1914-10-03 — Page 8

IN ACTION.

FIGHTING ON A WARSHIP.

Work of the Fire Control.

War

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

EXTRA

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1914,

communicates assistant

the 'Dumareeq" figures to the sight. Botters at the guce, who con- tinually adjust and readjust their sights with each order, which, for accuracy's sake, ia repeated.

Dogging the Enemy's Movements..

lat go

are laid.

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1815, it stood at £885,000,000. The low water mark of £035,- 293,734 was reached in 1800, but the Boer War sent it up again to £765,215,653.

the allowance for direction course. 4,000 men killed and 571 officers

CARNAGE AT LIEGE.

DEATH OR RETREAT.

German Losses: Driven

Worse than at Port Arthur.

OUR SOLDIERS.

Front Bench Peers and the Indian Troops.

They

THE GALLANT 700.

British Repel Elve Thousand Germans,

Tourusi ia related by the Daily Mail correspondent at Boulogne.

The German cavalry may have force hourly awaiting relief, but overwhelmed the little British

LUSITANIA'S EVENTFUL

VOYAGE.

WARSHIP'S CHALLENGE IN THE ATLANTIC.

Escape in a Fog.

"The Lusitania arrived in

a passenger.

Figures relating to the cost of great ware will no doubt be of Terrible

A thrilling story of the aplen intereat. The cost of the Crim-

to Slaughter,

Lord Lansdowne, following "Paldies against 5,000 Ubians at did stand made by 700 British The gaslayers keep their gnos ean War to Britain is put down at

Lord Kitchener's statement in The first exciting step at the laid on the enemy, in accordance £78,000,000, the total cost of the

Braesela, August 10. commancement of naval

the House of Lords on Aug. 28, with the sight setters' directions, struggle being £313,000 000.

The most reliable estimates said they rejoiced once again at operations is clearing for action.

cost so that the officer who is "fight- The

to Russia was place the German losses at Liege the gallantry which the troops had Those operations, obviously, are only a beginning, a stripping offing the ship" may at any second £142,000,000, and to Fracco at 15,000.

his broadside without £93,000,000, the weekly expon- Accounts of the fighting state trying circumstances during the exhibited under exceptionally for the actual conflict technically having to worry whether the guns fire for 4000 Brise 2000 bewilder Cranes were glomy, last two or three days (loud te before its own ranks had Mersey on August 12, after the expressed in terms, made knowo

Russia £1,400,000, France bewildered, and fearful regarding cheers). He need only say that, en sadly thinned, nor yet, says eventful voyage across the by a stirring bugle call "Action!"

Supposing firing to have com- 000 and Grass Britain £700,000 the terrible Cossacks, who they so far as the Opposition were con- tecurrespondent, without having lantic, which is described in the but more commonly termed in

America's successful struggle believed are about to enter, and cerned, Bis Majesty's Government course to the base expedient of Daily Telegraph of August 13, by peace time, "General Quertere," menced, the spotter's turn now

emre. He marke by aid of for independence cost the mother devour their country.

might depend upon whatever mounting quick firere in Red At the order "Action" the

This aullen army wae met by eapport was necessary for the Cross wagons." gunners' mates immediately rush powerful binoculars, the effect of country £121.000,000, or just

the Belgisna animated by defence of the country (cheers). the abut, and this is communicat. under £1,000,000 a week,

It was not for the 700 to reason writer) at midnight on Tuesday, it to where the keys of the ed below, where any necessary

We left New York (says the France, however, bas had to passionate patriotism,

Lord Crewe said it had been ag an expected supporting August 4. Almost at the outset magazines and sbell rooms are adjustment is made. on the foot the heaviest weekly war bill; Incredible as it seems, the Gter deeply impressed upon the Gov-force never appeared. They just the ship was in trouble. Shortly kept in a locked key box ander "Dumaresq." Then comes order on record, the total cost of her mous were matched, to death al-ernment, from what they had food their ground to a men, and before dropping the pilot of a sentry's charge. The bugle after crder, following every little terrible conflict with Germany mostehoulder to shoulder. Anigh heard from India, thata wonder-it seems that but 300 remain. call in the sentry's authority for change of movement by the being £310,000,000 or over ty fusillade opened upon the men fal wave of enthusiasm and loyalty

