The Cambria Daily Leader

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RETREATING IN DISORDER. CROWN PRINCE'S PLIGHT CEIIAI Division REPORTED TO RAVE SURRENDERED. I Writing from Petrograd on Wednesday to the "Daily Mail," Mr. Hamilton T'yfe says:- 1 I have just been given the most .glorious news of the whole war »ov far as it has gone up to the pnsen t. ) The action D?ar .?dx h?s r?n?fsd in a 1-?leat victory ffr Rusfjan stratt?v. One j division of Germans has a h'ady gn?- f? fpcdpred. and another division is in such ? ? hope]Bs position that it is expected to Jollow suit immediately. If this happens, 50.000 Germans at will be put out of action. The first indication I received that this had happened was a message from a busi- tI'3SS man saying that the line from War- 63W was occupied by thirty-six empty special trains. Now I am informed t.hat these trains Were sent to take the prisoners away. When this Dews IS ma-do puhlic it is certain that there will be very joyful manifestations bere- [A German division at war strength, is about. 15,(KM) men without reserves. In his figu-ro of 50,000 Mr. Fyfe apparently includes Germans eJiptmed in the pre- sent battle apart from the surrenders.] THE KAISER'S CARRIAGE, fine of the Trophies Secured in Gslicia, PetrogTad. Wednesday—A communique iesu-rt to-night by the General Head- ftiiariere Staff Bays: t The battle of Lodz st'll continues, j At one point our cavalry charged the ? Retreating German infantry,infliding ] vvere loespe upon it and capturing ji heavy gu- J On the C;renstocov-Craoow front the I ^c.tion is developing in our favour. Dur- t ing Sunday we made more than 6.000 I priscncrp. The enemy's attempts to cnu nter-a.ttack have failed. j The "Armr Messenger/' speaking of the fighting to the north of Lodz, Rtatep that the Germans are making uttack after attack in an attempt to break the .Ruse-in forces, but without success. The Austro-German army, it eavs, is staking oil on this battle, the gaining or losing of which will seriously influence the fnture of the campaign. On the Galician front then Ru-ssia offensive is becoming more and more energetic., and Ù5 reducing the enemy to impotence..Among the trophies taken at- Czenstochov is tb" Kaiser's carriage, Wratk, bis bine cloak in it.—Emitter. NO Timr- FOR LOOTING. CrDWft Prince Again Going Home in a Hurry. Koine, Wednesdav.—Russian official reports state, the armr of the Crown prince has been obliged to retreat in such disorder that at some points the retreaT. has assumed the character of a flight, the rerpatmg army leaving behind it ? qnan. rereating army provisions. Horses v?re also found wi?b sadd]? bear- fhg the Imperial monogram, "bowing the hurried retreat of the Crown Prince, him pelf From Berlin. Amsterdam, Wednesday, Nor. 25.—A ■message from Berlin states that all the Russian attacks in East Prussia were re- pulsed. Russian counter-offenrires near Lowicz And on the line Strykow and Brzozin and in the region of East Czenstoehovo failed, v-Exchange. HUNGARY INVADED. Tsar's Armies Within 130 Miles of Budapest. Åntrlenlam., WE'.dJ"J.a.y.-A telegram Amsterdam, Wednesday.—A telegram from Budapest, received here to-dav. states that Russian troops which entered the Ung country have been driven back, and are now retreating to the frontier, having suffered heavy losses. Energetic action, the telegram continues, is being taken against the smaller Russian at present in the country of Zemplin; The significance of the above lies in the fact that Ung is about 3a railes south of the Carpathians, and Zemplin as much as 50 miles south. The latter place is onlv eoout 130 miles from Budapest.—Press itsoociafion War Special. NOISELESS MORTARS. Russians Capture Four of the New Weapons. Petrol, Wednesday, !