THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 1914.
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THE WAR.
THE GREAT
BATTLE.
FURTHER GAINS BY THE ALLIES AT MANY
POINTS.
Ju an official telegram which has reached the Consul for France in Hongkong, from the Legation in Poking, it is mentioned that on the night of the 12th-13th and during the 13th a few engagements took place in the Cont district, and a German division broke into the town. The allied troops have occupied Ypres. The French have made distinct progress on the left bank of the Lys in Bailleul district and up to the Oise. In the Centre, the progress of the allied armies is confirmed in the Berry-zu-Bae and Craonue districts.
The German attempts to move forward either on. Apremont or by the Spada pass have been repulsed..
The Cerman attempts at an enveloping movement far away against the Freach troops operating round Verdun were unfruitful,
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LONDON, October 15th.
4.25 p.m.
To-day's communiqué issued at Paris states:- Germans from Antwerp have arrived at Bruges.
In the Thielt district the enemy on our left evacuated the left bank
of the Lys.
The situation between the La Bassce Canal and the Lys is stationary. Oar progress at Lens and between Arras and Albert is notabic.
There is no change from Somme to the Oise, where the enemy are carmonading without pushing an infantry atlack.
We have advanced between the Oise and the Meuse towards Craonne, and north of Prunay We have taken many German trenches near Beine..
Our troops, after repelling on the night of the 13th attacks south-east; of Verdun, progressed on the 14th south of Verdun, along the Metz road.
The enemy's partial offensive more at Bandesapt, near St. Die. has been definitely arrested.
LONDON, October 16th.
9.05 a:
A communiqué issued at 11 o'clock in the evening states:- There have been further gains to-day at several points, namely: on the Taft Wing north of the river Lys where we have taken Estaires, and also in the Centre, north and east of Rheims, where we advanced about two kilometres; also on the heights of the Meuse, in the Woeyro to the south of St. Mihiel, and near Marcheville,
FURTHER ACCOUNT BY THE
EYE WITNESS"
AT
HEADQUARTERS,.
GERMANS' LAVISH EXPENDITURE OF LIFE.
LONDON, October 15th..
3.55 p.fn.
The eye-witness at Headquarters says that the events from the 9th to the 19th inst. need little description. There has been the usual sporadic shelling doing little harm.
The enemy, on the night of the
· 10th made a fresh assault, supported by artillery, against their favourite spat our line. This assault proved a costly failure, our guns being used to great effect. The eye-witness graphically describes the British lines as "all zigzag, sometimes cast and west and sometimes north and south, jutting out like promotories into the enemy's territory." Notwith- standing the enemy's lavish expenditure of life, they have never succeeded in driving us back.
GERMAN TROOPS MOVE FROM ANTWERP.
LONDON, October 15th.
3.10 p.m.
A message from Amsterdain states that there is a great movement. They are proceeding in a to-day of German troops from Antwerp. westerly direction.
GERMANS OCUPY BRUGES.
LONDON, October 15th.
3.10 3..
A message from Amsterdam states that the Germans occupied Brages on Wednesday.
[Bruges is a most interesting, historic town of marked mediaval aspect, situated 13 miles E. of Ostend, at the junction of the Ghent, Ostend and Sluis canals. In the 13th century Brages was one of the most flourishing commercial cities of Europe. It began to decline at the end of the 15th century when the religions persecutions of Philip II of Spain obliged many of its inhabitants to seek refuge in England. It has a population to-day of about 50,000.)
THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ACCLAIMED IN FRANCE.
LONDON, October 15th. A message from Paris states that everywhere in Francs the Belgian Government has been welcomed even by the humblest citizens, who are proud of the honour of protecting Belgium's archives.
COMMONWEALTH'S GIFT TO BELGIUM.
LONDON, October 15tä. The Commonwealth has voted £100,000 to Belgium in acknowledg ment of her heroic services to mankind"
IN EAST PRUSSIA, GALICIA. AND POLAND.
LONDON, October 18th.
7.m.
A Petrograd official message says that there is no change in the battles which are proceeding in East Prussia and along the Vistula, :
The Russians defeated the Austrians south of Przemysl, capturing seven officers and 500 men, along with several quickfirers.
FIGHTING NEAR WARSAW.
LONDON, October 16th:
5:05 8.11.
A further Petrograd message says that a German advance guard, which arrived at a place seven miles from Warsaw, were replused after a severe engagement.
Fighting is proceeding twenty to thirty miles west of the city, and the inhabitants who fled have returned.
SERB-MONTENEGRIN VICTORY.
LONDON, October 15th.
1.45 p.m.
A message from Cetinje says that a Serb-Montenegrin force) yesterday gained a complete victory at Tusla. Details are lacking, but many Austrians were killed and captured.
