EUROPEAN WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16191, 29 September 1914, Page 5

EUROPEAN WAR

THE POSITION IN FRANCE DETERMINED ATTACK BY ENEMY SUCCESSFULLY REPULSED' OPERATIONS IN EAST PRUSSIA MORE BOMBS ON PARIS FIGHTING AT PRZEMYSL RUSSIANS ENTERING THE TOWN OPERATIONS IN BELGIUM HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR ANTWERP MR DONOHOE AN EYE-WITNESS ATTITUDE OF ITALY AUSTRIA BECOMING UNEASY DEFENCE WORKS ON THE FRONTIER FATE OF THE GERMAN COLONIES Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, September 27. A German aeroplane dropped bombs on Paris today, killing a man and injuring a child.

LONDON, September 27. The Daily Telegraph's naval correspondent's reports contain extracts from a letter from Dr Wrn. Lloyd to the effect that many of the trawlers captured in the North Sea are fitted with a Marconi installation, and are carrying a torpedo tube. "It is unquestionable," he says, "that Ihese trawlers are used in mine-laying by night, and the time has come when the North Sea should be cleared of all hostile so-called neutral fishing boats, which are the cause of great anxiety to our sailors. The enemy's submarines approach under cover of German trawlers flying the British and the Dutch flag." GERMAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON.. A VICTORY FACTORY. OTTAWA, September 27. The Canadian newspapers are flooded nth anti-British reports, apparently ■manating from Count Bernstorff. Special war numbers of the American oapers were issued containing German news, but the campaign was a total failure. A number of large German firms attempted to secure secret trade via Holland, but they did- not find a single Canadian to assist the Empire's enemy. BRIDGE ACROSS THE MEUSE. BUILT BY THE GERMANS. OSTEND, September 26. The Germans have constructed a 300yard bridge across the Meuse at Dinant (south of Namur). IN EAST PRUSSIA. DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED. \ LONDON, September 26. The Daily Chronicle's Petrograd correspondent says: "It is officially believed that a great and decisive battle in East Prussia is imminent. Complete confidence is felt in General Rennenkampf, who is fighting on ground of his own choosing. " The armies are now in contact near the canal to the frontier at Kalisch." i • i LIVING ON GRASS. BODY OF GERMANS CAPTURED. PARIS, September 26. The French troops continue to capture ; I small bodies of survivors from the battle ; of the Marne. They recently surrounded a body of 1650 Germans, who surrendered without fighting. They had been living , <*n grass for some days. i ROYAL VISIT.TO ALDERSHOT. 1 LONDON, September 27. The King and Queen, accompanied by Lord Kitchener, made a day's tour to Aldershot, where they inspected 130,000 troops of the new army. , ZEPPELIN IN POLAND. \ CAPTURED NEAR MODLIN FORTRESS. PETROGRAD, Septembe- 26. A Zeppelin hovered over Warsaw, and later it dropped two bombs near Kalisch : railway station, but little damage resulted. Subsequently the Zeppelin was brought down near Modlin fortress with a shot, and the crew were made prisoners. ; .FIGHTING AT THE FRONT. GERMAN WIRELESS REPORT. AGREES WITH ALLIES' ACCOUNT. I LONDON, September 27. ' A Beriin wireless message on Saturday , (received from main headquarters, in France) reports in regard to operations in the Western theatre :— "The resumption of operations led to new engagements on our extreme right wing without decisive remit. "Except for a few partial advances by both sides, nothing has happened in the centre. "The Bavarian regiment commanded by General Von der Taun hoisted the German flag on the outpost of the«fortress of Camp des Romains, near St. Mihiel. We crossed the Meuse at this spot. "Tiere are no other alterations in the campaigns east or west."