\oemhr 25t'h'1 ,D?ng_h.?hti? a ?k ago in East 1prussia the ???ons. u?) ormall mortars with an extreme range of two nines. Tbey caused mnall loss of life among m. troops although they greatly damaged the hastily-made trencher and temporarily overcame manf of the de- fenders with their fumes. They are practically noiseless. pour if these mortars were captured, two ing completely sound, while the two others tad their sights removed. At first it was believed that these portars were worked by compressed a? but it was fubsequently ascertained that tiley were fitted with, a novel kind of mechanism.—Router Special. The "Eyewitness," id his dispatch printed on another page, mentions similar ? runs which h?v? been used m the western fcraa. A Decisive Event. -Paris, Wednesday, November 25tb. The Matia" says that tie splendid rictones which tha Russian troops have l jest gained have assumed considerable proportions, and declares that the last hefcory is a. decisive event in the European ¡ w ar.-P..euter.I — ■ ■ TKSfSfl MiSE-UYEB SUNK. I TVodixe,d,,T -A report received jfom Mityle-rie gtat&s a Turkish minelayer alntrua- a mine in tie- Bosp horns and I I I"

r DARlNC RUSE. I 11 BRITISH BESTB0YE3S DRAW ENEMY'S FIKE BELGIAN COAST ACTION. It is stated at Dover that the British destroyers during the lighting on the I .Belgian coast on Sunday and Monday steamed with great daring quite close in- shore. and thus drew the fire of the Gor- man shore guns. By this manoeuvre tbo positions of the German guns were dis- | closed to the British battleships, which promptly opened tire with their 12-ineh guna. doing great execution, i The battlasiups' firing was very effec- tive, and it is stated that each vessel dis- charged many shells. I h (3 The airmen did good work in finding thn position. It is cjjorted that the enemy's casualties must have b-oti heavy, whilst the British vessel* escaped without a casualty. The German submarines have suffered severely- A Rotterdam correspondent states that th^ e sections of six German submarines at I Zeebrngge were reduced to twisted iiro-nl by the bombardment. I More Miscalculations. The German command i& evidently un- able to calculate the length of tbi Brit?-,? Navy's arm, writes the naval correspon- dent of the" Pall Mall Gazette. ft rp?konpj without the monitors and the V?nerabto in arranfpn? the attack along I the Belgian coa?t; it has reckoned with- out the 12-incb guns of the battleships in its plan to m?ko Zcehrug?e a for submarine operatioIls and other disposi- tions no doubt neriessary to its schemes for a raid on this country. j' The mine-field was laid so as to kePP the monitors at such a distance that they could not "use tlieit, 6-inch, guns; the I menace of the submarine, it must have been thought, would pr,N-ont us from using onT heavy ghtpp. Those calcula- boni' all misc?med. Zcebrugge has been bombarded. It may very well prove that this atta-ck on Zeehmgge has been one of the really I important operations of the war. I ATTACK 01 ZEEBRUGGE AND IIEYft RESUMED.  Rotterdam, Wednesday.—Thi? morning warning was given to the inhabitants cf 1 Zeebrugge and Keyst by two shots fired J from the British warships that the bom- ibardrnent was about to be resumed. Many fugitives are arriving in Holland from" the coast. The mole at Zeebrugge has been partly destroyed by British guns, Is taking place in the Tpres district, where ihe fresh German 1 troops aro attacking recklessly. The slaughter h. 11"en appalling. The German reinforcements consist of three army corps, totalling 120,000 men, strong in cavalry, and 250 guns.-H Daily Mail." ————— h I AUSfRIASS' PLIGHT. KIMBLE PRfVATIOaS IN CALiCIA. j Borne, Wednesday.A description of j t|j.e condition of Austrians in Gtijicia. r gi.en by eye-witnesses who have returned i'roin the front indicate simply terrible cunfunion and disorder. The commissariat service in some parts is altogether Don-existpnt, and entire detachmcnts of troop" haff remained for days without provisions, having to trust to chance, wbich often, unt&r the spur 01'\ necessity, took the aspect of pillage. Smoke from the chimney of a peasant's house, or a candle lighted at nightmare «umoierit to eauso the extermination, of whole families, neither women, children, or old people being spared. One officer. who was twice ordered to command such slaughters, wrote to his wile saying that he felt as if he were going mad, and added that he was unable to fulfil such orders. Troops sent to the front are con- stantly followed by other contingents in- istructed to fire on their companions should they waver. These deplorable conditions are Ten-I dered much worse by very severe weather. VON DER GGLTlS FABLES j Am&tpTdam, Thursday.