Exeter Advocate, 1915-5-6, Page 7MOSQUITO FLEETS BATTLE
H. 51. Destroyer Recruit Submarined, Four of Her
Officers and Twerity•ione of the Crew Saved
A de:Tacit, from London .eays.:
"A series of smell affairs • took
Place in the neighborhood of the
Galloper and North Hinder Light-
ships on Saturday.
"During the forenoon H.M. de-
etroyer Recruit 'was week by a sub-
marine, four officers and 21 men.
'being 'saved by the trawler Daisy,
"At 3 p.m. the. trawler Colombia
was attacked by two German, tor-
pedo boat', who approached her
from the westward and commenced
an action without hoisting their
colors. The Colombia was sunk by
a torpedo, only one deck 'hand be-
ing saved by'other trawlene.
A division of British destroyers,
comprising the Laforey, Leonidas,
Lawford and Lark, Clia,sed the. two
German vessels, and after a brief
running fight of about one hour
sank them both. The British de -
strayer.% sustained no casualties,
"Two German officers and 44
men were teemed f roil), the swami
made prisoners of War."
The destroyer Recruit was • on
patrol duty Satueday morning when
the submarine sank her. According
to details, she was struck amidships
by the torpedo and began to sink.
The wounded vessels, sagnelled for
assistance, and her cell was an-
swered ley 'the trawler Daisy, and
30 men out of her complement of .65
were saved,
It is stated that a. !torpedo was
fired at the Daisy, which. was forced
to leave one of her rescue boats be-
hind, and that the submarine
chased this boat and fired her gun
at it, wounding four men,
British itorpedo-boat destroyers,
sighting in the distance two Ger-
man torpedo boats which had sunk
the trawler Colombia and appar-
ently were supporting a submarine,
engaged the Germans at long range
in the vicinity of the' North Hirfeler
light. The Germans endeavored
to aun away, but 'the British boats
pressed them hard and shortly
afterwande sank them, Me Bri-
tish boats rescued some of the
crews of the Germans and landed
them to -day.
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
•••••••••••••
REPORTS FROM THE LEAOINC TRADE
CENTRES OP AMERICA.
Toronto, May 4. -Flour -Manitoba first
patents quoted at $8.10. in into boas; fie('
end patents, $7.60; strong bakers', $7.40.
Ontario wheat flour. 90 per eent. patents,
quoted at $6.50 to $6.60. seaboard, and at
$6.50 to $6.60. Toronto freight.
Wheat - lianitoba NQ. 1 Northern
quoted at $1.68; No. 2 at $1.66 1.2, and No.
3 at $1.64 1.2. Ontario wheat is nominal
at $1.60 for No. 2. at outside notate.
Oats -Ontario quoted at 60o. outside.
ItIld at 63e. Toronto. Western Canada, No.
2, quoted at 69e. and No, 3 at 650, co.f.,
Bay ports.
Barley -The market is nominal. Coed
malting grades, 76e, outside,
ItY0-The market is dull at $IM to
$1.10, outside.
Peas -The market. is quiet, with No. 1
quoted at $1.75, outside,
Corr -No. 2 new American quoted at, 82e,
Bay ports, and No. 3 at 91 1.2o, Bar
ports.
Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted at Co to 82o,
outside.
Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at $27
a ton, and shorts at $29 to $30.
Rolled ons,.- ear lets. per bag of 90 lbs.,
$3.40,
-.-
Country Produce.
Butter -Choice dairy, 27 to 28e; inferior,
21 to 250; creamery prints. 35 to 36e; do.,
solids, 31 1-2 to 32 1*.
Eggs -The market fa steady with sales
at 21 to 22c per dozen in ease acts.
Beans -The market is quiet at $3.25 for
prime, and $3.35 to $3.40 for hand-picked.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 18 to 20e;
ducks, &owed, 15 to 17e; fowl, 13 to 150;
turkeys, dressed, 20 to 21o.