When all was lost there ensued went wrong. Nothing could be the four turbines unfortunately no sauve qui peut. Calmly, har done, and it remained useless then distributed. By that time enemy. It ia woird to watch the £7,000,000 a week. In addition who were being driven forward was passing over that country handing over the keye, which are

eperations at this exciting stage.

to the cost in money, France lost by their officers. Fresh detach. This was to a great extent based on sing their pursuers with a murt throughout the voyage. the magazine and shell room The enemy being dogged atevery 200,000 men and there was added mente were parties are at their poste, the turn and the ordere ringing up

the war indemnity of 5,000 mil tronches, bas recoiled, shattered. to stand side by side with the them" retreated with the wound-power, was unable to make more

rashed upon the the desire of the Indian soldiers derous fire, "all that was left o

The Lusitania, with her reduced steel hatches are unlocked, and

Yet again, like sheep driven British army in order to repel the, their convoy intact.. Unforta than twenty knots. Her greatest the men descend. The aramuni- Jarda: 4500 yards; down 100; of Gravelotte, the victorious ruthlessly to the slaughter, ac invasion of friendly territory staly, several guns were lost, daily sun was, in fact, only 480 shod with appoial nailiess shoes accre of voice tabes:- 5000 lions of franos. In the one battle

Same were destroyed at the smiles. The slower speed of the tion and shelt for the smaller/P 200. The rate of change is Germans lost 328 officers and (cording to time-table and without (cheers). guns is handed by others to the for instance, if both contestants and 14,000 men, wounded. The ed circumstances, the German African troops had been assisting been put out of action by sbell fire. danger of her baing intercepted the slightest allowance for chang- It was well known in India that preme moment, while others had leviathan naturally added to the electric motor hoiste, and as many were steaming in the same French losses were 13,000 men, troops were marched up to be the troops in France, and be fol

On Wednesday morning purif hostile oruisers were about-- charges as are required are whip direction at the sains speed, the The 44th anniversary of the bite driven back again by n farful satisfied that it would have been shops had taken up a position She has made the passage in four ped up through shafts to the rate of change would be nil. Thistle fell on the 18th ult. The hail of lead.

a disappointment to their loyal slightly to the rear of the town days eleven hours, with an Tarions batteries (as gun decka als is sent up to the guns through Napoleonic wara, which ended

Indian subjects if they had upon high ground. On the ex-average of over twenty-five knots. are called).

the voice pipan. Su much for the at Waterloo, were comparatively

A wounded Belgian lancer found themselves for any rea-treme right of the semi-oircular On this occasion the crossing Deep down below, in artificial-

firing and fighting. It must be cheap for France, seeing that the states: "It was tragic to see the

So debarred' from ly ventilated rooms, shut in by remembered that in praotics a bill only amounted to £255.000,- Germans driven up to the guns. soy part in the campaign on the garrison artillery. At first these

taking position were two big guns of the took more than six days. wound-resisting doors, are the target is used which to the gun-000 bile that of Great Britain, boy came in massed formations, Continent of Europe.

found a splendid range, dealing fire-control operators, With

layers appets no bigger than a including the financing of many but so reluctantly that they were would, therefore, find their Army death wholesale to the invaders, telephone receivers and transmit postage stamp on the horizon. little Powers in their struggle evidently under compulsion. reinforced by soldiers, high-souled some miles away. Then, with the ters at their ears and months. With a ship as a target it would be against the Emperor, amounted. They were nuly five paces apart, men of first-rate training, and leads German advance, the they stand over queer looking well-nigh impossible to lose a to $831,000,000. Our own war with fifteen paces between the representing an ancient civilisa-range was lost. apparatus, chief of which is the shot, except possibly, the first one, in South Africa, the bill for which ranka, a solid mass which a wo-tion (chora). He also felt "Damaresq. There is an ex-if it foll abort,

totalled the sum of £211,048,000, man could hit Dar gums out satisfied that if they were called Towards 1. p.m.-the fight had were carefully curtained; dead- posed disc about two feet in diame.

worked out at $1,500,000 sloug avenues through their ranks: upon, the Indian troops would begun at 11.30 am.-the position lights were closed. Even in the fer. Its face is a, maze of fine

Meantime the carpenters and week.