—A cnrrC'sprm-1 dent of the Hamburgischf," who visited Marshal von der Gultr. in Brussels. JlotieM that he was wounded in th,? far?. He explained that he w?s crossir? an open beld. after viMting the troops in ?ho trenches, when he was struck by a bullet- Regarding tbo situation, Marshal von der Goltz said: Our progress is good on the Tser, though slow. Our enemies are fighting with the courage of despair, as they know 'what depends on onr reaching the coast- But we,ball achieve our object." Regarding the Turks, Marshal von der Goltz expressed the opinion that this time they wero splendidly prepared. HERRINC BOAT LOST. I A Yarmouth herring boat was yester- boat was :<ester- day found to have been lost through striking a mine in the North Sea, and her crew of nine hands have all been lost. Two skipners of other fishing boats stated yesterday that, they heard an ex- plosion at night and noticed the lights of the vessel disappear. When daybght came they could see not-hing of her or her crew. No cries were heard.

I I SWANSEA BATTALION, Enrolled: j 962. 1 To Enrol: 1 138 1 

NEW ASSAULT, GERMAN TACTICS IN FLANDERS. BECINNIRC TO RETIRE ON BRUGES. INVADERS VERY DEPRESSED. (Press Association War Telegram.) Boulogne, Wednesday.—According to information received from the northern front, the Germans there have had enough, and on our extrerroe left they arc beginning to retreat towards Bruges. On this front the, last few days have been devoted exclusively to artillery duels, in whicjj the Allies have had the advantage. The big French guns have edlcncod the German batt erie>s between Lomhartzyde | and Dix.mude, and now on- the Yeer they are ehellitig the enemy's positions with-j ont getting any reply. Behind Nieuport also the G-erma n batteries have been re- duced to eilence by the French artillery. It is on. Ypres and on the region east of that town that tho Q?nma?is, are pre- paring to deliver their new s?saiHt. b?t the situation is not cl ear, and. according to some accounts, it is agaijwt t he French lines to the south of the Hr-itish JXi- tions on the French centre that the new German effort will be directed. I Troops Depressed. Amsterdam, Wednesday.- -The Tele- graaf" published a despatch received by courier from Lonvain stating that six trains passed through that place yes- terday goiug in the direction of Brussels with a largo number of soldiers and sailore. The last train was followed by a great number of wagons containing wooden planks and pontoon boats. The trains' passed through I,ouvain without stopping. The German military authori- ties seem to have chosen Louvain as the central directing point for the military dispositions.. Eight thousand men of the Land strum, mostly between 45 and 50 ypnrs of age, ar- rived there on Monday and Tuesday, and arc to bo sent to the front this week. The troops arc very depressed. The Expected Attack. Paris. November is no news of tbe expected attack by the Ger- mans in the north. The Indian troops have recovered a, Ene of trenches The French have bombarded the village of Arnavi lle, a point on the Lorraine frontier, important for its posi- tion on. the railway and near the Moselle. It is only ten miles from Meiz.—G. H. i Ferris in the Daily ChroAic-le." At a Standstill. Amsterdam, November 25tjh—In the battle round Ypres the situation is un- changed. The German artillery is on the same place as it was three weeks ago. --Iteutpr. Landing on Schleswig Shores. Copenhagen, November 25th.