Cheese -The market Is quiet, with now
quoted at 17 1-20 for large, end at 17 3.40
for twine. Old quoted at 19 to 19 1-4e.
Potatoes -Ontario, 60 to 65e per bag, out
of store, and 50c in ear lots. New Brune -
wicks. car lots, 6(le per bag.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear. 13 3.4 to 14e per lb.
in. ease lots. Rams -Medium, 17 to 17 1-2o;
do., heavy, 141-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 14 1-2o;
breakfast bacon, 18 to 19o; books, 20 to
barks,250 bonelees 23c.
Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 11 3.4 to ige• do.,
pails, 12 to 12 1-2o. Compound, tubs; 9 3.4
to itic; do,. pails. 10 to 10 1.40.
Rated Hay and Straw.
Straw is quoted. at $7.50 to $8 a -ton in
car lot deliveries on tmck here.
Ray -No. 1 hay is quoted at $17 to
$17.50; No. 2 at $14.50 to $15.50, and No. 3
at $12 to $13.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, May 4. -Corn -American No.
2 yellow, 83 to 84o. Oats -Canadian West:
ern, N. 3, 67 1.2c; do.. extra No. 1 feed,
67 1.2o; do., No. 2 local white, 66 1-2c; do.,
No. 3, 65 1-2c; do., No. 4, 64 1-2o. Barley -
Malting, 86 to Re. Flour -Man. Spring
wheat patents, firsts. $8.20; do., seconds,
$7.70; do., strong bakers'. $7.50; do., Whi-
ter patents. ohoice, $7.90; do., straight
rollers, $7.40 to $7.50; do., bags, $3.50 to.
$3.60. Rolled owts-Breurels. $6.75 to $7:
do., bags, 90 lbs., $3.26 to $3.35, Bran, $26.
Shorts. $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouil.
lie, $35 to $38. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car
lots, $18 to $19.50. Cheese -Finest, West-
erns, 161-2 to 163.4c; do., eastorns, 16 to
16 1.4o. Butter-Ohoieest creamery, 33o;
do., seconds, 32c. Eggs -'Fresh, 22 to 23c;
do., selected. 250; do., No. 2 stook. 21o. Po-
tatoes -Per bag, car lets, 471-2 to bac.
Dressed hogs -- Abattoir killed, $13 to
$13.50; do.. country, $11.76 to $12. Pork -
Heavy Canada short mess, bible., 35 to 45
pieces, $28; do., short cut backs, bials., 45
to 65 pieces, $27;50. Lard -Compound,
tierces, 375 lbs., 9 1-2,c; do., wood pails, 20
lbs.. net., 10c; do., pure, tierces. 375 lbs.,
11 1.2c; do., wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12c.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, May 4. --Cash. quotations:-
Wheat, No. 1 Northern, $1,631.4;'No. 2.
Northern, $L61 1-4; No. 3 Northern,
$1.58 3-4. Oats -No. 2 0.W., 64 1-60; No. 3
C.W., 61 3.80; extra No. 1 feed, 61 1.40; No
. -
1 feed, 59 5-8e: No. 2 feed, 58 5-8c. Flax -
No. 1 'N.-W.C., $1.77 1-2; No. 2 CW.,
$1.74 1-2c.
• U.S. Markets. -
Minneapolis, May 4. -Wheat, --No. 1 hard,
$1.64 1-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.59 5.8 to
$1.63 5-0; No, 2 Northern, $1.55 5-8 to
$1.60 5-8; May $1.67 5.8. Cogn-No. 3 yellow,
731.4 to 73 3-40. Oats, -,No. 3 white, 53 1-4
to 63 1-2c. Flour and bran unchanged.
