AGGRESSIVE GERMANS

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13181, 9 October 1914, Page 5

AGGRESSIVE GERMANS

GERMANS RETREAT FROM POLAND

V AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK SPLENDID WORK OF BRITISH SUBMARINE , CANADIAN GERMANS APPLAUD BRITAIN

(Per Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright) BATTLE ON THE LEFT. THE MAILED FIST,

■"■■.' CONTINUES WITH GREAT VIOLENCE. • Received October 8, at 9.5 p.m. ■ . PARIS, October 7. (Official). ""■■ The battle on the left continues with great violence, the opposing fronts ex- ., tending.from the regions of Lens and La Basse. • It has been prolonged by masses of cavalry in action as far as the Armentieres district, There is nothing to report between Somme and the Meuse. • ;GERMAN3 IN THE EAST. %: ""*': i THEIR SERIOUS PLIGHT, PEKING, October 8. /-The Germans at Tsinanfu are in a serious plight for lack of food, Many Chinese have been caught acting as German spies, THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. , . YANKEE FIRMS SUED. NEW YORK, October 8. The Federal Grand Jury (.his week considers the evidence against two business houses accused of falsely listing cargoes, intended for belligci-e.nl cruisers in mid-ocean. NEW ZEALANDERS PREPARING. CAMPED ON SALISBURY PLAIN. •Received Octobers, at, 10.20 p.m. ' LONDON, October S.

BULLYING AUSTRIA/

ROME, October 7.

MUCH DAMAGE DONE,

NEW YORK, October 7,

"the' New Zealanders have, gone into camp on Salisbury Plains. The Hon. Th'ds. Mackenzie and Lord Pliinket. farewelle'd 'them amid' enthusiastic, scenes in Victoria street.

. Tlie.- troops arc' a fine body of men, many 'wearing South African medals.

- THE BLIGHT ON BELGIUM. MINISTERS MOVE TO OSTEND. LONDON, October.7. ■ It is reported that the Belgian Ministers'havo removed (heir quarters to Ostend; THE FIGHT AT KAIOCHAU. GERMAN WARSHIPS DESTROYED. TOKIO, October 7. ,It is reported that the German cruiser Cormoran and two gunboats were sunk 'at Kiaochau. ;.. THE MINE MENACE, ANOTHER SHIP DESTROYED. ... OSTEND, October 7. The steamer Ardmount struck three British mines, and sank after the third explosion. IN WESTERN FLANDERS. NUMEROUS SKIRMISHES. LONDON, Ostober 7. •There were numerous skirmishes on v Wednesday in the environs of Yprcs in the southern parts and Western Flanders. . TORPEDO BOAT BLOWN'U?. : ■ DARING WORK, AMSTERDAM, October 7. A torpedo boat was patrolling the mouth of the Ems when the Dutch coast-guards heard an explosion and saw. a high column of water rise over the bows of the torpedo boat, which was capsized and sank in three minutes. Some minutes later two German sub-, marines rose up and soon after a German cruiser steamed up and rescued eonle of the torpedo boat's crew. Later in the day several more tor-pedo-boats patrolled the spot. ROME, October 7.

Messages, report that four Austrian torpedo boats and two destroyers were gunk by Austrian mines. Nearly, all the crews perished.

GERMANS IN CANADA. APPLAUD'BRITAIN. \ ' Received October S, 11.!50 p.m. : OTTAWA, Oct. 7. #'" The inhabitants of Berlin in Ontario, of whom twelve thousand arc Germans \ oi of German descent, collected £15,000 in |(i national patriotic fund. They cab» )?(! (o liOid Kitchener expressing th.i hope that German militarism would be smashed for good and the people set fiee to cieatc a greater and better Ger^, many.

FIERCE FIGHTING OUTSIDE ANTWERP

The Corriere del Lasera confirms the report that the Austrian army 13 en-' tirely under the control of the German staff, notwithstanding Emperor Franz Josef's opposition. General von Hoezendorff, Chief of the Austrian Staff, was practically deprived of power, under the pretext of being unfit owing to the death of his son. General Auffenburg was removed from command nominally on account of ill-health but really because his move on Lublin was considered an ominous mistake,

A message from Vienna states that Archduke Josef Ferdinand has superseded Genera] Auffenbnrg.

