THE WAR

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13145, 28 August 1914, Page 6

THE WAR

YESTERDAY'S NEWS (Poi Calilo —Pichs Association ■ —Ooiiyriii^t) THE GREAT BATTLE, now IT FAT? UK IN BEf/lIUM. TORINO l-'IOHTINfi. Rerpivoil AngiiM 27, at SKI am. LONDON, August 2(1 (Morning). lions is sun minded liv canals in cu>n (Inectwn ouopl in tlio south, wlicip tlicic aic nnods. All Hip budges not l)lo\\ n up upip commanded hv machine guns niii'l liavi'ii'nilpil by interlocking huge en bled rums, By (i o'clock on Saturday morning a largo Clermnn force had taken up a position ••'af Toiirnai,.ami by ion o'clock.the Gorman machine guns /wore firing on flip Port Emorol near tlio railway station. The first (ici'inan attack was repulsed, but later the troops entered the town,

: The (i«tiii!U.B at. Oliarloroi bombarded the upper town, and the French made i\- sortie, hut, the strength of the enemy compelled the French troops' retirement. The Turcos then debouched from the town anil charged with .the bayonet tlio gunners of the battalion. Only one hundred of them returned unscathed, the losses exceeding those of the Lighf ftrigde. Their bravery was useless against the oncoming Germans, who crept through the outskirts, to the very heart of (.'harleroi. In the narrow streets the carnage was indescribable.

A French infantry officer, describing Tie ferocious Street lighting, declared

that the roads were so jambed with dead that the killed remained, standing up where tliey were shot, resting on dead comrades. The French made a last stand where the canal runs close to the railway station, but the Germans fought for the bridge for two hours, and captured it after heavy losses, Then they gained ground all along the line, capturing Hie villages nf Marchiciine, Lnndolies, and Montigny, and the country to "Walconrt.

Later in the day French artillery opened fire upon Charleroi, shelling the lower portion of the city, while French infantry advanced slowly, retaking several villages, and thus again becoming masters of the line between Tluiin and Mctfct, Tin! lighting ended at six o'clock in the evening, 'when both sides were completely worn out, Received August i! 7, at S.'IO a.m. PARTS, August 20.

The battle recommenced at dawn, when Ihe French bombarded Oharleroi again. The French .'swarmed down the slope towards Hie lower town, recapluring (,'hntelet, Bonflilul, Afarchicnen, and Oonillet. There were terrible losses on -both sides.

The French in the slag heaps of Ihe mining "districts found admirable vant;fge. ground.'for mitrailleuses, while the (Tenuous, ns in upper Alsace, mounted their mitrailleuses in every steeple, Despite a withering lire the French again entered Charleroi and drove the 'Germans in confusion across the Sambro,

Tim city is devastated, and littered with dead, shattered with shell lire, in every part, with houses smouldering or allamp, and,every cellar occupied liy terror-stricken inhabitants. Outside the inn tfas the dead body of a German ollicor with head bowed over n basin of soap and the lather dry upon his face. Another lay across a table with a, broken coffee cup he was in the act of raisin"' to his lips,

Meanwhile Namnr was subjected to a furious bombardment so well regulated that the first few shots silenced the Mnreliovolette fort north-east of Maizeret, and Fort Aniloy was put almost out of action. The forts on the north and Forts Dave and St. .Herbert continue their resistance..

FRENCH KEPULSEIV LONDON, August 2G. The Press Bureau states that, the Germans in. force attacked the French on the southern frontier on the 2;lth, and were repulsed, and retreated allalong the line. SYMPATHY WITH BELGIUM.

; LONDON, August 20. Mr Asqnitli to-morrow will move an address to the King of the Belgians expressing sympathy and admiration with thp heroic', resistance of his people against a wanton invasion, and Britain's determination to support the Bel. gians in every way. THE OCCUPATION OF NAMUE, COPENHAGEN, August 20. The Berlin Official News Agency states that Prince Frederick'of Saxeireiningcn was killed by a shell at Namur on the 2:ird. LONDON, August 20. '. .Despite barbed wire entanglements,' through which passed an electric current at 1 ol)'volts, tlio Germans entered Namur without encountering much tosisteuce. By eight o'clock on Sunday evening .'IOOO Belgians had evacuated the town in order,'removing the roll-ing-stock and motor cars.

ZEPPELINS ATWORK. ■ . ANTWERP, August M.' A Zeppelin atienipted another raid last night, but abandoned it owing to the city's precautious. , : PARIS,-August 2G, ' Count Zeppelin commands the Geiman an fleet TOQOf,AND SEIZED. LONDON n Aupst 2(1 Mi ITaieouil has 1 opened n message fiom ilio Hillish romniandci in (lor man To<;olaiid,r>laliiiglliatllic unelcss station hml ken deslio\cd, The Goiinan ioiee oft'eied lo dapitulate il allowed allelic lionoms of wai. The coinmandei ippliod that they must smVowlPi', ai.d.llie Gcimans' loply is e,\ i, , ' 'LatcV— il is ofiicially aniiouncqd that Togolautl lias sunqndeied uneondition- ?' ly> Sjt<4\ '„,... ,

<BRTTTSr CASIMLTII'IS ONK'NOWN; LONDON, August 2(1 Oenoial Ficiich lepoits that he Is mi able yet to send detiiiK ot the casual ties owing to flip extended nahuoV the oppintions, Tin conditional' the I)oops is iii'evPiv uav sntisfailo/y.