—I learn from. an eyo-witnees (writes .a Times correspondent) that the Germans are actively engaged in fortifying the former Danish line of fo'-td?catious north of the Ivicl Canal. Their intention appears to be to secure the canal against attack from the north. It is thonght, that the Germans are afraid of a landing on the shores of Schleewig. All the islands in the North Sea have been strongly fortified. Troops have again arrived in Schlesmig-Holstein, oDd on the western side of the Elbe fortifications are being built in view of a possible invasion. i rl NAVAL LOSSES. The Press Bureau on Wednesday night issued the followin, The Admiralty reports to-night that the casualties in the Royal Navy and R,oyal Marines, including the Ro" val Naval Division, mnee the beginningof the war, and comprising killed, wounded] missing, aud interned, are:— Officers 3n8 Men 7,035 STAMPED IN PARIS ? I^ Petit Crtlaissen makes the follow- ing announcement on reliable authority: tie German postal service on the field have fabricated a special postmark, on which is inscribed Paris." Although Paris has not been reached, the stamp is in use, an d German families are thrilled with pride when (bey receive letters with postmark;; stamped in Paris." DAMAGED GERMAN SUBMARINE. Christir.nia, Wednesday.—Yesterday at noon the naval station at Bergen was in- formed from Solsvik that the German flubmarine U 17 was on its way to Ber- gen. Two Norwegian torpedo-boats were i despatched to meet the submarine half- way The captain of the submarine declined assistance. He aid his engine was dam- aged, but he would repair at Bt-Vgen. The submarine left again, being accompanied outside territorial waters by the Nor- wegian torpedo boats.—Press Association. « II GOOD NEWS fROM SErBIA I I Nisb. Wednesday.—On our left wing we) maintained all our positions after thei lighting of the 23rd inst., and counter-j attac?? by OJH men RomppU'?d f.he enemy I to re?r& in d?sordpr at several points. I We made a certain l1umbr of prisoners. AH UOUS VERSION I Amsterdam, Thursday.—Thji Turkish I version of the fighting which ended 'in, the fall of Basra, is contained in the fol-I lowing official Constantinople telegram j (received through Berlin.)j After the coast fighting near liasra on the 19th inst., which resulted in heart! loss for the English, the enemy received j reinforcements, and slowly advanced along the river under the cover of tlè fire of his gunboats. Our troops awaited the enemy in ncvri positions, which were beyond the range j of lie Jjostile. j

AIR RAID SUCTOESS. i I GENERAL JOFFBE REWARDS BUVil. BRITISH AVIATORS I BRILLIANT EFFORT. Paris, Thursday.—Full details are now io hand of the brilliant aerial raid by I British aviators over Friedrichshafen. The plan of destroying partly or alto- | gether the workshops of the dirigible factory had been deckled upon. by Com- man dor Briggg in opde.r not only to upset the construction and the repairing of Ger- man air cruisers, but, also to make an effect on German public opinion. Both objects were achieved. The bombs thrown oompletely wrecked the workshops equipped with the indispens- able tools and machinery for the repair I of the airships. The aims of fie British aviators had I been kept; secret; only the geiie-als audi their staffs were aware of the project. I At ten minutes past ten on Saturday morning, amid the good wishes of the generals, the aviators flew off, risiug 1,400! or 1.500 metres. They made for the Rhine, the course of which they followed. Commander Briggs led the flight, and as far as Schaffhausen the aviators kept in sight of each other. Lost in the Fog. Here, misled by the fog. Commander Briggs bore to the left, while Lients. Sippo -ind Bab,n-,ton, without peeing each other, followed the Rhine. Jn sight of Constance, Lieutenant Sippe dipped and crossed the town just qbove the level of the houses. He made for the