Belgium

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 65, 12 November 1914, Page 5

Belgium

HIGH-HANDED ACTION.

GERMAN PROCLAMATION IN BRUSSELS.

(Received 8.30 a.m.) London, November 11. A German proclamation in Brussels states:—

“The citizens have not obeyed instructions to continue in occupation, and have also failed to execute works 'ordered by the authorities. The German Government, therefore, threaten to stop the distribution of food by the Americanßelief Committee unless the employed agree to work for the National Relief Committee, through which the American Committee acts.” | “The following was sent as a reply: “The Germans are using the

railway to transport troops, and it is impossible to remove coal, which has accumulated at the pitmouths. The iron industry is at a standstill, lacking ores which cannot be imported. Manufacturers are unable to reopen factories, and bootmakers continue to work, contributing 20 per cent, of thenwages to the relief fund. Hence it is inconceivable that the German Government, after* authorising the acceptance of food, should stop its distribution on the pretext mentioned.”

MEALS FOR BRUSSELS.

COMPLAINTS OF GERMAN FINES FOR MINOR SQUABBLES.

(Received 8.45 a.m.) London, November 11

! The American relief organisation is j daily distributing 400,000 meals in | Brussels alone. There are complaints of Germany imposing heavy fines for ' slight' offences, like £200,000 on Brus- I sels for a squabble with the German i Guards. These fines are nullifying relief in quantity and quality. \ j RELIEF ON THE COASTLINE. | United Peesb iAssooiation. 'l London, November 10. A Daily Chronicle despatch says that advanced Belgian patrols have penetrated to Os tend, thus relieving the coastline and covering Dunkirk , Niouport, and Ostend from the menace of the past two weeks. SE RC E ANT-M AJ 6 fIT WHITE fcERECEIVES THE CO-VETEP V>C.

(Received 1 9-o'a.m.') Vi A London, November 11

Sergt-Major White, wh6 r * carried Lieutenant’ "Roberts ~ while mortally wounded at Colenso out of danger, has been notified-We" will ’■ Victoxria Cross for grillrintry at Le Catean, where he went back to the wounded captain, placed the captain on his horse, and galloped back to safety, though he himself was wounded in both legs.

THE ALLIES FIGHTING HARD.

(Received 9.35 a.m.) Paris, November’s 11

A communique stiites that' the -battle was resumed with particular intensity at Nieuport arid Lys. We maintained our front and re-occupied Lopibartzyde, and the Germans have taken Dixmude. T We -,hpld the out-,, skirts of this villagd, find> also the canal, Neiuport to Ypres. British troops attacked at - several points and stopped the enemy’s fierce offensive. The remainder of the front is unchanged, except that we progressed north of Soisons and west of Vailly. HUNGARIAN CAVALRY ALMOST annihilated. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Paris, November 11. It is believed that the Hungarian cavalry in Belgium are almost annihilated. Two of the latest lists of casualties include 867 Hungarian names of distinction. >

GERMAN CONCENTRATION BETWEEN YPRES AND ARRAS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, November 11. It is calculated that the Germans, who are concentrated to the number of 420,000 between Ypres and Arras, have sufficient artillery to blast away a mountain. Around Brussels the invaders are working feverishly, fortifying -with steam entrenching machines which deal with enormous quantities.

THE GERMAN FINE ON ROULERS.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, November 11. Prominent citizens in Roulers canvassed the town and succeeded in collecting the German fine of £IOOO.