There is popular indignation on ae count of Germany leaving Austria mi supported so long.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF PAPEETE

friii Francisco advices state that Hie Papeete bombardment resulted in considerable damage being done. Two vessels were sunk and many residences 'destroyed. Two persons were killed,

SINKING THE GERMAN DESTROYERS. THE ED AGALW "London, Oct. 7. The submarine ED sighted the two German destroyers at the mouth of tho Ems on Monday morning. The submarine, dived and got within comparatively close range. The first torpedo sunk thy destroyer and the second struck the other, inflicting considerable damage. The submarine then got away.

THE STOLEN SUBMARINE. BUILT FOR RUSSIA. ROME, Oct. 7. The Russian Ambassador states that the stolen submarine was built, for Russia, but at the outbreak of the war, Russia asked the builders to keep the craft. AN AUSTRIAN DEFEAT. PETROGRAD, Oct. 7. The Russians defeated an Austrian detachment in the West Baiwk Pass, capturing some guns and many prisoners. They also captured a train-load of artillery near Munkaes. Advices from East Prussia state that the Germans have b,een reinforced from Konigsberg and are offering stubbom resistance on the Vladislawo Vobaekka front. CALM AND REST. THE POSITION REVIEWED. Received October 8,11.40 p.m. PARIS, Oct. 7.—Midnight. (Official): Except on the two wings where the German attack was repulsed there is almost complete calm and rest of the front. On the left wing the German cavalry liau been held to the north of Lill-2, where they have been driven back; while the ground previously yielded between Chulucs and Roye has been recov eredA . The report adds: The forces engaged against us consist of twenty-three active army corps, 'three active army corps and eighteen reserves, not includ ing a number of divisions of Landwehr and Landstrum. OSTEND, Oct. S. • The Germans with artillery reached Conrtva on Tuesday from Metz, ' via Liege. They were very tired and had been without food for forty-eight hours, A DANE'S STORY. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 7. The Poliliken publishes Hie story- of a Dane who saw a Japanese troop train leaving Dunaburg for Vilna. A railway official told him that KiO trains had passed, carrying IGO,OOO men. ITALY'S POSITION. NOW IS'THE TIME. Received October 0,12.D0 a.m. . . ROME, Oct. 7. Lord Lyndham.'iii a letter'to "Messagero" reminds'the Italians of. the favours of sendiug'troops to the Crimea, thus securing to Italy a seat, in tho Con-, 'gross of -1856. Now Is the moment forIlaly to take a similar decision:,

riGHTINCf 'OUTSIDE; ANTWERP.

RUSSIA'S ADVANCE,, (

VERY PUfiIOUS.

DEADLY riGHTINd.

PETROGRAD, Oetobei 7

Received Octqber■ 0,12.45 n.m; ._■ \ . : LONDON, Oct,\B,"

When tho Russians rmorged fjom the Western exits of Augnstowo Forest they found I ho enemy's main forces of nrlilleiy coiicontialcd further west, holding positions whence thoy opened a deadly fhe ncioss level ground fiom thieo sides of a sqnaie, Tho Russians were oidcrcd to oeonpj the nearest height dominating tl>e

Tlie fighting,boforo Antwerp, on Tuesday was of a most furious character. The' Germans advanced between tho outer forts, but wore shot down in thounaiids. They brought up fresh reinforcements, from Brussels and hurried the infantry recklessly against tho Belgian trenches, but eventually crossed tho Nethe,. but tho renewed attempts to cross the Scheldt helweeirdroihliorglic/i and Sehoonaerde failed." The German shrapnel inflicted considerable, though not. serious losses on the Belgian trendies,

Whole countiysido. The fli si gum aieondod after a nun - do'rous shiapnel flty but reached tlie platoaii, and within a few minutes ihe Russian artillery had decimated the Germans and disibled their' guns. Tho enemy was soon letning, and tho re treat was transformed into a rout by Russian horsemen'hewing paths through tho enemy's lines. '•.; The Russians at Roczlti, northward of Augustowo, discovered at nighttime during a tremendous rain ' that the Germans had omitted to post pickets, so a body of infantry'with'a battalion of liglit guns stalked the enemy under tho noise of rain. The> artillery swept the sleeping Gorinans and then followed a bayonet charge,.'

The Belgian artillery shelled the Ger mans out of Schoonaerde.

GENEROUS BRITISHER.

QUICK FIBER -FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.

LONDON, Oct, 8,

Richard' Staples Browne, of Bampton, Oxfordshire, is presenting the New Zealand Expeditionary Force with i quickfirer.

A' Petrograd -message states that the railways in East Prussia are congested, conveying retreating Germans.

