WESTERN FIGHTING

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13274, 1 September 1916, Page 5

WESTERN FIGHTING

FEAR OF COLD STEEL. GERMANS SURRENDERING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received Sept. 1, 9 a.m. LONDON, August 31. The correspondent of the London rimes at the British headquarters in France says: "The Germans are surrendering lively, when we reach the trenches. They cannot stand our bayonets and bombs. A trustworthy officer reports that lie found the bodies ot German sentries tied to posts. One man had been beheaded by a shell. Presumably the practice is a form of punishment." Mr Beach Thomas stales: "Some Germans are apparently trained in surrender drill. They advance, holding out their arms like baskets and offering papers, watches-.und purs.es.iAS gifts." BRITISH USE GAS. MINOR OPERATIONS REPORTED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received Sept. 1, 10.55 a.m. LONDON, August 31. Sir Douglas Haig reports minor operations. We emitted gas at Arras and Armentieres. LOST A TRENCH. A GERMAN ADMISSION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received Sept. 1, 10.55 a.m. LONDON, August 31. A German communique reports that near Roclincourt we lost a trench projecting towards the enemy's lines. WILLING PRISONERS. 128 B\VABIAXS SURRENDER. (High Commissioner's Cable.) LONDON, 5 p.m. Thursday. The British official report says that at Martinpuich, in the operations reported yesterday, 128 Bavarians surrendered without attempting to return to their own lines.