Live Stock Markets,
Toronto,, May 4. -Butchers' cattle, choice,
$7.50 to $8; do., good, $7.10 to $7:40; do.,
medinn*, $6.75 to $7: do.. common. $6.10 to
46,501 butchers' bults, eneiee. $6,25 to $7;
do.. good bulls, $5.40 to $6; do, rough
hulls, $4.60 to $5.75; butchers 'cows. clioiee,
$6.25 to $6.85; do., medium, $5.25 to $6; do..
common, $4.69 to $5; feeders, good, $6.40
to $7.25; do., rough bulls, $5 to $5.50;
stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs.. $6 to $7; canners
and. cutters, $3.75 to $4,65; milkers, choice,
each, $60 to $85; do., common and medium,
each, $35 to $45; springers, $50 to $75; light
ewes, $7 to $8; do., heavy, $5 ;to $6.30; deo
books, $3.50 to $4.50; iambs. $5 to $10.50;
calves. $5.50 to $9,60; hogs, fed and water-
ed. $8.55; do-. off ears. $8,90 to $9.
Montreal, May 4. -The trade.. in cattle
was fairly active, with sales of full loads
of choice steers at $8; good at $7.50, and
the lower grades from that down to $6,
'while butchers` cows brought from $4 to
$7, and bulls from $4 to $7 per cwt. The
feature of the small moat trade was the
active demand for calves, and as the sup-
ply was large, a brick trade was done at
prices ranging from $2.50 to $10 each, as
to size and quality. Another feature of
the trade was the weaker dean; in the
market for bogs, owing to the increased
receipts. which were in excess of the re.
sutra:lents, and prices declined 10 to 25c
per ewt., with sales of selected lots at
$9.25 to $9.50 per cwt., weighed off care.
There was a fair demand for Spring
lambs at $7 to $9 each, and a few small
lots of yearling lambs sold at $9,50 to
$9.75 per cwt.
At'STIUAN PRISONER SCIOT.
Made a DITS1I for Liberty When in
. Custody.
A despatch from. Montreal says:
Jan :Bauzele, an Austrian prisoner;
was shot and mortally wounded
shortly before 9 o'clock Sunday
night at the Windsors (C.P.R) sta-
tion because he was trying to es-
cape. He .died half an hour after
being removed to the Montreal
General Hospital. Bauzek was in
a party of 106 Austrians who were
being taken from the detention
prison on St. Antoine Street, this
city, to the detention camp at Spi-
rit Lake. Major W. E. Date, pro-
vost merfehal ; Captain Griffiths end
a strong guard' had ma:retied the
prisoners to Windsor Station, into
which the Austri'a'ns were 'turning,
when Bauzek made 'his break for
liberty He started along Osborne
Street toward Stanley Street, pur-
sued by a sergeant and a, guard.
He had almost reached Stanley
Street, a short block away, when
the 'guard called: "Halt! or
shoot." Afton -vainly shouting his
warning three times, with Bauzek
thirty feet away, the guard fired.
The
The bullet hit Bauzek in the chest,
back of the right lung, and passed
clear through his body. He did
not speak, except to ask for a
drink, and soon lapsed into un-
consciousness:
Boy Kills Sentries.
A despatch from Le Mans, Paris,
says: Jacques Goujon, .seyenteen
years old, has been cited in military
orders and given, a military medal.
The youth killed two German isentie'
nels, blew up with the aid of bombs
two quick -firers of the enemy, was
ca,ptured, but emioeeded in escap-
ing, carrying with him at the same
tune a machine gun, of the Germa,ns
to the French. lines. Later, during
a Gernaa.n 'counter-attack, • Gou-
jon's right arm was blown off by a
The military authorities -
Lyons, Gonjones home city, had re-
fused to accept him for military
deity on account of his age. He
went to Paris, where he wan ac-
cepted because of his robust oon-
stieution.