According to a prisoner, the Kaiser before leaving Graev'o,'"ordered-'Ossb-wictz to bo captured- 'within' three days, ' •'""''' •;' : '" : :l -'''''•• The Germans fired 40,000 shells'before the Russians took their' lines by' a daring frontal chargo'' of v a''single ■troop of cavalry combined with an infantry flanking movement. •■'■'■ :^ '■■'••'

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT,

LONDON, Oct. 7. 4 p.m.

(Official):

The Military Governor of Antwerp states that the bombardment of Antwerp is imminent, The previous message relating to war news is now modified, and certain information will be -permitted for publication, provided it is passed by the censor, Only messages so passed are cabled,

HUGE GERMAN LOSSES.

ROME,.'October 7,

An official list at Berlin of the German losses, killed and missing, to September Ist, chows .that they number 117,000. .. r.:

The authorities admit that -the total losses to date-are-300,000,;. ■■-,-■;• PARIS, October: 7.-

EARLIER NEWS

WITH THE ALLIES, THE GERMAN RETREAT FROM NANCY, LONDON, October 7.

Mr Maxwell, of (he Daily Telegraph, says llio British casualties during'the past three weeks have been insignificant. Fourteen nut of Iwenly Cerinnu howitzer shells fail lo bnrsl, he says, The British troops, al'ler four days in the trenches, are allowed two days' resl,

PARIS, October 7, (Midnight).

Official.—The characteristics of the situation are unchanged, On the left wing northward of the Aisne the action is increasingly violent; there is comparative calm in the centre, but, some ground lias been gained in the northern heights of the Meuse. The trophies captured- from (lie Germans include cannon of a very old pattern and needle gnus dating from JS/J7 lo 1.570."

Though Ihe Germans have retreated at Rheims their heavy, guns ..are still, able lo throw shells into the northeastern suburbs and several have done much damage lo residences, Aeroplanes dropped bombs in an endeavour to destroy the railway station. One killed fourteen people. On the slopes about the town the dead bodies are being incinerated, and an awful smell pervades the town. PARIS, October fi.

Tn a fight aI. Nancy, witnessed by the Kaiser, the Freucli placed a num.her of almost obsolete camions as a blind on a slope facing the Germans, but deadlier guns were hidden in their rear. The Germans for fifteen hours bombarded the useless guns, which were occasionally fired by a small detachment.

Eventually, considering the batteries silenced, German cavalry charged. The hidden French batteries opened fire at 800 yards, and the charge slackened ; they fired again at GOO yards, mid on a patch lighted by the moon were - ecu heaped masses of dead, while riderlcra horses dashed in all directions.

Next morning the Kaiser watched the retreat.

A German officer who was taken prisoner stated that his regiment. was hemmed in and shelled for fifteen hours, so that only 300 were left out of 1400, and these surrendered. .

A wounded French lieutenant narrates that great masses of German infantry with maxims in their rear advanced at Arinance, north-east of Maucy, unaware of the presence of 00 7.5 millimetre guns all round within a thousand yards. When the French fire blotted out the iirst. line of Germans ave fresh lines followed, and each was wiped out in turn. Altogether, ten thousand were killed.

THE CAMPAIGN IN BELGIUM,

ANTWERP SUCCESSFULLY BESJSTS. PAEIS, October 6. Official—The Belgian forces are defending Antwerp. They have successfully repelled the German attacks. OSTEND, October 7. A column of 20,000 German horse, foot, and artillery, with commissariat and convoy, traversed Templeuve towards Lille, The 'Germans are clearing the fields in the neighbourhood of Brussels of food and crops and sending the produce to Germany by special trains. There are indications that the pavcinonls'in front, of the loading public buildings are mined. Heavy sandbag barricades are erected round the Palace of Jnslicc,

GERMAN DESTROYED SUNK. HAGUE, October 7.' A German destroyer was sunk off Schiermonnikoog Island. The Central News states that the sinking was caused by a British submarine. v , Hcutor mentions the presence of two German submarine's which were either assisting tlm destroyer, or were possibly the cause of the accident. .■''.: ;.. LONDON, October 7. .The Tress Bureau states that' Submarine : EO, has returned safely. She sank a,Germai destroyer,, •

Germany's operations 'from- Lille arc intended to cover the right flank where reinforcements are being hurried from the centre of the war theatre.

A PRETTY STORY,

KATSER FEELING-FAINT.

COPENIfAGEN,,OeInbcr,7.

