General.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 33, 25 September 1914, Page 6

General.

Ten per rent, of the British wounded •are 'suSe-iing from rheumatism, Wcnchitis, and over-strain, due to excessive marches.

Lester/son. of Mr T. E. Donne, of the New Zealand Hi orh fWtnissioner's office, has joined .the New Zealand London contingent. ,

Factories at Leeds, Bradford, aud Kvddersfield: are working overtime to supply Government requirements, otherwise irade is quiet. , A message from Malta, delayed by the censor, describes the landing of a i'rrc. of London territorials "on tjie i4th. ' } • : •

i German agents provoking insurrecr t'pn in Finland were arrested and expelled. They unsuccessfully attempted to charter Finnish boats at other Scandinavian ports. SHIPPING. (Received 11.55 a.m.) , Brisbane, September 25. •• I Arrived: Nairnshire, from New Zealand.

..: . ''■■■:>■> hi .. li. ' - j BRITISH AND GERMAN LOSSES.

• Thf losses in: action of-British and German warships and auxiliary cruisers to date compaire as under: — Britain. Germany. Ai-mpjpad/,csKuisjer&.,j*T.....-.3. -; 0 Light cruisers ... 3* 4 Destroyers ... 0 .2 Submarines ... 0 4 • Auxiliary cruisers ... 0 3 6 .13 *Counting the Pegasus as a total loss. ' ■ ' ! :

In addition.' to these losses, the Germans have .the battle-cruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau interned in Turkish waters: The details of the losses are as funder :. •, v t BRITISH WARSHIPS LOST. August, 6.—Scout- cruiser Amphion (3360 :tons) strikes mine and sinks. September 5 cruise Pathfinder (2940 tons), sunk by German submarine. -

. September 20. Third-class cruiser Pegasus (2135 tons), disabled, at Zanzibar by the. German cruiser Koenigsberg, i . September 22.—British armoured cruiser Aboukir- (12,000 tons), Oressy <-'12,000-°tons),and Hogue (12,ooo) tons), sunk by German submarines. GERMAN SHIPS LOST. . August s.—Mine-layer Koenigen Louise, sunk by Amphion in English Channel.

* August 10.—German submarine Vls, 800 tons, sunk by H.M.S. Birmingham. '

August 20.—German merchant crui ser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sunl by H.M.S. Highflyer. rt

August 28.—Engagement at Heligoland, German cruisers Koln (4280 tons), Mainz (4232 tops), Ariadne (2650 tons), and two destroyers sunk. September s.—German submarine which sunk H.M.S Pathfinder sunk by the British. '■

September 14.—German auxiliary cruiser Cape Trafalgar or Berlin sunk by British auxiliary cruiser Caraiania.

Hela. (5000 tons), sunk by British submarine.

September 22.—Two German, sub marines which attacked Cressy Abou kir, and Hogue sunk.