lake, and flying two metres above tVe surface, was invisible in the mist. Tie flew on until he had passed Friedrich- shafen, when he rose again.. As ho was rising he !aught sight of Commander Briggs above him already at- tacking the Zeppelin stronghold, and Lieut Sippe coulct see the bombs bursting. Be kept steadily on with shrapnel burst- ing round him, and bombarded the sheds and the workshops. A panic became evident in the yards of the factories. The Return Journey. j Three honrg after his departure, Lierit. Sippe alighted si the spot at which he | had started. LieiM Babington came down a few hundred, dids av/ay. Commander I Briggs alone wis missing. The Com- j mander, who had been ohliged to come i down, and w&?, attacked by German soldiers. He defended himself with courage, and shot down seven of the enemy with iris revolver. An oiffcer [ arrived at this moment, and Briggs called out. One step ard you are a dead man." The officer replied, Surrender, and your life shall be spared." The Commandlr then handed erver his revolver, and -iphm the officer saw it was empty, Itnd H.a\ be had been tricked, he struck the commander with his riding whip. j Legion of Honour. Ine magnificent feat of fie three aviators was immediately rewarded. At the request of General Joffre tLe- each received tho cross of the Legion, of Honour. Lieut. Sippe, who was in Paris yester- | day sta ted that the operation had been very successful. j Not Seriously WÓiJftded. Amsterdam, Thursday.—A telegram to the Lokalani&etgfisr" from Friedrich^- hafen states that the wound which Com- mander Briggs received in the recent air raid against the: Zeppelin sheds there was a head wound catfsed by shrapnel, and that it is not serious. Commander Briggs refused to answer any questions regard- ing the aeroplane attack. I I INDIANS Aitig THE SENTRIES. j HOVEL WAGER WON BY BRITISH OFFICER Paris, Tlitir.-day.-Tlie "Mat.-in" says: On November ltit. in a little village north of the Anglo-French position, the Germans were holding a copse, and fear- ing an attack. they protected th emselves by a double line of sentinels. The copse considerably hampered the advance of the Allies, and an Indian regiment was brought up to reinforce the British troops. A British officer thereupon said that the wood would he captured without too great a sacrifice of life. A French onicer said the men were too big, and would soon be perceived by the German sentineI. The British otfiwrr offered to bet a sovereign thsit all the Prussian sentinels would be removed, and the French officer, j being a sports-man, took the bet. At eleven n'clotk at night, when every- I one except the sentries was slumbering, the PO)fSC was suddenly filled with a fear- ful din with occasional shots, and a few shonts, and then all was sijent again. Shortly afterwards the' Indians re-: turned, and then, two by two, came and placed before the commander (the officer who had laid the bet) a man tied up like a sausage and carefully gagged. This went on until all the 30 German sentinels who had been guarding the entrance to the wood had been handed orver to the mOT. roHâl ESCAP. I Lieut. T. R. A. Morris, of the 1st Glouoesters. son of Sir Robert Armine Morris, Bart., of Swansea, has had a narrow escape in the trenches. A bullet struck his knapsack, knocked him down, and grazed his s kim. Tie subsequently djscovcred that a cigarette case in his knapsack had received the force of the shot, and this probably saved his life. LOSS OF U 18 ADMITTED. I Main Headquarters report that the Admiralty confirm the statement of the British Admiralty that the German sub- marine TTIS was snnk by a British patrol boat near the north coast of Scotland. Three officers and 23 of the crew were I saved by the British destroyer Garry, I German Wirelew. ZEPPELiH CAPTURED. I PtrQgrad. Tuesday.—A Zeppelin I dropped two bombs on Plock, but was hit by nro from the Beighbourhoud of the town, and ww ct?turpd by Cowatk&- Renter.

