WOUNDED (R.eoeived Oct. 31. 9,.14 a.m.) .AMSTERDAM, Oct. 30. Tt. is reported at Berlin that the Kaiser's son-in-law was seriously wounded in the Argonne, and that his wil'e lias been summoned to his bedside.

NINETEEN WOMEN KILLED

BY A 7VOMB FROM A GERMAN AEROPLANE. (Received Oct.. 31, 8.55 a.m.) PARIS. Oct. 30. TwoGerma.il aeroplanes dropped bombs at. Bethuiie. One i'ell among a group of women in the market place, killing 19 and wounding 40. Another dropped bombs at Dunkirk killing a "woman and a child. The bombs were loaded with lead bullets and steel nails.

■■ A DUTY"

HOLLAND AND BELGIAN REFUGEES. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 29. The newspapers state that the British. Government offered the Dutch Government financial assistance for the relief of the Belgian refugees in Holla-mi. The offer wa sdeclined, Holland stating that she would bear the cost as a duty.

THREE MILLION BELGIANS

IN A DESPERATE CONDITION. FVMISHED PEOPLE MAY ATTACK GERMANS. (Received Oct. 31. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct, 30. i The American commission which visited the devastated districts of Charleroi Lieo-e, Brussels. Mons, Namur, and Dinant state that the .condition of three million Belgians is desperate. Ihe daily rations for the last three weeks were only three ounces ol flour and ten gram - ires of salt. Only sufficient remains for four days. The condition of Liege is particularly pitiable. It is feared that in desperation the famished people-may attack the Germans. ■ , „ Fourteen hundred tons of food-stutls leave London on Saturday.

GERMAN OFFER TO MAKE PEACE

'•WITH FRANCE ALONE" INSTANT AND SCORNFUL REJECTION. (Received Oct', 31, 9.30 a.m.) _ . LONDON, Oct.. 30. The "Chronicle's'" Paris correspondent states that Germany offered through influential French commercial and financial intermediaries to make P e *=® France alone, France receiving Metz and portions of Alsace and and Germany retaining. Antwerp and -Noi tn ern Belgium! The offer was [instantly and scornfully rejected.