WAR NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 December 1914, Page 6

WAR NEWS.

ALLIES MAKE PROGRESS. GERMAN DIRIGIBLE DROPS BOMB ON NANCY. (Received Monday, 9.45 a.m.) PARIS, Sunday. A communique states that the inemy, after a violent bombardment, ittempted to recapture the trenches n the Perthes region. Our artillery md infantry repulsed the attacks. Wo progressed south of Sant Hu)ert, in tho Argonne, and bombarded i ravine, where'the enemy evacuated ieveral trenches. We repulsed two attacks on the -edoubt at JBoisbrule, east of S-xint Vfihiel. German d'rigiblo threw ten jombs on Nancy. Our aeroplanes bombed the aviation shedsj barracks, and railway station at Metz. We further progressed along the heights of Doznating and Cernay, •epul;iiug several attacks. MADE IN GERMANY. 'TWAS A GLORIOUS VICTORY. . (Received Monday, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, Monday. A wireless message from Berlin states that it r.s now posr/l-ble to judge ;he success of the battle against the British and Indians at Festubert and Uethune. Nineteen officers and 81ft men. ourteen machine guns, two French nortars. and other material, were laptured. The British left three thousand lead on the field, and asked for an u-mrstiee to bury theiir dead. The German losses were comparatively small. rHE FIGHTING AT FESTUBERT. BRITISH REGAIN LOST GROUND. Received Monday, (8.35 a.m.) - PARIS, Sunday. An eye-witness at tho British headquarters described fbho fighting at h'estuibert as fierce. While the British were compelled to yield to superior numbers, they eventually recovered the lost ground. "* GERMANS BEING DRIVEN BACK. NEAR LOMBARTZYDE AND DIXMUDE. Received Monday, (8.35 a.m ) AMSTERDAM, Monday, The newspaper f'Tyd" states thax large forces of Belgians have been transported over the Yser in tho region of Lombartyzde and Diomude. . , Operations are difficult, owing to tho inundation, and the Germans are using isolated farms, each of which are being stormed and taken. WURTEMBURGER'S LOSSES. A NEWSPAPER'S ESTIMATE. Received Monday, (8.35 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Monday The German insurance newspaper, "Globus," states that the burger's losses in France to October loth are 3727 killed, 16,617 wounded, and 3734 missing. BOMBS BEING USED TO GREAT EXTENT. (Received Monday, 8.15 a.m ) LONDON, Sunday. An eye-witness relates that tho employment of bombs was the chief.feature of tho recent fighting. It luis become general alons the whole line. x Tho Germans are tising them to a great extent. SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH. i I (Received Monday, 8.15 a.m.) PARIS, Sunday. A eourtmnrtial has sentenced to death Bnin Masheim, a spy who guided the Germans entering Epernay, and pointed out the houses containing tho richest booty. Masheim alleged that the Germans threatened to kill him unless he helped them. THE NAVAL FIGHT. LATER DETAILS. 1 (Received Monday, 9.45 a.m.) BUENOS AYRES, Monday. Tlio Germans at the Falklands opened fire at such'along range that tho Britishers were allowed to finish their breakfast. They could hardly be induced to remain below, so eager were they to fight. They toasted the Germans though only tea was available. The Scharnhorst's firing is described as magnificent. After the destn ijj tion of the wardroom, one Sin shell struck tho deck and skated tho whole length of the vessel, but exploded harmlessly.

The British battleships, getting 1 a clear range, poured shells on to the enemy's decks, destroying guns and decimating the crews. Adm'ral Sturdcc's repeated signals demanding a surrender were unheeded. About one hundred Germans wore saved. The captain of the Gneisenau was among the wounded. ITALIAN BOY SCOUTS. i TO BE MADE A NATIONAL CORPS. (Received Mondav. 8.15 a.m.) ROME, Sunday. Owing to the services the Boy Scouts are. rendering to England in connection with the war, Italy lias decided to transform her Boy Scouts into a national corps under tho control of tho State. FOREIGN CONSULS IN BELGIUM. NOT RECOGNISED BY GERMANY. (Received Mondav, 8.15 a.m.) Washington, Sunday. It is stated that tho department is studying the law governing tho Germans' alleged refusal to recognise accrecfited foreign consuls in Belgium. Nothing official has yet been received, and until Germany makes a formal notification, the United States does not propose to take, any action. TRAWLER SUNK BY MINE. (Received Mondav, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, Sunday. The trawler Oceanian was blown up by a mine in the Ncith Sea. Only olio survived. GERMANS RE-OCCUPY MLAVA. OBSTINATE FIGHTING ON THE NIDA. (Received Mondav, 9.45 a.m.) PETRGGRAD, Sunday. The Germans have -re-occupied Mlava. Battle in Middle Pilica and along the Lower Nida continue with great 'obstinacy. TRAIN COLLISION AT KALISZ. TREASON SUSPECTED^ (Received Mondav, 9.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Sunday. A crowded troop train from Prussia collided, at Kahsz, with a train returning with wounded officers. Both were travelling at full speed. Twenty carriages wore wrecked. Four hundred were killed, and.five hundred injured. It transpires that the points were changed at tho last moment. The pointsman-, stationmaster, and other officials have been arrested on a charge of treason. * TEN THOUSAND GERMAN " , . CORPSES. FOUND AT ZIECHANOW. (■Received Monday, 9.45 a.m.) - ' PETROGRAD, Sunday Ten thousand German corpses were found, hardly covered with earth, at Ziechanow. ANOTHER YANKEE STORY. CESSATION OF SAGHAJJEN TO JAPAN. OFFICIALLY DENIED. (Received Monday, 8.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sunday. The Japanese Embassy lias been officially advised that Russia has ceded Japan its half of Saghalien in ex- ' change for heavy guns for use in Europe 1 . (Received Monday, 9.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Sunday. The cessation of Saghalien is semiofficially denied. GERMAN PUBLIC BECOMING UNEASY. AT NON-CONFIRMATION OF REPORTED VICTORIES. (Received Mondav, 8.15 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Sunday. Many German newspapers arc seekI ing to allay the uneasiness due to the | non-confirmation of General Hinden- . berg's alleged great victory. The papers are now appealing to the public'not to show impatience, » and thus prove that they possess strong nerves, which are able to support temporary reverses. The public must wait for the final victory.