A piquant story is circulating .about (lie German War Council. Before (lie Kaiser went Io Prussia some of hisslall' sharply criticised Hie Grown Prince's operations and urged his evacuation in order Io maintain Ihe defensive. A stormy scene ensued. It is added that the Kaiser lias had several fainting (its through neuralgia.

ENGLAND'S REGENERATION.

NEW YORK, October G,

The Sun, in an article headed ',' The Regeneration of England," slates Unit the eagerness with which peer and commoner, capitalist and labourer, squire and peasant have responded to the country's call has proved a perfect revelation Io Germans, who scqlfcd at serious military resistance from Britain. Prom north and soulli ami east and west,men of the Empire are thronging to deliver Ihe world from a military terrorism,

GEIIMAN KWRIMINATIONft KOMI'V October 7. The Frankfurter Zcitnng, commenting on Hie silence and reserve of Hip German general staff, praises the patience and endurance of Ihe German nation, notwithstanding the incredible reports launched throughout' the world by Sir E. Grey' 3 lie factory in London.

The Yossichc Zeitm'ig' states that the Germans remained a 'fortnight at Compiegne without'damaging'tho town, while the British destroyed the'beautiful btouc quarries. TROUBLE IN:E?QJI PLACES. vox Moi:!M\!-;V;rj ; i ; !ii«i::i)>:iJ. NEW YORK, October .7. Advices from German,sources state that dissatisfaction with General von' Moltkc has accumulated to such a degree that while he has not been formally ousted ;i.^q)icf : of-Staff he has been deprived nf liiu-Jj. executive authority, which is now vested in n commission of the Kaiser's most trusted soldiery. . . ....,;,..'.

THE STOLEN SUBMARINE,

ROME/ October' 7.

On arrival at Ajaccib 'the erew''bf-'the stolen submarine''in'tov'ni'ed the : Prencli authorities of theTcircumstances of Bel loni's escape, and fhe'authbritles'werc instructed to liold'thc'subniai'iiic pending instructions'from Italy.- '"' -'•

IN THE ADRIATIC,

PARIS, October i"

The Minister Mines has announced that French Miiies .nrc f now auchored in the Adriatic provided, with the safeguard prescribed by piQ 'Hague Convention of 1907. ........

VAKIOUfI ITEMS,

LONDON, October 7,

In response 'to' public'appeals, 1100 motor ambulances have already been given to the Bed Cross Society.

The King, while visiting a hospital at Wandsworth,' said: "They don't play cricket," when a Coldstream Guard related how he was shot; by a German who hoisted tiie'while Hag.

British art lovers have drafted a protest ntfaiiistUoriiinii vandalism, i'opios were sent to the, President of the, United Slates and Count Lalaing,, the" Belgian .env,oy to St James'. The British Tommies in. the trendies, are receiving many newspapers contain-, ing the football,' nppiiar: \o be tho first item of .interest. ',, ,

The exportation is,, prohibited of woollen blankets, "hides, pigskins, and leather,' ■',,, .. ■'•■•,<.':. .'..''„•.. ~-.

The ship,Be.iiestuet,,,boun.d, fmm,Npw Caledonia \f, Jlamliurg, 'wifli a c'argQ ; --of/ nickel, wa,s .captured (l and'. towedi to

<ll Aimmym; October, 7. British'cruiser, victims were bjriedntNoordwyk:,. Many Englishmen wore present, pd a detachment o( Dutch reservists fired a salute, . Tho Dutch are taking drastic' steps tg piovcnt tho smuggling of contraband to Gcimany, Tho Customs officials at Maastucht havo Hciml large quantities of foodstuffs consigned to Liege. The Piussian Diet will leopen on the 22nd.

PARIS, Octobor 7

Jl is eatimatcd that 50 per cent, of the deaths in the hospital from wounds in tho trenches aro due to tctami3.

ROME, October 7.

Ten thousand of Essad Pasha'b troops have occupied atratcgie points at'Durrazzo. Essad Pasha has'entered the city and has been elected President of the Provisional Government. He has installed himself in Prince Wied's apartments, !

ATHENS, October 7.

Advices from Constantinople state that four huge> German howitzers, one thousand tons of ammunition and war materials have arrived in German merchantmen, and have been sent to the Dardanelles.

WASHINGTON, October 7.

Mr Bryan is endeavouring to arrange peace treaties with Germany, AustriaHungary, and Japan, similar to those between United States and other countries. ' ■

OTTAWA, October 7. Tho Cabinet has decided to send a second expeditionary force.