'EMDEN'S" SUPPLY SHIPS CAPTURED.
H.M.S. "YARMOUTH SINKS THE H.A.L. MARKOMANNIA." LONDON, October 15th... b.20 p.m.
The Admiralty announces that H.M.S. Farmouth (of the China Station), sunk the German liner Markomannia in the vicinity of Sumatra Both these vessels had and also captured the Oreck steamer Pontoporas. previously accompanied the German cruiser Endeh. Sixty Germans were taken prisoners,
[The Murkomani belonged to the Hamburg-Amerika Line. She was attending the Emden as a collier when the cruiser made her raid in the Day of Bengal and it was to her that the crews of the ships sunk by the
·Foden were transferred before being finally put on board the Kubinga. Tho Greek stemmer Pentaporas, is said to have been captured by the Emden while an a voyage with 5,000 tons of coal.] 2
FLOATING GERMAN WIRELESS STATION CAPTURED
LONDON, October 15th.
The Commonwealth Government announces that the German, vessel Comet has been captured rear Rabaul, (King Wilhelm's Land, New Guinea) with a complete wireless station.
THE PORTUGUESE CONGO.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.
LISBON, October 15th.
8.10 p.m.
The Governor of Angola has proclaimed martial law throughout, the Portuguese Congo.
SEQUEL TO SOUTH AFRICAN INCIDENT.
LONDON, October 10th.
A message from Capetown states that Colonel Brits, the officer appointed to take over the command of the traitor Maritz, reports that one of his patrols engaged part of Maritz's force at Ratedraai and took eighty prisoners,
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF WELL-KNOWN ENGLISH-
MEN IN RUMANIA. -
LONDON, October 16th.
A message from Dukharest says that as Mr. Noel Buxton, M.F., and Mr. Charles Buxton were proceeding in a motor-car to attend the funeral of King Carlos they were shot and wounded by a young Turk who was arrested.
His brother [Mr. Noel Buxton was elected in 1810 M.P. for the Mid or Ashburton Division of Devonshire, in the Liberal interest. Charles, who is also a Liberal, represents North Norfolk. They are sons of Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bt., formerly Governor of South Australia. Both brothers are authors of works on Turkey, Mr. Charles Buxton being the author of a book entitled Turkey is Revolution" while Mr. Noel Buston is the author of a book entitled "Eurons and the Turks." Mr. Neel Buxton was with the Bulgarian Staff in the Balkan war of 1910.]
PLYMOUTH'S RECEPTION TO CANADIAN CONTINGENT.
LONDON, October 15th.
Never has Plymouth witnessed such scenes as those which took place at the reception of the Canadian contingent. The arrival of the great There and familiar liners painted navy grey attracted the entire populace. was cheering throughout the day and altogether it was an inspiring scene. The quays, foreshore and the surrounding hills were packed with spectators, and the greetings from the artillery at Devil's Point were First the Highlanders arrived and then a magnificent especially hearty. shipload of Cavalry, A few had previously landed. The ships in the evening were a blaze of light, music and merriment reigned, the people and the troops continuing patriotic demonstrations.
STORIES FROM THE BATTLEFIELD.
would not be denied. With terrifying eries they swept on, the dead, falling in heaps as the machine guns crashed, and rattled. They wore like a wave that is driven on over the land with irresistible The following stories are taken from force. They reached the Prussian Guard the despatches of newspaper correspon-and, ma foi, they paid them! dents in France and Bolgium:--
"A MIGHTY HARD TUSSLE.? A Scottish private who had been wound ed in the head, left arm, and right leg, his arm being literally ripped up by shrapnel bullet, gave mo tramatic account of the fighting.
"It" was somewhere round Mons," he said, "but I don't rightly know where By joye, it was a mighty hard tussle, I can tell you, and in the end our little lot had to retreat. There were no French or Belgian trops where we were.
"The Germans advanced in great masses, four or five deep, and as fast as we shot them down another mass came on, simply going over the bodies. There was no stopping them at all.
"There were great mounds of dead, they say. I did not see that, but thero are many Turcos with us and, though they, say little, they say it with vivid expres- sion, and they tell how they climbed over, · a rampart of bodies. Isn't that so, mon vieux he called to an Arab in tattered wida blue tunie and blood stained-
skirto of what looked like bloom"" brown linen who sat nursing a wounded The Turco nodded and his teeth foot.
It was like that," he said in alone.
It was like that." his bad French.
Next to him was a Zouave belonging to Ah," he a French Algerian regiment, commented, that was fine, very fine" beau, très beau), but finer than that was what I saw, a German battery blown into It was at Châtelet, to the nothing at all.
