GERMAN ADMISSIONS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3212, 6 October 1915, Page 27

GERMAN ADMISSIONS.

AMSTERDAM, September 30. German newspapers admit that a severe blow has been sustained on the west front. A general, commenting upon the Champagne position, said: “ The battle continues with fearful intensity, but a great break through has not occurred. We have reinforced the armies, but must expect a heavy struggle. The French in superior num= bers are attacking with colossal fury.” ALLIES’ AIRMEN BUSY. ROTTERDAM, September 30. Twenty-one Allies’ aeroplanes bombed Aix-la-Chapelle. It is reported that Rotteerde, an important strategic railwayjunction, is afire. “ EVERY ONE ITCHED FOR. A SCRAP.” A MENAGERIE LET LOOSE. LONDON, September 30. A little corporal, with a bandaged head, one foot partially paralysed, and minus an arm, who has returned from Loos, said: “ Everyone itched for a scrap, and when the word to advance came we were like a menagerie let loose. We sprinted for the enemy r ’s trenches. I selected a fellow who was powerful-looking like Jack Johnson. I dodged a blow from the butt of his rifle and bayonctted him. I then took on another, and down he went. The third man I encountered looked more like a patriarch than a soldier. ‘ Oh, don’t,’ he cried, as I dashed at him, and I hadn’t the heart to finish the job. “ On we went for trench after tranch, until the Germans were piled thick. A terrific machine gun fire swejit us, and we saw strong German forces advancing, but we dashed among them with terrible effect. Our artillery wrought fearful havoc, the enemy being literally blown to pieces. Six Germans assailed one of our men, but he accounted for them all. The bravest among us were the chaplains, who stuck to our sides where the fighting was fiercest.”