INTERESTING WAR ITEMS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16704, 24 July 1916, Page 7

INTERESTING WAR ITEMS.

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NEW YORK, July 21. The German campaign of lies has reached its height. It was announced to-day that Berlin officially wirelessed on June 3rd that a great revolt had occurred before the British Admiralty, owing to the Jutland Battle, and that | the theatres had been closed. : . LONDON, July 21. A soldier's letter states that a Prussian officer and a number of Germans approached the British holding up their hands. The officer then threw his helmet, containing a bomb, at the officer's feet, killing the Officer and wounding three- The Prussian officer was shot. PARIS, July 21During yesterday and last night our aerial squadrons bombed several important points on the enemy front, including the stations at Contians, Mars Ila Tour, Jonguyon, and Brieulles junction and Ham, where numerous heavy projectibs were dropped. On the loth, 18th, and 19th, the open towns of Baccarat and Ludevi were bombarded by the enemj's aerial | squadrons, but the damage done was immaterial. Reprisals will be taken. COPENHAGEN. July 21. Cracow newspapers state Lhat French aviators landed at Kawenza from Nancy, a distance of 125S uiiles. They descended in a fog, believing they were behind the Russian lines. When they discovered their mistake the engine failed to re-start, and the airmen w t ere captured. COPENHAGEN. July 21. The Germans have released the steamer Adam which will now continue the voyage* southwards from Swedish waters. Three other English steamers bound from Finland to England are similarly using territorial waters witii a view to escaping from the Baltic. LONDON, July 21. ' The Admiralty has informed the South Wales miners that the coal output of the United Kingdom has fallen thirtyfive million tons since the war, whereas the National Allied demands necessitateed twenty million more than before the war. NEW YORK, July 21. An American correspondent in Germany states that Germany is issuing clothing cards in order to secure equal distribution. The Austrian Government has requisitioned the famous Salzburg chimes for recasting for munitions. (Salzburg is an ancient city of Austria, containing about 35,000 inhabitants. It is famed for its fine buildings, which include a cathedral, built in imitation of St. Peter's at Rome.) LONDON, July 21. Norway's attitude regarding the blockade disgusts the Cologne Gazette, which says: "If not so immensely sad, we might laugh at the idea that the Norwegians, after all the British sea tyrant's excesses, are still regarding England as the champion of the independence of small nations. This proves that Germany, when fighting'^for the "freedom of the seas," cannot reckon upon the northern nations, although >they are blood relations. LONDON, July 21. A strange aeroplane accident is reported from Southampton. A large vessel was outward bound, when three seaplanes were manoeuvring overhead, flying low. One suddenly swerved and crashed into the main mast, breaking down the steamer's wireless rigging. The seaplane fel1 on the deck, and the pilot was killed and a seaman seriously injured.