TO-DAYS WAR 1 NOTES. (Special to the Leader.") Thursday Afternoon. IT is the eastern theatre of war that holds attention to-day. From those great h?M of war there -is no lack of in- formation, but caution should be used in its acceptance. Let us glance at the re- ports which came through last night, and up to the hour of writing. First, there as the oihcjal Russian report, which is very guarded. It tells us that the Gor- mans have failed to break the Russian orces, and it ectwte.: The Airstro-German ariny is staking all on this a-lL'j. and gainrug or losing of it will fceriously affect the tuture of the campaign," Petrograd, it is evident. is not yet ready with the met-sago of complete victory. BUT that all is going well appears ncga-I tively from the German official re- portiS. They epeak of Russian at ta, being re- » broken, and as aving e. failed." Not a word about the wennsion of their great popular hexf), general von Hindenhurg, to Warsaw: Woe may assume safely that the second advance upon the g-ip?t Polish citv ba?' been definitely checked but it wo?d 'h el1 well to wait for ab?lute (nd official) assurances from Petrograd—the home of tItø accurate bulletin—before we accept an or part of the intelligence that is com- I ing along. J^OME forwards to-day what is said iol be ".Russian official reports." We do not understand why. if the facts are as reported, such glorious news has not come first-hand from Petrograd. The Roma message is to the effect that the army of the Crown Prince hss been, obliged to retreat in such disorder that at some points the retreat has assume-d I the character of a flight, the, retreating1 army lea wing behind it a quantity of! arms, ammunition, and provisions. A-n (I ii with this, wo onii-1 put Mr. Hamilton if yfe fi curiously definite telegram to the' co Daily Mail that The action near i Lodz has resulted in a great victory for Russian strategy. One division of Ger- mans has already surrendered, and an- other division is in such a hopeless posi-i tion that it is expected to follow suit im- mediately," TRF, position seems to be that the Rus- sians are again turning the tables upon t]-te, invaders, and that Petrograd is keeping quiet unti! it h<M red results to give the world. The Paris reports bhouM be read strictly in conjunction with tho official reports from the German and Russian Headquarters. While the first of the two last-named would scarcely ex- aggerate the nature of any Russian suc- cess, the very guarded statements of the last make it improbable that any over- whelming .victory has yet been obtained. Had the enemy been rooted, .the Paris, report suggests, it is unlikely that Petro- g-rad would have made any secret about it. However, we shall soon know what rtlian(:(\ to put upon the Rome message, conveying as it declares an official report A N official telegram gives Budapest in- I telligence that the Russian troops I which entered ting country have been driven back, and are now retreating to the frontier, having suffered heavy losses. Russian forces are also said to be in the I country of Zemplin. The significance of the telegram lies in the fact that Ung is about 35 mites south of the Carpathians, and Zemplin as much as 50 miles south. The latter place is only about 130 miles from Budapest. TN the west the shelling of Zeebrugge • t-hows that the German i-iaval prepar- ations at that point were sufficiently far advanced to make its destruction worth while. The Dutch report, however, of the demolition of six submarines must be accepted with reserve. It is very possible that the enemy have been making use of Zeebrngge as a base, for submarines, but it is very improbable, all rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, that these ves- sels have been sent there in sections. They are far more likely to have Anado the journey by sea, an operation which would not prefo.nt any insuperable diffi- culty. Should this prove to have been the case?, it ia N"aS011 hle to suppose that during the bombardment they would have put out to sea for greater safety. ^THE very weak reply made by the Ger- -*• man shore I)atteri" to the gnns of the fleet show how muh or how littio faith is. to be placed in the reports, emanating from Holland, regarding the gigantic pre- paration of the enemy to render futile. our bombardment of the Belgian coasts, j