Port Arthur wag nothing to it." give the heat possible account of became critical for the heroid saloons, where the passengers lines and figures in red and black, other artisans have closed all the

Mr. Martin Donokao, the Dai'y themselves when standing by the

British defendera. As every

gathered discussing the pro and, there are several indicators or water-tight doors; screwed down meaced hostilities in 1894, three Chronicle's war correspondent, side of our British troops (chsere). vital minuto slipped by anxions pects, of the voyage and the pointers. These are the fire the deadlights on the seattles, successive war loans were raised telegraphing from Brussels, said control receiving and distributing placing flash rings on those near or specially issued to meet the that Fort Boncellos, in the ex-keen desire of our Indian fellow help that was never to come.

He ventured to thing that they looked back for the promised chances of our being overhauled, but little illumination was permit- the guna, as strengthening pieces expenses of that war by Japan, rema south of Liege, bore the subjects to co-operate was not less Even at the "terrible dia.

ted. On deck in an elevated position to better withstand the coucassion and upon the outbreak of bos brant of the attack, as the ground gratifying than the desire shown advantage of at least 10 to 1, the and in the fighting tops are The sick have already been taken tilities between Japan and Rus in there was more favourable for the by the self-governing Dominions infantry and artillery were hold stationed the fire-control" trans- down below under protection, in 1904 there were raised between attackers. To attack in mase (cheers) some of whose sol- their own, when hordes of mitters, comprising a staff for such of them who are able, that year and 1900 five secies of recalled the early days of Port diers would be found side by side his seemed suddenly to sweep working the range finders and assisting in frst aid work, Exobequer bonds, an Extraordin Arthur, when Nogi sacrificed with our troops in the war (cheere). down from nowhere. Through spotters. The range finder is an Each gun is provided with aary Military Expenditures Loan, thousands. ingenions apparatus invented by neat package of first aid requires and two 6 per cent., and two 4 The attack on Liege failed as India was concerned, there was

He was able to stato that, as far the town they galloped with amazing disregard for themselves, Sir Percy Scott. It is fixed on a ments, and a stretcher party will per cent, sterling loans.

lamentably, thanks to the un-no prospect of external aggression.

on to the very muzzles of our mounting, and in appearance be found outside the arret or The military correspondeat of lauuted courage of a mere band-In spite of these heavy drafts on

field guns. might easily be mistaken for a casemate under such cover as it The Times, in his book "The Warful of Belgian defenders. The the Indian army, our Indian

"There must have been 3,000 mall

gun mounted on a centre can get, wailing to carry away to in the Far East, gres extensively Germans finally ran short of ride frontier would be fully secured.

of them here alone," a aurvivor pivot. It is a long tubo. At the latchways any wounded. At into the question of the cost, to

ammunition.

As far de internal risk and all me. The last I saw of one either end is an arrangement of the hatchways is another party Russia and Japan, of the struggle lanses; at ita centre is an eye waiting with a sling. The in between the nations. The annual

Towards the end of the general piscs and an arrangement of jured man is lifted from the expenditure of Japan at the time the men refused to face view

finders. The operator stretcher, placed in the sling of the war, in a normal year, threats and exhortation of their the Belgian fire, despite the stands at right angles to the carefully strapped and as quickly amounted to £25,000,000; her instrument with his eye to the and gently ce possible-and it is debt at the outbreak of the war

officers. centre lens, and his hand or not as a role possible-lowered was only £50,000,000 and bat a

The German wounded begged amall wheele or thumb screws, by below, where he is received by part of this was held abroad. pitecuely for water. They were means of which he can manipu the surgeons."

