SECOND EDTION. THE FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15340, 1 October 1917, Page 7

SECOND EDTION. THE FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.

HJflfl&BfflAN TROOPS FROM RUSSIA. tTI/Vv ,'-W It '%' " ' ■ ■ ■■■■!■■■ l-'*- V: ./.'■''"/ ENEMY LOSSES 43,000 IN A WEEK I'-V.,-vr/\: •- ,■ ; -.. i**v . I (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) 'i* | i"' \ ' Received October 1, 2.35 p.m. : V V K~ ,': , > PARIS, September 30.. i,-,, 1 !'," Among the latest troops facing the British in Flanders are numerous . .Iflfgei from the German lines on the Russian front. '<- />;> The German killed, wounded, and prisohered during the past week ,/jJbs estimated at 42,000. I TJIE AIR RAIDS ON LONDON. , ( FOUR GROUPS OF RAIDERS. | DRIVEN OFF BY GUNFIRE/ /Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter.T - 1" - Received October 1, 2.35 p.m. '"".*. V ' ' *<-, LONDON, September 30. -J -. The -Preߣ Jftreau that reports show that three groups of raid!6rsdjj||hninedly and simultaneously attacked London, approaching i^^6m s mMerent directions. gunfire broke up the groups, , and "only'two t possibly three. machifess penetrated the defences. Bombs .x-Aell in- the norsfch-eastern and southeastern districts. A fourth group \ attempted to approach London later, but\was driven off. None of these L .thfls-;OMter defences, but-dropped bo\®hs in .Kent and Essex. * Pull reports of casualties and. damage haveSwrt> #/?t received, , but both are believed to have been comparatively light. '"""*

;THE HUNS AT RIGA. \ ISO IUSSIANS HANGED, / <.• ■ - . , Australian and N.Z. Cable>'Services.) ' '".; Received October 1, 2.35 p.m. PARIS, September 30. • A Petrograd telegram- states that the Germans at Riga hanged 150 Russians belonging to various political. and Socialist organisations. THE WESTERN FRONT. VISITED BY ITALIAN KING. /♦ " ■ {Australian and N.Z. Cable Services.) a- 5 -' Received October 1, 2.80 p.m. . PARIS. September 30. ■ The King of Italy was greatly iranressed by his visit to 'Verdun, where Presidenfc-Poincare and General Petain pointed -out the chief scenes *-of the struggle. He also visited the Belgian front. CHOLERA IN GERMANY. i — ■» ~ ■ RAVAGES OF- DISEASE AT . MANNHEIM. F - Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ! - •qPbjived October 1, 2.35 p.m. ,- ' BERNE, September"3o. The Tagwacht has ormed that Up to the end of-August there had been ' two thousand cases of cholera at Mannheim, and six hundred deaths. GERMAN ILLEGITIMATES. '. : ASSISTANCE TO MOTHERS. : ", '(ins. £ N.Z. Assn. & Reuter.) ;"- ,'' * '" BERNE,. September 30. The German Government has offered • a premium of five hundred marks to ' ©very poor unmarried woman bearing a - - child, and will also contribute to its 'support for the first fourteen years, r such children to b« considered legiti r '■' mate. " : , , ' . , 'Emperor Karl has already issued a decree legitimising " illegitimates vborn t <■ in Austria since.the beginning of the war., _.