FIGHTING ON THE AISNE. WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT THE FRONT. LONDON, September 27. There is a aearth of details of fighting on the Aisne. .The indications point to a crisis approaching in the battle. The French authorities are shepherding all ivar correspondents, including British, •who are under arrest. They are receiving the kindliest treatment until they can be handed over to a British officer. FIVE NUNS KILLED. PARIS, September 27. During the rescue of some German wounded from the burning Rheimß Cathedral five French nuns were killed. [Probably these are the same nuns to whose death reference has previously been made.] SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. j NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS FORTHCOMING. ANXIOUS FOR SERVICE. CAPETOWN, September 27. A semblance of mutiny occurred at Pretoria among the prisoners of war interned at Roberts Heights, but it subsided before force became necessary. Stringent regulations have been promulgated for the maintenance of discipline and dealing with attempts to escape, Recruiting committees are organising General Botha's additional force. The movement is shaping well. It provides a much-desired opening for ex-service men, ! who are burning to take the field. The existing volunteer corps and district commandoes in all parts of South 1 Africa are offering for service en bloc. SAMPLES OF GERMAN GOODS. FOR BRITISH MANUFACTURE. . LONDON, September 27. Mr Milne, on behalf of the Board of Trade, has collected 430 samples of foreign hardware, hollow ware, tools, and aluminium goods, mostly of German and Ausi trian make, which compete with British goods on the Australasian market. These are now being exhibited in Birmingham ' and Sheffield, and will later be on exhibition iu London and other industrial centres. ' NEUTRALITY OF HOLLAND. THE GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION. i THE HAGUE, September 26. | Owing to the increasing proofs of Dutch merchants endeavouring to evade neutrality, the Dutch Government is considering the advisability of proclaiming martial law in the thief commercial centres, so as to enable all business correspondence to be censored. | The Government has already declared 1 martial law on the eastern frontier of Holland, in order to exercise better con- [ trol on exports into Germany. RUMANIAN MOBILISATION. DIRECTED AGAINST AUSTRIA. • BUCHAREST, September 27. The First Rumanian Army Corps has been directed against the Austrian frontier., ; The mobilisation of 200,000 troops is nearly completed. FIGHTING IN POLAND. ' GERMANS ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE. j ( PETROGRAD, September 27. i Official: Fighting has commenced with the German troops at Sopock and Inde, to ' the south-eastward of Suwalki, also at Doaskeniki and Grodno. IN EAST PRUSSIA. GERMANS ARE SURPRISED. SUCCESSFUL COSSACK AMBUSH. PETROGRAD, September 27. . After the withdrawal of the Russians from East Prussia, the Germans approached the frontier town of Wirballen. The Russians occupying the trenches replied weakly. The Germans continued their fusillade, but as there was no sign of their enemy they concluded the Russians had fled. The German troops, when about to step on to Russian soil, stopped and sang " Die wacht am Rhein." Then, brandishing their rifles and shouting "Hoch!" thye rushed towards the village. Immediately a deadly fire came from the Russian trenches. The Cossacks charged down, and after the final bayonet charge not a man re-entered Germany.

