BRITISH TAKE SAMOA.

Waipa Post, Volume VIII, Issue 345, 1 September 1914, Page 5

BRITISH TAKE SAMOA.

N.Z. CONTINGENT LANDS.

His Excellency the Governor received information this morn-, ing that Apia had surrendered to the Royal Navy at 11 a.m. on August 29th, (Western time) and that the New Zealand Expeditionary Force landed unopposed in the afternoon.

[Samoa, or Navigator Islands, forms part of the Polynesian group. The islands west of 170 deg. w. longitude were held by Germany, and to the east belong to the United States of America. The principal islands in the Gery man group are Savii and UpoLdf] Received Monday, Augusr 31st, 1.35 P-m. / BRITISH FORCE/TO BE MAINTAHtfED. Lord Kitchener has announced that additioifal reinforcements will shorGy be proceeding to France,ymd that all wastage in the British Army at the front wopra be immediately filled up. "THE ATTACK AT NAMUR. Details of the fighting at Namur show that the Germans had 40 siege guns with a range of 12 miles. They entered the town between Marchovelette and

Champion forts. When the French arrived: the town was an Viferno and it was found necesto retreat. When the French and Belgians were retiring they were severely handled by the Germans who made many prisoners. THE BATTLE AT MONS. In the battle at Mons the British artillery was magnificent, and was used with deadly effect, but there was not enough of it in comparison with that of the enemy. The Germans bombarded the entrenched Berkshire regiment for 24 hours but there were few casualties. On ten separate occasions the Germans threw their pontoons over the canal and each time the British artillery destroyed them. ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER The entrenched lines held by the Allies within the French frontier are considered to be impregnable. The French fortified post of Longwy has surrendered. It is reported .that German cavalry broke the French lines at Arras, but the defenders moved rapidly, and have the situation well in hand. BRITAIN DEFENDS OSTEND. On Saturday a British J fleet reached Ostend and landed a strong force of Marines to prevent the Germans getting a foothold on the English Channel. RUSSIAN PROGRESS. It is reported that the Russians are marching on Danzig, the capital of West Poland. They have occupied Tilsit and captured many spoils. The garrison and inhabitants fled. The small German detachments which occupied the frontier towns of Poland are rapidly vanishing. Kalitz is in'-ruins with.dead bodies strewing the streets.

The Russians are nearing Lemberg, the capital of the Galacian province in Austria.