We were in the east of Charleroi. trenches. In front of us the Boaches were working their guns on a bill about three-quarters of a mile away. Suddenly two batteries behind us, which had conia, into position without the enemy noticing them, opened a terrific fire on the hill. Shell nurst in rapid succession, as quick We had twenty-two hours in the as I am telling you, and the battery- trenches and were mest uneommonly guns, nien, and all--was literally, blown Then they away. It happened like a feu d'arti- hangry, I can tell you. brought us up some provision wagons, but fice (a set-piece in fireworks). One, two, hardly had they come up to the line when three chat! Nothing left." two or three German shells enme over and broke them all up.”
"The German artillery made remark- ably precise shooting.. Their Zeppelins and aeroplanes came over us all the time, giving their gunners the range so that the shells were bursting within two or three feet of where we were in the trruches. Nearly all our wounded were strack by shrapnel.
"ON THEIR OWN."
I met a private of theRifles in Boulogne this morning on his way back to Folkestone to refit. He was a Liverpool telegraphist until he rejoined the colours Since he landed at Rouen, four weeks ago last Sunday, he has marched through the north of France, fought in six engage ments, from Mons to Cambrai, been a prisoner of the Germans, and has come through at last unscathed, thanks to brilliant little action, fought entirely "on their own, by seven stray English
goldiers.
"From the time we fought at Mons until we reached Cambrai," said this man, we were fighting and retreating every day, losing very few men and in- flicting very heavy loses on the enemy.
A Cambrai 1 had the bad luck to get cut off, and was taken by five Uhlans in & narrow road. They took my rifle away and marched me along to a village.
Here I saw seven men like myself standing talking to wounded outside a Red Cross house. The Uhlans cantered up thinking they were going to take the lot. But our chaps opened fire at 250 yards, and dropped three of the Ublans with their first shots. It was as nice and pretty a piece of shooting as ever you saw.. "As soon as the three fell the other two turned and galloped off, leaving me stand- ing in the road with two dend Üblans and a third lying on the ground with his horse on top of him and a wound in his chest.
We carried him into the Red Cross house, where he died.
After that, as I was without arms, I was glad to get a suit of dungarees (blu jeans) from a peasant, and a girl guided ne through Cambrai, whare I pussed hon. dreds of Germans. No one said a word to me; one or two even nodded at .. Had they known they would have shot me, but I thought it better to run the chance of that rather than stop in uni- It is easy form and be taken prisoner. enough to get a suit of khaki again, and I hope I shall be back very soon."
THE
CHEERFUL AND CLEAN "
BRITISH.
A French officer wounded at Bapaume tells me that he lay for a time next to a man who was shot through his eyes and
nosa.
"Do you suffer" he asked the wounded
MAA.
"No," said the other, "not much. But I have rather bad mal aus dents (toothache),"
Like other French wounded in this town, this officer praised very highly the conduct of the British in the field. They are very courageous and always in the front. It is dimcult to keep them back, and they are always cheerful and clean
HISTORIC CHARGE OF THE TURCOS.
A French sergeant of infantry with a broken forearm had a clearer iden than anyone else I have seen of what really He had been collecting experi occurred. ences all the way down.
The Bosches (meaning the German] wero. attacking from the north, that is
THE LADY AND THE SCOUT.
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began by attacking Charleroi.
That was
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on Saturday. As many of the iuliabit- Pants as could clear out did so, poor creatures! The hell are was awfal
But next That night the Germaus got in. morning we had them out again. We surprised them by the violence of our fire." One lieutenant of Uhlans we found fallen forward over a pail. He was stripped to the waist. In his hand was a piec of soap still. He had been washing. Another eat at table in a little inn. Hig He had cup of coffee stood before him. been drinking out of the saucer and had dropped it. The broken pieces lay on the floor
"All that day and the next day the battle raged round Charleroi, I was You can taken and retaken five times. guess there is not much of the town left! Under cover of artillery fire both sides advanced and retreated their infantry. Several times they fought breast to-breast. Once the Turcos (the Arab troops from Algeria and Senegal) got right up to a battery and killed the gunners with their. bayonets. They were like men posested. Nothing could stop them. They are. taught by their religion that death means
MESSES. BULLOCH, Mon Dieu monsieur, enough. Paradise. of them found Paradise that day. There
& Co. must have been a struggle at the gate.
"No enemy could have stood before. them but for the murderone fire of their mitrail'enses (Mexims). You can have no idea of the number of these and the way they snit. It was these, not rifle fir
Three or shells, which kept us back. timea our fellows got within twenty or thirty yards of the Prussian Guard and DISTILLERS IN THE WORLD. were beaten back by the lead that was pumped at them.
At last the Turcas
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