THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, 1024.
THE WAR.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
A NOVEL NAVAL COMBAT.
MODERN CRUISERS VERSUS AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES.
BRITISH SEAPLANES ATTACK GERMAN WARSHIPS.
LONDON, December 27th.
10.45 p..
The Admiralty announces that seven naval seaplanes, at daylight on Christmas Day, attacked German Warships lying in Schilling roads, off- Cuxhaven. The scaplanes were escorted by ʼn light cruiser and destroyer force with, submarines. Two German Zeppelins and four seaplanes along. with s
, several submarines attacked the British squadron, whereupon a novel combat ensued between the most modern cruisers and the enemy's aircraft and submarines.
The British swiftly out manoeuvred to submarines, while the guns of the Undaunted and the "Arethus casily put the Zeppelins to fight.
The British vessels remained for three hours off the enemy's coast without the enemy's slips appearing and without being harmed
Bix British airmen returned safely, but Flight Commander Hewlett's seaplane was seen wrecked. His fate is unknown.
British bombs were discharged on points of military significance, but the damage done cannot be estimated.
A GERMAN REPORT.
The Lokulunzeiger states that four British airmen dropped bombs on the island of Langeoog on Christmas Day.
[Langeoog is a Prussian island in the province of Hanover.]
[THROUGH FLUYER'S AGENCY.]
THE REPORTED CESSION OF RUSSIAN SAKHALIN.
AN OFFICIAL DENIAL.
LONDON, December 27th.
5.50 p.1.
Tho report of the cession of Russian Sakhalin is officially and- emphatically denied at Petrograd.
ITALY'S PROTECTIVE MEASURES AT VALONA,
LONDON, December 28th. The regiment of Bersagliere lands at Valona to-morrow, ruplacing the bluejackets.
The Bersagliere is an Italian regiment. Valona (or Avlona) is the seaport of Epirus.]
THE BATTLES FOR YPRES. TREMENDOUS ASSAULTS ON OUR LINES.
THE PRUSSIAN GUARD CUT UP
The following descriptive account communicated by an eye-witness present with General Headquarters forms part of a narrative of the movements of the British Force and the French Armies in immediate touch with it':
November 13th."
The diminution in force of what may oya paraphrase be described as the German Drang nach Westen in this quarter has not lasted long. The section of front to the north of us was the first to meet the recrudescence of violence in the shape of an attack by the enemy in the neighbourhood of Dixmute and Bixschoort. Our turn camo next, and after eight days of a comparative relaxation of pressure-from Tuesday, the 3rd, to Tuesday, the 10th the 11th saw a repetition of the great attempt to break through our ne to the French coast.
What was realized might happen has happened. In spite of the immense losses. suffered by the enemy during the five days'
woods behind our life along mounted
to 700.
THE CHANCES OF WAR.
BRITISH
PRISONERS RELEASED AND FIRED ON.
GERMANA STARVED OUT OF A TRENCH.
[FROM THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT.]
'BOULOGNE, November 25th.
In the recent fighting in the northern battle line fortune has played strange tricks with isolated bodies of men woo have been cut off froin their regiments. Sometimes they have been captured; sometimes they have been shot dewar when- in the exigencies of the moment Bo prisoners could be taken; at least on one occasion they have had tas luck to be re leased and sent back to their own lines, Three incidents which havis been related to me illustrate those phases of the chances of war.
There is the story,thenticated,
well of a company of British infantry who advanced too far beyond the anime. They wore cut off and surrounded by na overwhelming force of the enemy. There was nothing for it but surrender. They A simultaneous effort made to the south were disarmed, and expected to bo com- of the road, as part of the same operation, ducted immediately to the rear of the though not carried out by the Guard German lines. Greatly to their aston ish- Corpe, failed entirely, for when the ment the German officer in comunead of atsacking infantry massed in the woods their captors, addressing then in excel- close to our line our guus opened upon fleat English, told them to return to their them with such effect that they did not, lixes: they could go. They went gladly. push the assault home.
But they had not gone far before the enemy opened fire on them. It was not. a regulated fire. They took pot shots at us," my informant said. We ran like bares coursed by hounds-zig-zag to make their aim more difficult. Most of us, any way, reached our trenches,
As generally happens in operations in wooded country, the fighting was in great extent carried on as close quarters and was of the most desperate and con fused description. Indeed, the scattered bodies of the enemy who penetrated into the woods in rear of our position could neither go backwards nor forwards, and were nearly all killed or captured.
