GERMAN REVERSES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 90, 6 August 1914, Page 6

GERMAN REVERSES.

ten on land by Belgium % Lose Cruisers at Sea to France Swiss Neutrality Violated.

GERMAN CRUISER BOMBARDS *’ r BONA BATTERIES. REPO RT OF HER CAPTURE. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] " (Received 11.5 p.m.) London, August o. A German cruiser fired sixty shots •and the batteries at Bona (Algeria) replied. The cruiser left in the direction of Gibraltar. It is believed in Paris that she was captured by the British vessels guarding the Straits. ‘ GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN FLEETS COMBINE. !;■ '■ ' - ‘ ■ t; •• FRENCH CAPTURE COALING VESSELS. Advices from Horne state that the German Mediterranean squadron in the neighbourhood of Messina has been instructed to join the Austrian Squadron and attack the French Fleet. French destroyers captured tw-o big German sailing vessels in the North Sea and took them to Dunkirk, Calais.

A LABOR TRUCE. EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS IN AGREEMENT. i [Pun Press Association.] i Wellington, August 6. lii the Arbitration Court this morning, the representatives of the employers and the workers intimated that they were agreeable to the suggestion that the operations of the Court should be practically suspend* ed until conditions returned to normal. DEFENCE MATTERS. COMPOSITION OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Wellington, AngUst 6. General Godley, in announcing the composition of the expeditionary force, stated that at each of the four district headquarters a regiment of mounted rifles and a battalion of infantry is being mobilised. In each case each existing regiment' of mountad rifles will furnish a complete squadron and each regiment of infantry a complete company. For instance, in Wellington, a regiment of mounted rifles will be formed consisting of one squadron each from the Queen Alexandra Regiment (Second Wellington West Coast Mounted Rifles), Sixth Manawatu Mounted Rifles, and the 'Ninth (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles. An infantry regiment will be similarly furnished by one company each from thoSeventh(Wellington West Coast) Regiment, Ninth (Wellington East Coast) Regiment, Eleventh (Taranaki Rifles), and Seven, tbenth (Ruahine) Regiment. Men of the Fifth (Wellington) Regiment, which is part of the coast defence troops, who wish to volunteer, will be able to do so for the defence of vulnerable points of the coast defences. They have already done so to' some extent. Their services will also * be useful as volunteers for the Army Service Corps. Probably one battery of artillery will bo concentrated with the Wellington Regiments at Palmerston North, where the racecourse and’ showgrounds have been placed at the disposal of the Defence Department. It must be understood that the system now adopted is entirely based on the existing regimental -organisation, and is entirely on a different footing from that observed with the Contingents which were sent to the South African War.

BELGIANS IMPEDING GERMAN ADVANCE. A Belgian fort, or. seeing the Ger- - man advance, blew up the tunnels and bridges on. the Meuse river. - Parliamentarians are enlisting in the l , i army. It is reported that Germans at Metz shot Alexis Samian, president , of the anti-German society, and imprisoned all members.

GERMANS GRAPPLING FOR TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLES. ENGLISH GOVERNMENT CON- ( TROL THE RA,ILWAYS. London, August 5. The British Consul at New York reported that a German cruiser was seen grappling for the trans-Atlantic cables off Newfoundland. The Government has requisitioned many motor buses. Many drivers are. seeking admission to the army motor transport section to avoid unemployment. An Ordcr-in-Conncif has been issued placing the control of the railways in the hands of the Government. I •' In the House of Commons Mr Lloyd George stated that ho is considering the matter of food supply? and would submit a scheme in a few ./lays. A report from-,the Argentine states that the banks and the Bourse have been closed. There -is a tremendous rush of recruits in London.

THE BLARE OF BUGLES. THE TRAMP OF ARMED- TV! EN. Woolwich- City resounds with the blare of bugles, the tramp of assembling troops,, and the cheers of the multitudinous crowds.. Trafalgar Square, Downing Street, and the approaches to- Parliament House and Buckingham Palace are packed day and night. Union Jacks and Tricolors are displayed everywhere. . The war declaration was received with unbounded enthusiasm, and continuous cheering. BEFORE THE PALACE. GERMANS ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE. The King and Queen, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary, had a tremendous ovation on appearing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Several Germans have been arrested in various parts of England for espionage.

A BELGIAN'' VfiCTORY. GERMANY REPULSED AT LIEGE. (Received 1.40 p.ra.) London, August 5. At three o’clock this morning it was reported that the Belgians had repulsed the Germans near Liege. FRENCH FLEET’S SUCCESS. Vv; The French fleet at Algiers cap-. ■ lured tho-Genrian cruisers Goben (hat-tlo-cruiser built * in 1012), and Breslau, ana sank the Panther. ANOTHER TREATY BROKEN. Germans entered Switzerland, violating the treaty. They crossed the French frontier near Saint Marcel.