ZEPPEIIII\r'S ABE AGAIN BIJS
Three Houses Hit in the TOW' of Ipswich and Set
on Fire, But Nobody Was Hurt
A despatch from Ipswich, Suf
folk, says: A hostile air craft
raided Ipswich early Thursday
morning. Several bombs were
dropped. One struck a house in
Brookshell Road. It was an incen-
diary bomb and it pierced the roof
and fell into the bedroom of a little
girl. Some of italo furniture was
et afire, but.the child was resealed
by her father, Maxey Goodwin. The
flames spread to two adjoining
houees, which Within an hour were
almost destroyed. Other bombs
were. dropped on Waterloo Road.
The air craft then peissed on to
Whitton, where it also dropped ex-
plosives. So far as Is known no-
body was injueed. A Central News
despatch says that a Zeppelinwas
seen during the night at Bury St.
.Pldmunde, Suffolk County, where at
dropped bombs and . set several
buildings on fire. ,
ALLIED FLANK
WAS EXPOSED
Out for Canadians, Germane Would
Mare Been Well Behind the
British Lines.
A despatch from London says:
The British official "eye -witness"
in a narrative of the battle of Ypres
says the Germans had prepared
attack the allied line on the 20th,
but the wind, not being favorable
"for their use of aephyniating
gases," they postponed it until the
22nd.
The gas, the narrative says, was
distributed along the German front
line in front of the Freueth position,
and the wind being from the north
it was blown directly on the
French. The Getman plan, accord-
ing to the "eye -witness," was to
maleea sudden onslaught south -
wee -tweed, which, if successful,
would enable the Germans to gain
crossings of the canal south of Bix-
sehoote and place them well behind
the British line and it a position
to threaten Ypres.
"Allowing time for the vapors to
take full effeet on the troops facing
them," says the "eye -witness,"
"the Germans charged forward
over the practically unresisting
enemy in their immediate front,
and, penetrating through the gap
thus created, pressed on silently
and swiftly to the south and west.
By their 'sudden irruption they
were able to over -ran and surprise
a large proportion of the French
troops billeted behind the front
line in. this area and to bring some
of the French nuns, as well as our
own, under a hot rifle fire at close
range.
"Our flank being thus exposed,
the troops were ordered to retire
on St. Julien, with their left flank
parallel to, but to the west of the
high road. The splendid resistance
of these troops (the Canadians),
who saved the situation, already
has been mentioned by the com-
mander-in-chief.
Girl Promoted to Lieutenant..
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Army orders contain notice of the
promotion of a young woman, Alex-
andra Lagerev, to lieutenant. With
sixteen other girls belonging to
families of 'Cossacks, she has been
fighting alongside her male rela-
tives since the beginning of the
war. Eight of the girls have been
killed.
Lieut. Lagerey was made a pri-
soner, but she killed heir guard,
escaped and led a reconnoitring
party which-eapbared eighteen trh-
lans in Suwalki with important
documents.'
A D MIRAL VON TI R PITY, .
Kaiser Deeorates Him with Iron
Cross -"Savior of Empire."
Berlin, April 24. -Kaiser Wilhelm
this afternoon announced decora-
tion of the German Admiral with
an Iron Cross of the first class. In
a telegram 'to him 'he described Von
Tirpitz u.s "the 'savior of the Em-
pire." It was made known also
that Von Tirpitz would receive an
hereditary title,
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Only 125 Survivors
From Leon Gambetta
A deepateh from Paris says: An
official statement issued by the
Ministry of Marine eve: "One hun-
dred and ten survivors of the
French armored cruiser Leon Gana-
betta, which was -sunk by the Aus-
trian submarine U-5, have been
taken to Syracuse, and 25 others
are at Brindisi. The bodies of Ad-
miral Senes and of 52 sailors have
been buried at Cape Leuca.
"The circumstances of the loss of
the cruiser have not yet exactly
been made known. There is no
confirmation that the previously
bad been hailed by a, Ship, and no
credit should be attached to reports
and commentaries based on infor-
mation from foreign sources."
A Recruiting Device.
A despatch from London says:
Flirting can be made an effective
recruiting expedient. At a recent
recruiting rally a girl held up her
hand and onn.ouneed that she had
sent five young men to the front.
