INCIDENTS OF FIGHTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6

INCIDENTS OF FIGHTING.

FRENCH OUTWIT ENEMY. VALUE OF EMPTY TINS.' Paris, October 24. Five hundred Germans were killed near Verdun. Anticipating a night attack, the French put empty tins at known distances from the trenches. The Germans, creeping up at night, rattled the tins, and were shot down. FIGHT FOR AX AVIATOR. WOUNDED BETWEEN LINES. SECURED BY THE FRENCH. (Received October 2."i, 7.20 p.m.) London, October 24. M. Reyrnond, a member of the j French Senate, who is now with the. I aviator corps, was reconnoitring the enemy's lines, when he was struck by a bullet. His machine fell halfway between the opposing lines and a fierce fight took place for its possession. The French were successful, and Reyrnond supplied them with valuable information before he died. ATTACK OX ANTWERP. ENGINES AND DYNAMITE. I BRAVERY OF BELGIANS. I London, October 24. During the attack on Antwerp, the Germans despatched two locomotives loaded with dynamite and without 1 drivers against the south station. Two Belgian sappers blew up the | rails at the cost of their lives and averted the disaster. SUFFERINGS OF WOUNDED TRANSPORTED TO BRITAIN. JOURNEY TOO LONG. London, October 24. . -The transfer of the British wounded from the Aisne by rail, road, and sea is strongly condemned iby the Times's medical correspon dent.) He says: "The journey occuj pies a day and a night, and the mer live a feverish nightmare of jars anc jolts. The wounded would need a Zola to do justice to the horror.' He urges that much of the work per formed in England should be done in France. NEWSPAPERS SCARCE. THREE SHILLINGS FOR TIMES NEWSVENDORS EXECUTED. London. October 24. The Times is the only Englisl | newspaper procurable at Brussels 1 The price is three shillings a copy and it can only be secured at tha price at imminent risk. Foreigi i newspapers are absolutely prohi ! bited. Three newsboys found pos i sessing copies of prohibited paper were shot.