THE WAR.

Thames Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14435, 29 October 1914, Page 4

THE WAR.

DESPERATE FIGHTING; ■. . . ■• I. i t i i ■ ■ r m >'. BRITISH ERS' MAGNIFICENT STAND. i; BOER REBELLION IN SOUTH AFRICA. Merchant Vessel Mined off Irish .- ■.;/;■;■■ ' Coast. ; j-;-;'^ ' ' • '' . ;'■';■ ............... .. ,-.,, .. -,-.. J% ,^j '. ,|n " .-.:.»;. - ■.■ ■■■-.■>,. ' : : ••■■•■ .--- ■„ •■ Germany's Chief of Staff Ryfcig,

To-day's cables state that desperate fighting con.-,, tinues on our left wing. , ■ v : Though outnumbered by the (jrerr^ans J at .7,tjaisyr. point, the Allies more than hold their own. The British troops a,re fighting \vlth/gteatjdash,; and cDurage, and are making some magniifcent stands. Sensational reports are to hand from South Africa, where Generals Christian Dewet, and Beyers ■ and others, have joined the rebels and imprisoned a small Union force. Another merchant vessel struck a mine off the;; coast of Ireland, and sunk. Fourteen drowned, England is reported to have used an anti-aircraft, gun, with deadly effect. Germany is building a new type of large sub-V marine to transport troops—presumably to England U There is no'change to report in the operations ip. Poland and Galicia. In both areas the Russians are slowly but steadily advancing, !