At the end of the meeting she indi-
cated the young. man at her side
and declared: "Here's the sixth!"
This named the speaker to say;
"Flirting of that kind is the right
sort of patriotism.),' And he ad-
vised -ehe young girls of the audi-
ence to use their wiles in behalf of
King and country,
ALLIES AT DARDANELLES
Line Thrown Across Southern Extremity of the
Gallipoli Peninsular •
A despatch from London says:
The allies have made rapid pro-
gress in their land and sea attack
upon the Dardanelles -the gateway
to Constantinople. Already the
British troops have thrown a line
across the southern extremity of
the Gallipoli Peninsula from the
Aegean coast to a point north-east
of Eski Hissarlik, a strongly forti-
fied position facing the straits, thus
isolating the Turkish stronghold at
Sedd el Bahr, at the very lip of the
Dardanelles.
This has been done, says the Ad-
miralty, in the face of a strenuous
resistance by the Turkish forces,
who have combated, every foot of
'ground won with furious Obstinacy.
Further north on the Aegean
side of the peninsula, at Gaba Te-
beh, and at a point opposite to the
inland village of Saribair, addi-
tional landing forces have made
good their foothold on Turkish Soil,
and have driven the opposing forces
beck from the coast despite a vigor-
ous artillery fire. Gaba Tebeh is
about ten miles from the end of the
Gallipoli Peninsula; Saribair is
about five miles farther. The troops
who drove a line across the penin-
sula to the vicinity of Eski Hisar-
irk landed on a level shore some
three miles from the entrance to
the straits. Eski Hissarlik is some
three miles inside the straits.
With the French army of inva
sion holding Kum Kale at the
southern or Asiatic side of the en-
trante, and the .British forces
sweeping across the lower fifteen
miles of the Gelb:poll Peninsula,' it
will thus be seen that the taskof
acquiring a foothold has been ac-
complished with great speed. Sedd
el Bahr is already cut off from its
base of supplies, and must of ne-
cessity fall before many days;
Kum. Kate is practically in the hands counter-attacks were cut off by
of the French, and nortfh at the
entrance to the Narrows, Kilid
Bahr, a position upon which the
Turks place great reliance, is the
objective of a Britieli army which
is driving the enemy rapidly before
it.
The deep/aches indicate that both
the French •and British forces are
entirely tended, despite most ela-
borate precautions taAken by the
furks under the generalship of
German commanders, who had wo-
ven a network of wire entangle-
ments just off the shore under the
sea, swell and had dug great pits
which were teethed with spikes.
The shore .as well had been fortified
with barbed .wire.
A despatch from. London says:
After' very serious fighting, in
which the Turks offered a stubborn
resistance, British troopshave
firmly established themselves on
the Gallipoli Peninsula and made
considerable advance toward the
narrows of the Dardanelles, while
the French have cleared Cape Kum
Kale, on the Asiatic side of the
straits, of 'the Turks. Thus it may
be said that the second and most
serious attempt to force the Dar-
danelles has been fairly launcihed.
Work of the Australians.
"Meanwhile the 'Australian and
New Zealand troops at Sari Bair,
who' pushed on with the utmost
boldness 'after the landing had
been engaged almost constantly
with the enemy, who made strong
repeated counter-attacks which in-
variably' were repulsed. The Aus-
tralian and New Zealand troops
fought with a, fine spirit of deter-
mination,
"A fresh Turkish division was
launched ailainerb Sari Bair, pre-
ceded by a heavy artillery fire. A
hot engagement followed. The
enemy came on boldy 'timeafter
time, but the Australian and New
Zealand troops defeated their every
attempt, and resumed the -offen-
sive.
"The French troops at Kum. Kale
also were font times strongly coUn
bereatteeked, but retained all their
potitions. Five hundred Turks
who, in the, course. of one of these
the fire of the 'fleet, were made pri-
'soners.,
• Tink Transport Sunk.