AN ACCmUSHEO FACT. I j Petrograd, Thursday .—Evening papers! estate that, forty-eight trains were sent 101 IJodz to transport, to the interior ofj Russia, the large number of pi-isonersi taken by the Russians in the German rout between the Vistula and the Warta, which has now become aii, accomplished i fact. i GESMAflY 1, TURKEY 2, ANANIAS 3. I Amsterdam, Thursday.—The "Berliner Tageblatt to-day publishes a telegram from its Constantinople correspondent making the astounding announcement that two thousand Russians have been massacred at Tabriz by Persians! This seems to be another specimen of Turkish news." GERMAN PRISONERS AT WARSAW I f Warsaw, Wednesday.—long columns of Germans, made prisoners by the Russians in their recent victories, are passing through the streets of the city. Among them are a number of soldiers belonging to the Prussian Guard, who. being far on rites of the Kaiser, are, better clothed than the other troops. Among the German wounded there are many whose hands and feet are frozen from lack of warm clothing. KAISER DISPLEASEI-L j Th R ,)t; 'Th 1_. h' The Hague, Nov. Kaiser has ordered Herr Non Jagow to notify all I German diplomatic, agenta hitherto em- ployed in the countries now at var with Germany that they can consider them- selves free to choose another career. Newspaper critics ytate this eequel seems to mtiicjste that German diplomacy i K re$ECHi?i £ le far the wax

GOOL AND CHEERFUL WHY THE 6TH WELSH ARE SO PuP?LAR. i '.1 I EQUAL TO THEIR WORK. I In a lett-er to a Swansea friend, a mem- ber of the 6th Welsh, says:— It is gratifying to be able to spy that whatever our chaps, are undertaking they have earned tht) highest praise from the, officers. One reason, of course, is that the regnnent are all uaed to hard manual labour, so that the work which they are doing is easy to them Ajiother thing that has been much com- mented upon is their invariable cheerful- ness and unfailing good humour. From time to time they are called upon to en- duro certain hardships, but they are taking things as they come. and so getting a fine training for any other hard test Wiucii may be imposed upon them. Shelled by Germans. I For example, the other day a batch of our own mHD were at a railhead—a tem- porary terminus of a railway—at a vil- ia?o which was being shell"d bv the Ger- mans. Nevertheless, althor?h shells were b?j-stit? not far away and Taubes t?crman a?rop!?.?.;) were droppilm bombs, they went calmly on with their work of loading trucks, as if they were at the High-street Station at home. This is only an example of the way in which they habitually behave, and they I earn the approbation of all the officers for whom they work. I Cooke and Barber. Wehave with us the regimental barber, í who i^s also an adept mok, and as we a? j avowed plenty of fresh meat. vegetables, and bread-but no milk or things of thati sort?we do v?ry well. Yesterday (San- I day) we had fried ham, tea, and marma- a/ o brf'akfast; roast be4, Yorkshh? padding and potatoes for dinner; pan- i "cakes for tea: and cold beef and tea for supper. Things are frightfully expen- sive. Butter is Is. 10d. per lb., eggs 4^d. "acn, and milk, flour, etc., are all eqn¡Uy high. A favourite dish is manondline pa tier, You get a tin, in which is a cold mixture of cooked beef, with three or four vcge-I tables. When warmed it makes a most delicious dish for two—or at a pinch three nungry men. Of course, there is always "biilly" (corned beef) and biscuits. Taking things all in all. we are doing I very well. The only thing is that wc have to be in by eight. Worth the Moneyt I ■ You may be m?resred to knor that  hot bath, with scap and towels, costs Hd (1 franc 10 cents). This may seem dear. .1 but I can assure vou it is worth it, as it is most unusual to be supplied with soap even in high-class hotels on the Conti- nent, and in any case a bath is such a luxury. I can assure you we take full ad- 1 vantage of the opportunity. I HOME FROM THE FRONT. I I That the Service Carps of the 6th Batta- lion of the Welsh Regiment are well within the region of the fighting area is evident from a chat a Leader man I has had with Privates Cahill and Lush, wh.o arrived on Thursday morning in Swansea. They have