FIGHTING AT PRZEMYSL. RUSSIANS ATTACK THE FORTRESS. THE PINAL RESISTANCE. ROME, September 27. A message from Vienna states that the Russians liavo occupied the greater part of Przemysl, forcing the Austrians to take shelter in the eastern forts, where the entire garrison is concentrated, preparing for a final resistance. The position is critical, and Russian troops are now pouring into the town to press the attack. ENTENTE BANDITS. GERMAN PROFESSOR'S DISCOVERY. LONDON, September 27. Among the German professors who are inculcating the doctrine that England is the chief culprit are Haeckel and Windt. The latter declares that the war is the outcome of a long-planned conspiracy of the Entente bandits, and that King Edward, with his policy of hemming Germany in, was the originator and Sir E. Grey his testamentary executor. GERMANS IN BELGIUM. MILITARY TRAIN DESTROYED. TOWN BURNT IN REVENGE. AMSTERDAM, September 27. The German forces are being conveyed from Aix-la-Chapello to the east and south of Antwerp. The 1 Belgians dynamited the railway at Bilsen, destroying a German military train. The Germans in revenge burnt Bilsen. INDIAN FORCES. PRINCE'S OFFER ACCEPTED. DELHI, September 26. The Viceroy of India lias accepted the Nizam of Hyderabad's gift of 50 lakhs of rupees to defray the overseas expenses, of the Bth Hyderabad Imperial Lancers and the 20th Degoa Horse. | AUSTRIA PREPARING. ITALIAN INVASION EXPECTED. ROME, September 27. The Austrians are erecting batteries along the frontier near Solvignano, and extensive defence works at Tientino, expecting an Italian invasion. THE OISE ENGAGEMENT. ALLIES' MARKED PROGRESS. ' PARIS, September 27 (evening). Official: On the left, between the Oise and Somme, and north of the Somme, the Allies have made marked progress. The Germans have made extremely violent attacks, many with the bayonet, at several points between the Oise and •Rheims, but all were repulsed. The French and German trenches in many places are onJy a few hundred metres apart. In the centre the Prussian Guards delivered a vigorous offensive, but were hurled back in the region of Berry and Nogent-La Besse, and between Nogent-La Besse and Argonne. The Germans on Saturday morning made a successful attack between the route of Sommepy to Chalons-sur-Marne and the railway at St. Menehould to Vouziers, but the French regained the lost ground during the day. JAPANESE AT TSING-TAO. TOKIO, September 27. Official: The land attack on Tsing-tao, which began on Saturday, continues. SITUATION ON THE MEUSE. NO FRESH DEVELOPMENTS. PARIS, September 27. Official : There is no activity in the Argonne, and no developments on the heights above the Meuse. The Germans in Southern Woevre occupy the front from St. Mihiel to the vicinity of Pont-a-Mousson. There is no important alteration in Lorraine, the Vosges, or in Alsace. JAPANESE CASUALTIES TO DATE. TOKIO, September 27. ! Official: The Japanese casualties at Tsing-tao so far total 312. The aeroplane reconnoitring has been a great success. THE ALLIES' DOINGS. IN FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. <Pkb United Pbbss Association.) WELLINGTON, September 28. The High Commissioner reports as follows, under date London, September 26 (11.35 p.m.) : — '' Official : A further casualty list shows that six officers of the British Expeditionary Force, previously wounded, have died; jiine others are wounded, and four are missing, while 27 men have been wounded. " Reliable : A force of 40,000 Germans are encamped at Waterloo. Heavy (German) siego guns are being sent from France to Mons. " Paris reports a severe general action on the Allies' left, between the Somme and the Oise. In the centre the Allies have advanced east of Rheims, towards Berry and Moronvilliers. The enemy hold the heights in the Meuse region and Hattonvilliers. There is cannonading in the region of Paroches. At Verdun the Allies still hold a strong position, and are advancing on Beauchmont. The enemy's attacks in Lorraine and the Vosges have been repulsed. .''The German thirty-first casualty list shows that 23 officers of one regiment were killed during five days' fighting. LONDON, September 27 (1.50 a.m.). Official : The Russians have taken Rzeszow and two fortified positions north and south of Przemysl. TO SAVE A VILLAGE. FRENCH SOLDIER'S SACRIFICE. (Times and Sydnejj Sun Services.) LONDON, September 27. A French soldier at Dinant killed a Uhlan for molesting his sweetheart. He escaped, but on learning that the Germans threatened to devastate the village to avenge the Uhlan's death, he returned and surrendered himseif. He was immediately shot GERMAN FABRICATIONS. CHINESE PAPERS BRIBED. LONDON, September 27. Germany is inducing Chinese papers to publish stories of Japanese atrocities. One papel' was pqid £1000 to open its columns to these fabrications. j SWEDISH NEUTRALITY. LEANING TOWARDS ALLIES. LONDON, September 27. Swedish neutrality has hitherto had a certain bias towards Germany, but recent events have opened the eyes of Sweden, and a change is taking place in public opinion in favour of the Entente.

