LATE NEWS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 235, 7 November 1914, Page 14

LATE NEWS

LATEST WA«. tfiiVVa. Mr Martin Donohoe, continuing bis story (the first part of which appears on page a of this jssuo), said it was clear that if the Germans stayed they would be- annihilated. A French advance -was ordered. The Germane were disinclined, to face the hellish ordeal, i.xid their officers -vainly kicked a.nd - beat them. Suddenly the British artillery and .rifle fire ceased, and tho men left the trenches with fixed bayonets. They charged "lis Germans, who fired a single volley, and then turned to the right-about, and one line with • their bayonets sought to cover the repeat. The British, cheering, closed wit>i tile - enemy, and soon there was a soothing mass of men at death grips, thrusting and' parry:ng. The line broke clear, and the Germans were running. They rallied round tho mortar, ■end a desperate hand-to-hand conflict (recurred. The 'British captured the gun. Captain R. F. Heauey, of the New Zealand ■ritaff" Corps, 'has graduated to staff colloge fficial. <- AMSTERDAM, November The Kaiser has- promised 750 marks for ach machine gun captured. The "Telegraph" tates that the Belgians occupy both banks of the Yser. The Germans have evacuated - tuyvokenskerke, from whence they fell back o Bruges, and the battleground is now on he triangle between Dismude, Roulors, and : pres. ! - FETROGRAD, Novembot 7. The winter adds new horrors to the war an in the frozen ground we are unable to ury the enormous numbers of dead in tho roods. Many wolves have appeared. ' Tb» Germans have looted all. the winter - clothing in the towns. There have been frequent surrenders of whole German detachments almost dead with cold and hunger. AUSTRALIAN RACING. FLEMINGTON STAKES, - Alaska i j Ch*rry Dance 2, Sumurun S. LINWOOD HANDICAP. ,; Court-Martial ■•?. 13' .... ■• 1 * -Leading Lady 8.1 .... . . C flower- of the West S.s .. .. 5 Scratched: Grey Echo and Velspiel. T%*. ;.min 29 l-ssec. During the day the sum of £44,347 was j:ut through the totpli'sator, as against fiiClOT. 2.0/- "on the corespondins day of laat-yew.''