•
transpone•of ebout,8,000 tons
.wan 'reported. off Maidos, and b-e-
fo re she could escape the Queen
Elizabeth opened fire. The third
shdt hit -and. destroyed her. She
sank rapidly, but whether she oon-
t.ained troops (5P not could not be
TOA\APIANS SAVED THE DAY
Graphic Details of How Our Forces Fought the
Trained Germans
Opening of the Battle.
The day was a peaceful one, warm
and sunny, and except that the pre-
vious day had witnessed a further
bombardment of the stricken town
ef Ypres, everything eeenaed quiet
in front of the Canadian line, At
5 o'clock in 'the afternoon a plan
carefully .prepared was put into
execution against our French allies
on the left. Asphyxiating gas of
great intensity was projected into
their trenches, probably by means
of force pumps and pipes laid out
under the parapets. The fumes,
aided by a, favorable wind, floated
backwards, poisoning and disabling.
over an extended area those who
fell under their effect. The result
was that the French were compelled
to give ground for a, considerable
distance. The glory which the
French .army has won in this war
would make it impertinent to labor
on the compelling nature of the
poisonous discharges under which.
the trench -es were lost. The French
did, as everyone knew they would,
do, all that stout soldiers could do,
and the Canadian division, officers
and men, look forward to many
occasions in the future in which
they will stand side by side with
the brave armies of France.
The immediate consequence of
this enforced withdrawal was, of
course, extremely grave-. The third
brigade of the Canadian
was without any left, or, in other
words, its left was in the air. It
berme imperatively necessary
greatly to extend the Canadian.
lines to the left rear. It was mit,
of course, practicable to move the
first brigade from reserve at a mo-
ment's notice, and the line, ex-
tended from five to nine thousand
yards, was not naturally the line
that had been held by the allies at
five o'clock, and a gap still existed
on its left.
Capture of the Guile.
The new line, of which our re-
cent point of Contact with the
French formed 'the apex, ran quite
roughly to the south and west. As
shown above, it became necessary
for Brigadier-GeneraA Tunier,
commanding the third brigade, to
throw back his left flank 'southward
to protect his rear. In the course
of the confusion which followed
upon the readjustment of position,
the enemy, who had advanced
rapidly after has initial successes,
took four British 4.7 guns in a small
wood to the west of the village of
St. Julien, two miles in the rear of
the original French trenches,
The story of the second Battle of
Ypres is the story of how the Cana-
dian division, enormously outnum-
bered, for they had in front of their
at least four divisions, supported
by immensely heavy artillery, Nrith
a gap ti1l existing, though er-
dueeel, hU their lines, and with die -
positions made hurriedly under the
stimulus of critical danger, fought
through the day and through the
night, and then through another
day and night; fought under their
officers until, as happened to so
many, these perished gloriously,
and then fought- from the impulsion
of sheer valor because they came
from fighting stook.
The enemy, of course, was aware
whether fully or not may perhaps
be doubted, of the advantage his
breach in the line had given him,
and immediately began to puSli a
formidable series •of attacks upon
the whole of the newly formed
Canadian salient,
If it is possible to distinguish
when the attack was everywhere so
fierce it. developed with particular
intensity at this moment upon the
apex of the newly -formed line run-
ning en the direction of St. Julien.
It has already been stated that
four British guns 'were taken in a
wood comparatively early in the
evening of the ailnd. In the course
of that night, and under the heavi.
est machine gun fire, this wood was
assaulted by the Canadian Scot-
tieh, lath battalion, of the 3rd
brigade, and the 10th battalion of
the 2nd brigade, which was inter-
cepted for this purpose on its way
to a reserve trench. The battalions
were respectively commanded by
Lieut. -Col. Leckie and Lieut. -Col.