The portion of the line south-east of Ypres held by us was heavily shelled, but did not undergo any very serious infantry attack That occupied by the French,
was hath however,
bombarded and fiercely assaulted. On the rest of our front, save for the usual bombardment, was comparatively quiet. On the right one of our trenches was mired and then abandoned.
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as it was occupied by the enemy the charges were fred, and several Germans were blown tu pretzs
A GERMAN FORCE ANNIHILATED. Thursday, was marked by a
THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE attack against Ypres, which lasted from partial all in the fighting all along cur
AND BELGIUM.
ACTIVITY OF AIRSHIPS.
To-day's Paris communique says:-
LONDON, December 27th.
5.50 p.m.-
A German dirigible dropped ten bombs on Nancy, in the middle of the town, without having any military grounds for doing so. Our aeroplanes, on the other hand, bombarded aviation sheds at Frescati, one of the stations at Metz, where movements of trains had been reported, and also the barracks of St. Privat Metz.
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Our troops made further progress in Upper Alsace on the heighis which dominate Cernay, and repulsed several attacks in this region,
From the Ben to the Lys the day was calm, with intermittent cannonading. There is nothing to report from the Lys to the Oise.
There have been artillery duels along the Aisne and in Champagne."- The eneiny, after a violent bombardment, counter-attacked in
The attack was. Pertles, attempting to regain treaches they had lost. immediately repulsed by our artillery and infantry.
We progressed slightly in Argonne and also at St. Hubert, where a company gained between a hundred and two hundred metres. We bombarded a ravine, causing the enemy to evacuate several trenches.
Two German attacks against a redoubt at Bois Brule, east of Bt. Mihiel, were repulsed.
A dirigible dropped ten bombs between St. Privat and Metz.
LONDON, December 28th.
1.20 a.m. The Paris evening official communiqué states that the enemy, after directing a heavy artillery and infantry fire all night against our positions at Laboiselle and the vicinity, delivered two unsuccessful consecutive were captured near attacks. Paisaleine. We are consolidating the occupation of the ground which has been won near the trench of Calonne on the heights of the Meuse.
We hold strongly the trenches whic
THE RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.
Front,
AUSTRIANS AGAIN DEFEATED AND SUFFER ENORMOUS LOSSES.
LONDON, December 27th.
10.00 p.m..
A message from Petrograd says that the Tsar has arrived at the
A Petrograd communiqué says:—-
To-day there has been mostly an artillery duel in the region of Rawka and Bzura. The German attacks were successfully repelled, and we dislodged the enemy on the lower Nida, from the village of Vislica.
The Austrians again put up an obstinate resistance, and endeavoured
to entrench. We then drove them across the river. We also repelled the Austrians from the line formed by Tuchow and Olpiny. The enemy abandoned ten quick-firers, forty-three officers, and over 2,500 men.
We continued to pursue the Austrians, who were retreating in disorder, capturing another eight quick-firers and 1,000 men. We occupied the left bank of the Biala, near Siedliczka.
We also defeated the Austrians on the line formed by Zmigrod and Dukla. On Christmas Day the enemy-were in full retreat. During the battles here the Austrians suffered enormous losses, and 10,000 prisoners were captured.
In another part of the lines valy 100 metres separated the French and German trenches. The enemy, observing that the French had quitted one of their trenches, determined to occupy it. A battalion ef infantry was detailed for the purpos They advanced silcutly in the night, But they crawling towards the trench. were detected. The alarm was given and a heavy rifle and machine-gun fire was opened upon them. They recoiled and there was a movement of retreat, Buz their officers urged them forward at the revolver's nuzzle. They sprang up and made a dash for the trench. Only 140 entered it. When morning broke they found themselves hemmod in. They had to chance of escaping alive.