been well up to the front; not far front the firing line; have seen a I great deal of service, and an' now heme on leave. They say that a German aero-, plane passed their station, and dropped! I bombs. They brought it down. W»th one of the bom bs the Germans had evi- dently tried to attack a hospital, but I tiiew did not succoed. I An Officer Aged 19. I The Army Service Coras has been en- I gaged in burying dead, carrying wounded, and convoying prisoners. The prisoners I r he prisoners taken are remarkably young. One officer I was only 19 years of age. Yet be had been in England for four years, knew i London well, and spoke English fluently. Quite ? number of the ofifcers and men taken are very young indeed. The general opinion among those serv- ing in France and Belgium is that the German power is pretty well broken. There may. they think, be one or two more furious attacks, but it cannot last. The German prisoners LPeru to be very I disheartened at the progress of the I 'Russians: and there is a very strong belief in tblW" menV minds that numbers I of men are being taken to Berlin. The French Artillery. I Ptes. CaJiill and Lash are much im- pressed with the powers of the French artillery, which is always very, very accurate. They :1;,0 say that whenever our men get to work with the bayonet, the Germans cannot stand it. They come on in huge iuas.ses, and arc mown down by the Allies' rifles, and the bayonet they. cannot stand- People at home, they say, have no idea of what the conditions are in Belgium. It is very sad to see. in districts where the Germans have passed, the ruined homes. and the old people camping out. Aeropiane Battles. I The aeroplane battles are very ex- citing. When the German aeroplanes are attacked by British or French, they may be seen circling round one another, a regular aerial conflict in the blusl It is rough wdrk, and very hard work, but all the troops out there are very, cheerful and steady, and confident of j victory. j BALKAN SITUATION. I There appears to be a general imtJres-1 Ston that important conversations are taJ.in? placp in regard tQ the B?kan situation, and it is gescraUy thought j that dpyplopaeot? may be expected in the near future. J As regards the advice that is Un-i- doubtedly being given, that differences] ousting between the Balkan. States shculd be sunk. Renters Agency learns from ii well-informed Servian source that Servia is now, a.s always, in favour of an outentei between all Christian Balkan States. j Servia is quite willing to make arrange- ments with Bulgaria parallel with any made by Greece asd Rumania, With such an end in view it is possible chat she may agree toéenitorial modifications. 1 but the common frontier between Serria aim Greece rarasC be mai&t&hred Wftet- ira|B jjhie Yerdaz. I

BRITISH WARSHIP BLOWN UP. In Sheerness Harbour. Interna! Magazine Explodes In the liou^e of Commons i his afternoon Mr. Cburch- .L.}, auiiomieecf that M.M.S. Bulwark was blown up in i biieerness Harbour this '0 1 1 41. morning. Only twelve were saved. An internal magaiina exploded. werj- t'aVvd' ;Votwecn 700 and t>i|: perished. The vex-pel disappeared before the smoke cleared away. [The Bultvark is a twin-screw battio fciiip of 15.100 tons ] HC QrF:GU\L (:I\Hv1UNlo.UE. Tito official coin in Paris or TLtüridav afternoon ct-ates: t yesterday was not marked by any im- portant incident. j; the cannonaJitig has diJll- intensity, atid no infantry ,i'! aek has been dir^ted against our have slightly progressed certain ]>o;hts.'v' Jii tho region Cl rm. thero has been a continuation: of tI t; bombardment of .t the town and its,.environs. nil thn Aisne, attempted all attack agamoVthe viilagfe of ili«?y, !■ jt completely- failed, with serioua 1.sb for tIle Germans. We have realised some progress in thou region of Souain, In the Argonne, in the IV, 4j e ir L,, and in t he an almost complete calmialoAg;tlie; pntiro front. Snow has fallen in *thet higher parte of the Vosges. ■ Route March Abandoned. The projected .'display of physical exer. ci-. es aud route mareh arranged for this attemoDii in eonnectjon with the forth- i:omirjg departure of tho Swansea Bat- toiion had to be abandoned n account r,f the weather. Final Seerfl? EOWTI'ZEES—LV. goals, v •. ":l. (   ?' ■ i ? -• I'—ii. — xst*- —