SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15700, 29 August 1914, Page 8

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS.

Timti and Sydney Sun Services. (Received August 28, 6.40 p.m.) London, August 27. Thoro was a remarkable scene at th« Chclsoa Barracks, where tho Irish Guards are quartered. Intimation was received thlat they were being transferred to a destination unnamed. When the men learned thefy vrm only going to another depot they shouted: "We wa.nt to go to tho front." Tho officers urged the men. to have patience. It has been decided at Osfcend to resist attacks of raiding parties but in tho event of the enemy appearing in great force tho authorities will ask for the obsemnee o( the rules relating to undefended towns. A Belgian officer estimates the Belgian losses at 10,000. The Ajnsriean Minister has, on behalf of Belgium, protested at Berlin against tho dropping'of bombs on Antwerp by a Zeppelin airship. The Servians calculate that the Austrian lost 10,000 killed aid 20,000 wounded in 10 days' fighting. Tho London Times, in a, leader, says: " Holland ha/3 scrupulously performed her duties .as a neutral country. We are convinced of her honest desire and intention to perform them, and whether Germany will permit her remains to bo seen With tho exception of the actual belligerents Holland lias already suffered more from the effects of the war than any other country."