Boyle, and after a -most fierce
struggle in the light of a misty
moon they took the position at the
point of the bayonet. At midnight
the second battalion, under Lieut.•
Cele Watson and the Toronto regi-
ment, Queen's Own (3rd battalion).
under Lieut. -Col. Rennie, both of
the 1st brigade, brought. up mach -
needed reinforcements, and though
not actually engaged in the assault.
were in reserve.
Line Never Wavered.
All through the following day and
nights these battalions shared the
fortunes and misfortunes of the
third brigade. An officer who took
part iu the attack describes how
the men about him fell under the
fire of the machine guns, which, in
his phrase, played upon them
"Lke a watering- pot." He added
quite simply, "I wrote my own
life off," but the line never wav-
ered. When one man fell another
took his place, and, with a final
ehout, the survivors of the two
battalions flung themselves into the
wood. The German garrison was
completely demoralized, and the
impetuous advance of the Cana-
dians did not cease until they
reached the far side of the wood
and entrenched themselves there
in the position so dearly gained.
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12,000 GERMANS
KILLED AT YPRES
While the Wounded. Total Several
Times that Number-Rein-
foreentents Arriving.
A despatch from London 'says:
Twelve thousand Germans have
been killed and several times that
number wounded in the second bee-
tle of Ypres, telegraphs the Daily
Mail's correspondent in Northern
France, who says that the inferme-
tion comes from ,a reliable source.
The operations in this vicinity,
be 'continues., have now developed
into a battle between big guns -on
both sides, which .are throwing out
a, eurbain -of fire to 'conceal the con-
•oentration ' of 'troops. The can-
nonade :has been incessant since
Friday in the neighborhood of
Ypres and Di:made.
Attacks on Zeebrugge from the
sea have so worried the' Germans
that they are building iron sluices
of great strength and height at Fort
Lapin on the' outskirts' of Binges to
stem the floods should' the big water
gates. at Zeebrugge be destroyed by
the bombardment. German troops
are continually being put through
practice drills 'directed toward an
imaginary enemy attempting to
land along this coast. The greatest
adtivity has, been apparent at Cad-
zand.
Last week 20,000 new German
troops :arrived at Lisseweghe, and
8,000 of them" were despatched to
Courtrai. Thousands of German
wounded continue to arrive at Bott-
lers. and Bruges.
More. Gelman cavalry has -arrived
along the Dutch frontier to assist.
the already numerous guard there.
At Eccloo and Watervliet the
Wuertteenburg landeturm troops
are on -duty, standing only ten
yards apart. The Germans have
begun to build a high wall topped
with barbed wire south- of Brabant
and Limburg to prevent the Bel-
gians from escaping.
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Truant German Ship
Captured by Cruiser
A despatch from London says:
The British Admiralty has made
the following statement: "The Ger-
man steamship Macedonia, which
escaped froth Las Palmas, Canary
Islands, a few weeks ago, has been
captured by one of .our cruisers."
According to a despatch from Alge-
ciras, the Macedonia is being taken
to Gibraltar with another captured
German steamer.
No Public. Memoriel.
A despatch from London says
The Acting High Commissioner, the
Agents -General, and others held a
conferen-ce fbb consider the advisa-
bility of arranging memorial Ser-
vicesin London for fallen Cana-
diane. It was resolved that -Me
tithe p•re,sentw as noppertune.
It is likely though such services will
e arraeged b friends of indivi-
dnal members.
SLAY' .WOTMED
Were Deliberately Sought Out, and Followed by -a
German Battery Until All Had Been Killed
A despatch from London • ea.ye
The -correspondent of the, Daily
Mail declares ':eMphatically that he
luis neeee sent, _and ne.ver intends
to send, unprovenetorios of Ger-
man 'cruelty, but', the says' the, fol-
lowing is absoletely proved' that "a
Canadian ambulance was. cle Ube r.
ately sought t and fol I wed b?,
battery until all were killed • At
m.o.st for th fink tin,,, " he adds,
"I found in our nictn that .•
of bitterrancor which makes e vex r
.shatteredera crawl back Erom bhc
hospital into battle." • .' •