GENERAL IN CHAINS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15721, 23 September 1914, Page 8

GENERAL IN CHAINS.

TREATMENT OF RUSSIAN.

GERMAN COURT-MARTIAL.

(Received September 23, 2.20 a.m.)

London, September 22. ■„•& German newspapers announce that the Russian general Marks has been taken in chains to* Halle and court-martial led fsr burning German villages and shooting inhabitants.

ALLIES AVOID LIQUOR. .

CONTRAST TO THE GERMANS. <

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London, September 22. .: The conflict is proving a teetotalv ,• war as far as the troops of thefe v allies are concerned. This is in W striking contrast to the conduct of lIS the Germans, whose trail is marked js| by myriads of empty bottles. . Jlfe m DUEL IN THE AIFL 'Jiff BELGIAN AND GERMAN. ;'■ f|j Writing from Liege on August 5,; the ''"*.?/ special correspondent of the London ,IV'V J Standard gave a brief but thrilling account of the aerial battle '"between a,' German and a Belgian aviator, reference /'-

to which was made in the cablegrams. .§*>/ A desperate fight in mid-air between a ; ; J German and Belgian aviator Was one of '-_ - the stirring incidents connected with the "",.- German invasion of Belgium, said the ':;,-> ;- correspondent. A German aeroplane was . sighted near Eepinster, between Venders ; ■ and the frontier, and a Belgian aviator, >. r * M. Fornau, rose to fight an aerial dueV :L : with the intruder. When lie reached the v same altitude as the stranger he noticed \ that the latter was a German officer, andv immediately attacked him. For' 20,Vi-'. minutes the two rival airmen tried to'- " destroy one another, manoeuvring for thev: upper position and exchanging revolverS||i: shots. Several times the Belgian en-"v deavoured to ram his opponent, obviously j ', : . :: ready to sacrifice his own life to destroy the German, but the invader was able to :.Ji: avoid the collision, and finally planed to - - ' the ground. The Belgian also alighted about *,>?;• quarter of a mile distant, but the officer|g|t g was rescued and escorted home by * ;, - squadron of German cavalry engaged ~;:_ i scouting operations. _- •_ The German aeroplane was abandoned. ; ?v_ It was found to contain a receptacle ers* ; V ', dently intended to hold explosives. ; ',? 4 >