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A French officer was commanded to cap. October 29th to the 2nd of this month, the cessation of their more violent efforts force, which had crossed the Yer and trench at the point of the bayonet. His on the latter day was not an abandonmcat entrenched on the bank was annihilated second was to starve the unlucky men into of the whole project but a temporary by a 'night' attack with the surrender. A cordon of French troops relinquishment of the main offensive bayonet executed by the French. was drawn round the trench. For five until fresh troops should be massed to Blightly to the south the enemy days the besieged held out hoping for re carry on what was proving to be a some-
was forced back for a distance of about lief. Then a wounded German was ecat what costly and difficult operation.
three-quarters of a mile. Immediately to them to invite them to surrender He Meanwhile, as has been pointed out,
to our left the French were strongly carried a lotter assuring them that if they the interval was employed in endeavour attacked and driven back a short distance surrendered their lives would be spared. ing to wear out the Allies by repeated our extremo left having to conform to th. The brave mea replied, "We wish to sur-one which should secure first consideration local attacks of varying force and to
in the decoration of the Home shatter them by prolonged and movement. But our Allies soon recovered render because we are dying of hanger. concentrated bombardment. By the 11th, the ground, they had lost, which enabled therefore, it seems that they must have us to advance also. To the south-east of considered that they had attained both Ypres, the enemy's snipers were very active. On our centre and right the objects, for on that day, as will be enemy's bombardment was maintained, described, recommenced the desperate.
It was reported at Singapore on the 14th ins; that the British collier Buford battle for the possession of Ypres and its rothing worthy of special note neighbourhood. Though the struggle bas
The fact that on this day the advance was recaptured by the press of Japan not yet come to an end, this much can be against our line in front of Yrres was on the 11th instant off Padang (west coast said: The Germans have gained some ground, but they have not captured not pushed home after such an effort as of Sumatra) There were, three officers have naturally suffered heavy casualties show that for the moment nt least the They were almost without food when addition of cold water to make it ready Ypres. In repulsing the enemy so far we had been made on Wednesday fonds to and fourteen men of the Eden on board.
captured, and offered no resistance. But battles of this fierce and prolonged attacking troops had had enough.
Although the failure of this great at. nature cannot init be costly to both sides; tack by the Guard Corps to accomplish and we have the satisfaction of knowing that we have foiled the enemy in what its object cannot yet be described as a decisive event, it possibly marks the appears at present to be his main object oulmination, if not the deso, of a second in the western theatre of operations and stage in the attempt to capture Ypres, have inflicted immensely greater loss on him than those suffered by ourselves and is therefore not without significance, To carry on the narrative for the three It has also a dramatic interest of its own. Having once definitely failed to achieve days, the 10th, 11th and 12th November this object by means of sheer weight of Tuesday, the 10th, was for us uneventful. Beyond our left flank the enemy advanced numbers, as already explained, and har in force against the French, but wereing done their best to wear us down in repulsed. On our left, however, along the manner already described, the Ger the greater part of our front the shelling mans brought up freah picked troops to was less severe; and no infantry attacks carry Ypres salient by an assault from took place.
South-east of Tores the north, south, and east. eremy kept up a very heavy bombardment against our line as well as that of the French; and on
our left contro the situation remained unchanged, both sides contenting themselves with a furious
cannonade,
That the Guard Corps should have been selected to act against the eastern edge of the salient may perhaps be taken as & proof of the necessity felt by the Germans to gain this point in the line, and their dogged perseverance in the pursuance of their objective claims our whole-hearted admiration.
HURRIELE TREACHERY.
So used have the Belgians become to small bodies of Germans surrendering since the cold weather set in that they were receatly led into a trap, the manner of which emphasises the fact; so frequently apparent, that the Germans are totally Following upon the without conscience or honour in their way of making war. surrender of several small parties of Germans, a body of two or three hundred left their trenches and waved a white flag in token of surrender. They advanced a little way and waited for an escort of Belgians. Four hundred were told off to fetch these prisoners in.
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The Belgians advanced, and when within hundred yards or so the body of Germans divided into two, and three mitrailleuses In our contre the Germans, retained
which had been in hiding behind them The failure swept the four hundred Belgians. This their hold on the small extent of ground they had gained from us, but in doing so of one great attack, heralded as it was horrible treachery mct, with such success incurred heavy loss from our artillery by impassioned appeals to the troops, that hardly a score of the Belgians excaped. and machine gun fire. Incidentally, one made in the presence of the Emperor This episode was related by a British of the houses held by them was so knocked himself, but carried out by partially officer who was in the Belgian lines at about by our fire that its defenders bolted. trained men, has been only the signal for the time. On their way to the rear they were met another desperato effort in which the by reinforcements under an officer who place of honour was assigned to the Corps halted them, evidently, in an endeavour Elite of the German Army. to persuade them to return. While the parkey was going on one of our machine, guns was quietly moved to a position of vantage whence it opened a most effective fire on the group. On our right one of the enemy's caps which was being pushed towards our line was attacked by us and all the men in it, wore captured.