FRANCE; '• - ■PRMANJIAfI^' '.;;- THE WTTIJDIiAWAJi PKpM ALsAGfi.' .'; , ; ~.; \ p,Alp,Aiigii.sl; 20. Official,—Tlio iAllies,', movement., to' their .iiew.;.positipns ~hnß been, cdmploted, ~• '. The. Prench, command the ■Adelines fnrest oijllots,, and 'have, made, a vigorous offensive ino.v.o .tpwni'ilß . .Yirton (north-east; of.J'Vance),. wherein the (iermaiis were replusod with ..heavy 'General ilofl'rostopping the pursuit. .' ';■ ' PightingMia's bo'eil renewed in Lorraine, and ''coiitinrios,'' German 'oavhli v \ y "lias penetrated to Tnro'cihg, ! in'j" , tlii! ■ Uouhnix district which' \k diifemleil oiily by territorials, Tliisi'is"jios'sil)ly tlie'ndv.'iiico guard of a largo' 1 force'destined to make a turning movement against the Prencii left at , J^illc. yesterday raided Prcmii territory towards Oonde,.hnt Preneh artillery intprppptcd and.practically annihilated them liear'Bouohain, Two derman aeroplanes ilew over Cambrai, in the north of Prance, One was broiigrt down and two aviators were killed, j Tlie War Office states that the abandonment, of territory in Alsace was necessary. The withdrawal does not indicate defeat, but is a strategical movement.

THE FIGHTING.EASTWARDS, ATROOIOS GER¥AN METHODS. . ' "• LONDON, August 2fi. The Telegraph's Warsaw correspondent states' that the■ (.loniums lined Kalisch, oil the' Polish border, £SOOO and fjlibt six of lier foremost inhabitants detained' as' hostages, on a trivial accusation. 1 ' They also bombarded the town, and during a German firework display in the Town Hall many buildings were burnt,.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 20.

The Treasurer's wife at Kalisz (in Russia Poland) states that the Germans shot her husband because, he destroyed half a million roubles in paper money, and also shot the police inspector and several otlicials.

The Germans jokingly requested the inhabitants to Maud in a row and shot thorn. They bonilmnH the town with machine guns, killing veral women.

• The whereabouts fa the otlicials was obtained by a gang of,spies, some dressed as women.

GERMAN PRIZES. .A DEAL IN SHITS, LONDON, August 20. It is reported that the Egyptian Government has ordered six steamers of the-llansa Company aml two Norddeutscher Lloyd vessels, along with several other German boats, to leave Port Said, They will probably be seized by the. British,

The Prize Court next, week will.deal with 112 captured ships of 110,47(1 tonnage, '

■The 1T ol Inllil - A inj[> rj.c a Company V vessel Potsdam, from New York, with 3011 German reservists and some oilier Austrips aboftril, linsjwii brought to Falmouth,

SENTRIES, ALEJiT, ' . LONftON, August l!fi. A sentry in the grounds of Nolyrood Palace (Edinburgh) challenged a stranger, who shot the sentry and escaped,

A man concealed in the church grounds at Pennrth shot at a sentry. The sentry fired twice, but his assailant escaped.

THE FINANCIAL ASPECT. ! ' LONDON, August 2fi. Mr Lloyd-George':'stated that out of 80(10 replies froin traders -4:100 favoured ending 'the moratorium' and IWOO favored aii, extension.' The bankers and financial houses favoured an extension, hiid'a'sinall'majority'of the retail traders favoured itseiidi'iig. lie was considering the possibility of getting a limited moratorium without" interfering with tlieiu'tercsts'of those'who wished to end it, '■■■■■ i ■'■!■■'.■■'::■'■■ ■

: Over £40,000,000. have been tendered for' the'treasury-bills at an average of £3.l!>s(id. •-' '■■''' ""

IMOBE EE.ORUITING NEEDED. ' ■ A HARD-WORKED CABINET. ■•" LONDON, August 20. ; Mr AsquiUt, replying to a question as to-compulsory service, said it was undesirable. He added tii.it Lord Kitchener, needed all the recruits he could get. It was a mistake to think that only 100,000 were needed. ''

Air Churchill: visited Earl Kitchener at 3 o'clock this hidi'iiing, and severalCabinet' meetings 'have' recently been held at early hours,:' '':

. MOSLEMS ARE LOYAL,. > , CALCUTTA, August. 20, • •The Bengal Moslems have cabled to' the.- Sultan: their gratiliention at Turkish/, neutrality, ami-also that''lndian'; Moslems jpisidcv that loyalty toßritain ■ is theh' liral duty. '■■■■;.;■'." './, THE STRENGTH OF THE ARMIES. " '■■' -•■. v •' ■• - ■•■'.:/'' : :' '■■'■■■ '. r.'. (•• it.-is believed' tlmii/tlie-large Russjaitj; i ceritreariny]s:riihrehiug..pn Rosen,;.^-;|■ v; : ■ ;i ' : rvNEW' YMK^igustv W+ ! ylt-aS:aniiomiceil. : tliat; ! tlie Gerinan| - fqr<!es;aga^^ br/twlye ;?:Gerni^;'army|;