GERMAN MARTIAL EDUCATION. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S RECOLLECTIONS. LONDON, September 27. Mr Austen Chamberlain racalls that when lie was a student in Berlin his professor was preaching the superiority of the Prussian spirit, and that it was the duty of Prussia to make its culture and civilisation supreme throughout the world. Great Britain, lie used to say, was the greatest obstacle, and his only reproach against English statesmen was that they kept their knowledge of the danger too secret. THE TIMES ON THE NAVY. GERMAN PRESS COMMENTS. LONDON, September 27. The Times is purchasable surreptitiously in Brussels for 5s a copy. The Times says editorially, that the lesson of the Emdcn's exploits might have been multiplied a hundredfold if the German Navy were larger or the British less formidable. Articles are appearing in the Berlin papers regarding the sunken cruisers, with the object of inducing Italy to take part in the war with the Triplice. After this incident, they say, Italy can be assured that she need not fear the British fleet. German papers are unanimous in stating that Germany will persist in her submarine tactics, and gradually reduce the British Navy. , THE GERMAN UNIFORMS. TESTIMONY TO THEIR VALUE. LONDON, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) A chaplain at the front says that the Germans, in their grey and green uniforms, in the distance look like moving firs, .and are undiscernible until well within rifle range. A SORROWFUL, PITIFUL MAN. CARNEGIE'S VIEW OF THE KAISER. LONDON, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) Mr Andrew Carnegie declares that the Kaiser is the most sorrowful and pitiful roan in Europe. The military caste arranged the war while the Kaiser was yachting, and when he returned tlie mischief was done. LEMBEBG AND PRZEMYSL. THE GALICIAN STRONGHOLDS. LONDON, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) An Austrian officer sold Russia plans of Przemysl a few months ago. Austrian militarists have always considered that Galicia would be lost when Lemberg and Przemysl were captured. THE BRITISH PRESS. QUESTION OF-GERMAN INFLUENCE. LONDON, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) The Times, in a leader describing how Germany influenced opinion in Britain through a section of the press, asks whether the Eeuter Ageney, when communicating to the press its telegrams from Berlin, took any'precautions to give warning that such telegrams were from a German official or semi-official origin, or to enable the public to distinguish between such telegrams and those despatched by Reuter's own correspondents. THE KAISER ILL. STATEMENT BY GENEVA PAPER. LONDON, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) A Geneva paper which is generally well informed has published a telegram stating that the Kaiser is ill, suffering from inflammation'of the lungs as a result of falling in a trench full of water. EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES. CHIVALRY IN MODERN WARFARE. LONDON, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) A German officer approached a miner in a street in Valenciennes. He said, " I don't like your face," and shot him in the head with a revolver. The miner's brother, a workman, drew a revolver and with the same remark shot the officer. SINKING OF THE CRUISERS. THE KAISER'S REWARD. BERLIN, September 27. (Received Sept. 28, at 6.30 p.m.) The Kaiser has conferred the Iron Cross of the first class on the whole crew of submarine U9 for sinking the three British cruisers. SITUATION SATISFACTORY. ADVICE FROM THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. (Pin TJntted Pbuss Association.) WELLINGTON, September 28. The following advice has been received from the High Commissioner under date London, September 27, at 10.16 p.m.: — Official: The situation is satisfactory. A counter-attack on the British front was beaten back with heavy losses to the enemy.ATTEMPT ON NEW ZEALAND TRADE, WHAT GERMANY'S EFFORT MEANT. SYDNEY, September 28. (Received Sept. 23, at 8.40 p.m.) At tho Dom : nion Day luncheon the French Consul, speaking on behalf of the Allies, said that Germany's recent attempt to capture the New Zealand trade was a move to annihilate British shipping in the Pacific. All the speakers congratulated New Zealand on, her co-operation in the war. MELBOURNE STOCK EXCHANGE. MELBOURNE, September 28. (Received Sept. 28, at 8.40 p.m.) The Stock Exchange has re-opened. Cash transactions only are allowed.