Kassis, on the other hand, had a

withcut food for two daya, the late the finder. He turne the finder until the lower part (only)|

budget shoving £232,000,000 on army having been rushed to the the expenditore side, and a debt front without waiting for sup of £707,851,030, requiring an day night added to their safering. plies. Torrential rain on Thura- annual payment of £31,000,000. The Russian budget showed an

TOOms.

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First aid and Stretcher Party,

* of the object say a ship comes

THE COST OF WAR.

on the lower half of the view

finder, which is focussed sharp,

When Japan and China com-

exactly as the photographie RECORD OF ENCOUNTERS IN expenditure of £1.78. per head of

image is focussed on a ground

.

glass;

The operator then turns his attention to another lens which,

„THE PAST.

Huge Figures.

in a similar manner, shows the lo an article dealing with the image of the upper part of the cost of war, it ia extremely object. At the first sight this difficult to estimate, even ap will probably be out of register, proximately, the amount actually althoughin focus. That is to say, lost to the nation engaged... The

Men Refuse to Face the Guns.

Machine Methods Hopeless.

that during the attack the Bol- Telegrams from Liege atate the population, and that of Japan gians charged repeatedly. They about 10. M. Levy, the French red," and nothing seemned financial authority, calculated in June, 1904, that the direct ad. top them. Every time they ditional cost of the war to Russia ran, and were struck in the back charged the Germans turned and between £6,000,000 and

and killed like cotilo. Then the £7,000,000 a month. The train

cavalry charged them. of disasters after that was so

Another account states that the

WAS

Critical Position.

internal trouble in India were

of our officers was that he had a concerned, he believed at this revolver in either band and was moment the general enthusiasm away sure ned by his gun resistance to the unprovoked which had been awakened by our

He alone must have accounted

our allies was such as to render attack which had been made upon anything of the sort altogether impossible (loud obeers).

Light was left behind all lights From the moment the Ambrose

even the ordinary navigation lights were show a ag shortation on board were extinguished. Not

through the darkness. Ports

Liner Transformed. News of the declaration of war

with Germany had been soosived before the ship's departate from New York. It crepart in tens excitement in the city, where it

was common property early in the five hours behind that of Eng evening, American time baing

what war conditions meant, for land. We were soon to realise in addition to the discomfort of

lights out

throughout the

ship's enormous deske, efforta were speedily in band

transform her appearance.to

MysteriousWarship.

distance. This was the one On the second day out a war- abip was sighted at a considerable absorbing incident of the voyage. What nationality was she? I could not myself distinguish her

sigalled to bim in the inter- eg, but I was afterwarde in- formed by the captain of the Lusitania that the vessel had.

for a dozen Uhlans. They were laid in, and seamen were busily Stocke of grey paint had been would have been some 7.0.5 funnels and also the bridge in falling on all sides of him: There

employed in covering the huge koocking round at Tournai!"

Towards 2 p.m. acme 300 that colour. Perhaps the effect gallant survivors, the majority may have been to make her not wounded, began to fell back on quite so conepicaons when ecen Cambrai, which was reached in from great distances across the A Zeppelin and an aeroplane good order by nightfall. Uhlansa, but of course nothing could

lost his life in destroying a Zep-geth comportunately all the ships that mail, the transform the enormous maes and 663isted in the attack. It is kept up a continuous attack, and, boight of the giant vessel, which reported that a Belgian airman midnight, two hostile airmon

distinguish the Lusitania among, pelin with his deroplane. Shots the British camp, fortunately destroyed several aeroplanes."

without causing any destruction.

