ALLIES' LEFT EXTENDING

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13180, 8 October 1914, Page 5

ALLIES' LEFT EXTENDING

BRITISH TROOPS IN AFRICA SURRENDER FIERCE FIGHTING IN POLAND " "'A; % LITTLE NEWS FROM FRANCE THE CAPTURE OF NEW BRITAIN ' ~~ V- • (Per fable. —Press Association.—Copyright)

; ,, (i WAR-IN-THE EAST. , JAPANESE SEIZE POSITION. , Received October 7, 5.25 p.m. TOKIO, Oct. (!. (Official): Bluejackets seized .loliirt unopposed and captured the fortifications, also , some arms and ammunition, and releas- . Ed, the British ships in port, ;i The Navy Department explains that the occupation is for military purposes, and is not permaKnt. ' GERMANS IN AFRICA. . TEN THOUSAND WELL-ARMED TROOPS. BLOCKHOUSE STRONGLV FORTIFIED. CAPETOWN, Oct, (!. The African forces are entering a : campaign against Admiralty-trained .aud equipped troops, The number of .Germans is estimated at ten thousand, and are composed of Mounted nfantry, artillyer, Mid camel- . corps, and • live hundred ivcllsupplied machine guns. Prisoners , state there are sixty-six gnu batteries and many of the police posts are virtually blockhouses manned by ex-artil-lery men. These are dotted through the '' country. The military reserves are armed with mausers and one-edged saw-like " bayonets. The stations are connected by telephone, telegraph and wireless. The territory makes operations difficult and several of the defensive, sfa- ■■■ lions are of great strength. "WHEN SHALL THEIR GLORY „ FADE." " HEROIC STAND BY FRANCO- . INFANTRY. FIGHT AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS,

INNOCENT LOOKING VESSEL. CARRYING OIL FOR GERMAN FLEET. ' Received October 7, 10.20 p.m. LONDON, Oct, <i, 4 "The Scotsman" reports that the customs officials were searching an innocent looking neutral vessel entering Tort Scotland, and discovered largo stores of oil fuel hidden under rope coils. It is believed that, the vessel has been engaged supplying the German submarines operating in llie Nrotli.Sca. THE FORTUNES OF WAR. HEAVY RAIN BRINGS DISASTER. PARIS, Oct, 7. The Prussian Guard met with a disaster at St. Ootid on September !'th Thev took up a position overnight, wlien the ground was dry and solid, Heavy rains caused a swamp. The guns and caissons were embedded and men and horses sank iu the mud. The French guns swept Hie Guards' position, killing hundreds.

FIGHTING FOR THE EMPIRE. • 'VARSITY FOOTBALL AND BOAT RACE ABANDONED, Received October 7, at 11.15 p.m. _ LONDON, October G, The University Rugby match has been cancelled and probably the boat race will not be held. Seven of the 1014 Cambridge crew, about half the- Rugby team, and sixty per cent, of the under'.graduates at Cambridge have -joined the THE WAR IN SOUII AFRICA, ' DISASTER TO UNION TROOPS. s <TiiONG GERMAN FOltt-il IX NAM AQ UAL AND. Received October 7, at 11.15 p.m. LONDON, October 7. Renter's correspondent with the Na mauualand expedition cables on October l>t giving details of the lighting leading to the surrender of two squadrons of the First South African Mounted Rifles and a section of Transvaal Artillery, The advance guard occupied a waterhole approached through a narrow defile. The Germans apparently retired, but when the party outspanncd for the night two thousand Germans with ten guns attacked them front the surrounding'kopjes and seized the deti!e. The light was continued on the following morning. Every Transvaal gunner was killed or wounded. ■ Meanwhile the main force made desperate efforts to rescue the advance guard. Two squadrons suffered heavy casualties from the machine guns when attempting to force an entrance to the valley. By noon the British ammunition was exhausted. The party destroyed their guns while the rillemen kept down the enemy's lire. Then they they hoisted the white Hag.

Received Uilober 7, 10.45 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 7. A hundred privates of the Warwickshires narrate that eight hundred Frm-iii-BritMi infantry on September I'Jth were, oi i-up,vini; a farm building on l.lie Aisne when ;i German division with cavalry, iiini artillery made ut night attack to cut through the British. The cavalry outposts surrounded the eight hundred, who retreated to a stable near the farm house. The German artilleiy smashed the stable wall and a battalion of infantry sought to rush the place. The defenders fired until their ammunition was exhausted. The Germans finally faced a handful of men with bayonets-iii a corner of the stable, whom they shot from the doorway. Meanwhile two hundred of the defenders packed in a farm house tired from the.windows until the roof crashed in burying the survivors. Only twenty of the eight hundred were capture t uuwounded. OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC, THE GERMAN PRISONERS, Received October 7, Ojjij p.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 7. Tho Sun's special correspondent gives a' list of thirty-one Germans, mostly military and administrative officers, included in the prisoners captured during the operations in German New Guinea, and: sent, to Sydney. Many others ltavo since been captured or surrendered. The captures included lot) armed natives, who. remain at Herbertsholn. • A number of Britishers held on parole by the Germans, including Mr Lowie, a New Zealander, joyously welcomed .the arrival of the releasing force. Tli? whereabouts of Mr Golley, the British Consul at Rabaul, is unknown. It is ■< supposed that the Germans spirited h'.m away to New Ireland, ■ The expedition captured tliree German, steamers.

The German commander complimented the South Africans on their gallantry and the accuracy of their gunfire. The Germans treated the prisoners well, and buried the British dead with the honours of war.

HOLLAND'S POSITION. "KEEP POWDER DRY AND COUNTRY WET." TI(K J [AGUE, October 7. Tlie President of the Second Chamber summed up tlie policy of tlie Netherlands iii these words: "Let. us keep our powder dry and our country wet. It should the necessity arise, are detenu-,' is a period of groat, anxiety, Dutchmen, should the necessity arise, are determined to defend their freedom by the force of arms and ammunition,"

ON THE ALLIES LEFT. • ■ EXTENDING TO THE NORTH. • ' PARIS, Oct. 7—(Evening). • • (Official): ■ ' The left is extending more and more Very large masses of German cavalry • are reported in the neighbourhood of Lille which are preceding the forces moving to the north of the Turgoine"Armeii lores line. ' THE STOLEN. SUBMARINE. r; •' ' jjf. ' RETURNS TO ITALY. ~ ' LONDON, Oct. 7. The Central Xeivs Rome'-correspon- : dent reports that the Minister of Mar- ' : ine has 'been advised of the arrival of Belloni aiid the submarine at Bastia.

THB POSITION IN POLAND. : VERY PIERCE FIGHTING. Received October 8, at 12.15 ajn. PETROG'RAD, October G. (Official). The enemy in East Prussia received reinforcements from Konigsburg and th6ir fortified • positions on the, frontier. Tliev arc supported by numerous seige guns. Very fierce fighting is reported at Bakalargvo. In the Suwalki district aviators', reconnaisances slibw the uninterrupted 'movement of the German columns and transport trains withdrawing across'the frontier.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. - ■ varying"succegses. • Per Press Association, .. WELLINGTON, Oct. 7. - Tho Prcmicr has. received the following from tho High Commissioner, dated London, Cth October:— * _ Paris reports officially that some progress has boon made in tho Berryaubac district with tho co-operation of tho British, and a slight advanco north of Soisaohs between Sommo and tho Oise, alternate, with advances anil retirements. The Germans attacked strength near Lassigny, but failed. The front is'bxtendiiig more on tho Allies left, owing to a largo mass of tlw enemy's cavalry and other forces moving through the district north of Roubaix.