THE ATTACK BY THE GUARD CORPS:
HISTORY REPEATED.
EXISTENCE AFTER DEATH.
"A TREMENDOUS STATEMENT BY SIR OLIVEN LODGE.
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Sir Oliver Lodge made some remarkable MACGREGOR&C,
It must be admitted that that corps has retained that reputation for courage and contempt of death which it earned in 1870, when Emperor William I., after the battle of Gravelotte, wrote "My Guard statements in a lecture on "Religion and We has found its grava in front of St. Science" which he delivered recently in Privat." And the swarms of men who the Browning Hall, Walworth came up so bravely to the British rifles ourselves are not limited to the few years in the woods round Ypres repeated the that we live on this earth," said Sir Oliver. tactics of 44 years ago, when their denseWe shall go on after it. We shall columns toiling up the slopes of St. certainly continue to exist; we shall I say it on definite Privat melted away under the fire of the certainly survive.
scientific ground. I say it because I know that certain friends of mine still exist, because I have talked to them.
"Communication is possible. One must obey the laws; one must find out the It is traditions. I don't say it is easy. possible, and I have conversed with them as I could converse with anyone in this audience now. And, being scientific mon, they have given proofs that it was really they-not some personation, not something emanating from myself.
French.
READINESS TO SURRENDER. Soldiers say that during the bad weather Germans show an exceptional readiness to surrender. Little parties of me, broken in body and soul, are continuously staggering out of their lines with their hands up.
As has been said, Wednesday, the 11th, was another day of desperate fighting So soon as day broke the Germans opened up on our trenches to the north and south of Mesin-Ypres Road what was probably the most furious artillery fire that they have yet employed against us, and n few hours later followed up this bombard- ment by an infantry assault in force. This was carried out by the 1st and 4th Brigades of the Guard Corps, which, as we now know from prisoners, had been sent for in order to make a supreme effort to capture Ypres, that task having proved too heavy for the Infantry of the Line.
As the attackers surged forward they were met by our frontal fire, and since they were moving diagonally across pari of our front were also taken in flank by artillery, rifles, and machine guns. Though their casualties before they
A Petrograd paper publishes a letter reached our line must have been enormous from a lieutenant at the Vistuls front and the which relates the capture of a German was their resolution momentum of the mass that, in spite of train loaded with Christmas comforts for the splendid resistance of our troops, ther the German soldiers, principally warm succeeded in breaking through our line clothing.
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"FOR TAKING WARSAW:""
BUESIANS ENJOY KAISERIN'S GIFT TO GERMAN SOLDIERS.
:
"I tell you with all the strength of conviction which I can muster that the fact is so that these people still take an interest in what is going on, that they still help us and know far more about things than we do, and that they are able from I know time to time to communicate. this is a tremendous statement a tremen dous conclusion. I don't think any of us,
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in three places near the road. Thoy. Noties was especially attracted, how don't think I myself, realise how great penetrated for some distance into the ever, by five cars entirely laden with woods behind our trenches, but were chocolate. On examination och package counter-attacked and again cabladed by proved to bear the following inscrip machine guns and driven back to the etion: of trenches, a certain portion of which they succeeded in bolding, in spite of our efforts to expel them. What their total Losses must have been during the adrance can to some extent be gauged from the fact that the number of dead left in the
The Empress to the gallant troops of Germany for taking Warsaw."'- The lieutenant genially adds: The in- scription greatly improred the flavour of the contents for the Russians."
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The conclusion is that the survival of existence is scientifcally proved by careful scientific investigation, and that of itself leads us to a perception of the unity run- ning through all states of existence. If you once step over the boundary there is no limit to the higher intelligoppes unt you come to the Infinite Intelligence Itself There is no stopping. You must go ou until you come to God."
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