Atlantic. Waiting for Heavier Guns. Perhaps, remarks the cor- lasted forty-eight hours without give verbatim the following The bombardment of the forte respondent, I may be permitted

relaxation. Thirteen 15-centi- eloquent enmming-up of Tournai matre cannon and 15 centimetre from the lips of a ganner shot mortars produced no effect on the through both logs:- supposing the object to be a man, coat, of war," fought under con- great, however, that it was Germans gained a footing on the cupolas, The Germans are now

"They won't be so cocksure his head would appear as if cut off ditions as they exist to-day, is not estimated the cost was nearer glacia under the great guns and awaiting mortars" of the 28-cenext time. his neck and stuck on his should- light, and the after-eff in money that Lussia's weekly expenditure forgetful of the machine gana. bs put out of action, the excellent soldiers fired upon their comrades

£8,000,000. Later figures show

We gave them hell" believed themselves safe, utterly timetre type. Even if the cupolas asfow turns of the screw no means be reckoned war towards the close of the war was in a moment the glacis was swept disposition of the fosses and mistake. puts the image in perfect regia-Some idea, however, of the war

£1,097,250. ter, when the distance of the expenditure can be gathered from

The Belgians in the trenches forts to continue their resistance. evening found the spaces between We continued to steam shead, and Counter-scarps will enable the The Germans on Thursday. object is automatically registered the figures given under the Her last war with China coat clear it ran with blood. on a scale attached to the finder. National Debt of the various Pow. Japan £30,000 a day, and the were not satisfied with firing their

For instance, although the greater campaign with Russie, rifles at fifty yarde, and defeld with mines to the north of small parties, including Genor the captain, getting into wireless

General Leiman prepared a the forte open, and entered in tained, is telephoned to the con-British National Debt received iteit was estimated, cost hor £100,-manded to be permitted to make Liege, and sent a detachment to gl'von Emmich and his stuff. A ship Essex, reported to her that

The range being thus arcer-ere. tained on below. The operator greatest augmentation during daily, roughly anak bayonet charges. At sight of the the north of the field. The Ger- the citadel General von Emmich

communication with his Majesty's

dicator at the ranga given say general indebtedness of civilised war with Olins, the total 6 others held up their hands and trap, and attempted to cut off the bless the 'town and forte. sus and the foot that the strange war-

the Damaresq places an in- the great Napoleonic wars, the 5,000,000 omon, During the steel many Prussiane ran, while mans immediately fell into the informed the Burgomaster, that had occurred.

The lucky arrival of a mist, 5000 yards. Another instrument countries has increased most penditure from June, 1894, to surrendered. Othera wore cour amall force. The current war rendered the Germans would

November, 1896, amounted to detects the speed of the ship-say 10 din 1848, age the Y200,475,608, of which only ageous enough, but were beaten switched on and the whole Gez-bombard and raze the town coin ship was unaware of the accident

by bad leadership.

man force was destroyed. plotely. On the orders of the to our turbine, enabled the 35.855,137 were on account of

The attack proved that the Similarly the death and capture Belgian Government the Grover Lusitania to escape without far- the difficulty The stranger Durantes is placed at the speed expenditure. The National Debt app in the time when Japan The attack continued unabated the Uhlane believe that they by the bishop and several de-making a great effort to overtake and another indicator on the is, and always has been, war $100,000 is necessarily only an

General Leiman'a rure id making notables on Friday night, headed 10 knots and the course. Once of England was started in 1894, that, at the time throughout Thursday. Thon would capture him. 19stors are nooprately when £1,000,000 was raised by placed over 200,000 men in the sands of bodies were massed in The Germaus admit that their sal von Emmich, not to bombard tain Dow paraned a far northerly polies and senators, begged Gen-d. After this adventure, Cap- #known, it is the simplest thing in William II Four years later field and made such a consider the fields, which were ploughed forous were twice panio-atrioken the town. The whole deputation course We eventually arrived

The world to keep an enemy in the debt had increased to over able effort, the figure was by the terrife cannonade.

exceeded.

at Liege, and that the German was detained da hostages. socurate view. The operator's £15,000,000 After Waterloo, in

10 knots in an opposite direction N. Daily News.

to what the ship is steaming. Undoubtedly the most import

national code to lay to.

At ouce the course was altered.

This fact is telephoned below, ent cause of public indebtedness the Navy. The daily average of days of the automatic machine of two Uhlan patrola was due to nor left the town. Seventeen abandoned the pursuit without

army are gone. T

in the St. George's Channel without farther jacident.