The Cambria Daily Leader

E* SPECIAL WALES' PREMIER ATHLETIC PAPER. THE C PORTING | ? NEWS.. I Every Saturday Night

ALL GOES WELL. I a I PROGRESS SOUTH OF FESTUBERT FRENCH ARMIES ADVANCING AT MANY j POINTS. I THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN it k • Th« nesm from France oomtanut* to be ah earful, in spite.of the, heavy casu- ø.ky lists. All definite action reported itt alm-art wholly confined to the Jlorbh from the coast -to Arrays. The British offensive from Bichebourg- TAvo-ue to Featoberit goes well. On Fri- tlar there was a violent- arti'Llery engage- ment in this quarter and somie infant^ tehung. wifh the result hboa, we made farther south of Quinque Rolle. On Saturday lighlt. the ew.reachrDon-ta tef the French on the Yperlee Canal mid too .the north of Arras led the enemy to conn ter-a*titacks. of t hese was sue, ecdsful. Tbe French had no difficulty in holding on to the Lorett.e pI IiItea 11. and at Neuville they drove out or took pris- oner al-l wtho had gained a fooifiaig to one fcf tkv, advanced tT,n&fr. The latest official news la publTsbea fcttlow. Cftiher official reports appear on another page. BRITISH. PRESS BUREAU, Saturday, P p.m. The Field Marshal coiimnanHinjf the British forces in Framce repoiits as fol- lows;— Mlay 22nd. There was a vaal«nt artillery engage- ment yesterday moi€h-east of Feetubert ft-wi aonte rnfantay figthting. We made further progteo:s south of Qvinqse Rue. On tbo, remainder W the front, there w nothing to report. FRENCH. raius. Sundj ay, 11.0 pjn. To tbre Daffth oIÍ AYras fighting has oon- tinued 8ft cpa4lxLi!n points vitfti extreme violen,me. The British army made progress to the I cm* of Feahibert.. I TV* the rw"-MA of tvho dnwoel ot Jfotre Ikmfl de Ixxrette we advanced BwreraJ hundred metres and took some lprusoners. ''?S? n<M? of Neuvine St. Va?t we ferried & series -of Frenches. Everywhere Repulsed. rARJ8. Sunday, 3 p.in. The fallowing official oomnwiniti'ie was issued this Wtpmoym- In tie oounte of last nigh*: the ememy (made .several oouuter-atitiacfas. bet ween rthe sea and Arras. He wia every- where wqvolsed, and guistaued. ex- tramely heavy Ios-,es. The fitt4t, of the.se attempts oeenrred to the north of Ypres to tJh", east ot' Hflie Tser Canal- It did not eocoeed in de- itouc IÙIDg. Tw*> others wore aimed at the plateau hi Liorette. Sfawifaing from t:he liorith- «ast and the south-east ifihey were un- ahJo to reach our lines. Twn more were delivered against our po?.wn at N?u?l? ?.- V'wt-?4t, in he ?!3n?p. in th? ('pme?a-y, <fnd fnnt£ heT flouthw«rd ioi t&w regik)n called labtir- rinthe. At one ,poin.t only the enemy gwined a fciwhmg far a moanemit) in one of oar Advanced T-ranohes, bia, was rthased out of it, and left in our hands many prisonorel In tiie Anponne the Cterma,ns ex ploded several mines Tn proximity to our portiticuijs and attermpted with large forces hr. occupy the caivRaes. Our in- fantry threw them btuck to "I-ve point i*henx» tdiey started., in fl icti Dg upon Aeni heavy losses under a rain of bom,hr. amd thaad grenades. The repulse of tiie enemy was com- plete- RUSSIAN. I'KTROCiJf AP, Sunday. Tlve numeral Stiaft' issues the following (rwimm xmi-quo:— In i-lie region of Shavlaf the ecetny .still m%iutai;" a strongy organised, position. I Considerable ftow«s of the enemy who i croooed ron r Rosswtiy on to the left 'bat1k of l.he Duhi.^a wore repulsed ag-.ii,ii over t)he rive-r. On the N arew fronit. <i.n the Vculley of Yma, we dispersed an att-empted aft- taek by tbe enemy. On the left h'iot] k of the V,iiETiiq, the enemy, supported itn" in^BTifse sirlnller>r fire, nttern#f*l vainly in tihe Jwst. few d'<l:t'I to P"Il back our picket* t-wfhnoH -b.4-Y)d The left ha-nk of Raw-h. South of the Piiiea. in the region nf Klirrion^to^. the enemy attempted an offensive. By a, strong .oomvfer-attaok; -,n ?ht, nigm: of the 21 s'f WE'repul 1ïhf>m, Mptmn.'O:; on'r a thou?afnd pris- oners ar»d four MQ?hine ?in3. In (^iiiei« the enemy generally n. lin npMi IhlH" off?n?nv?. ThM.r a)c-tive d,-red a?s"rno nutiTi?y the <-harac- t?.r of oountor-atrtr-K'k?. between th? V&- t4-,T- 01' -v,-e progressed somewhajt <vn the 4 v&t, howik of :Uhe Lo»wer Sa.n, and repuK«*vl four enemy counter attacks in tbfl rmioli (Nf Rudnik. North-east, of "Sioiawfa- we dislodged tht- oni-niv Hroom tihe vflk^ge of Dobrw. We repulsed successfully a counter- attack by thp Germans, on the night of the 21st. on the Makeweska-Watlin front, between l'rzemysl and the great marsh of the Dneicster The enemy continued on the 21st their sterile attempt to pierce our front tween the village of Gusakow and Koukenica On the night of the 2"2nd our troops began an offensive in the region nearest Dniester, and. pressing the enemy, took !}f\4) prisoners and four machine guns. On the front of the right hank of thej Dniester, in the region of Glonshka. a stubborn engagement took placo during the 21si. The enemy several times r«>o,ched nlH trenches, but we repuipprj them each time with gun fire and counter-attacks. lipri- we captiired seven officers and 40 men and some machine >:u-ne. From Polina to Kolomea there ba riolent artillery firing.

DARING EXPLOIT -0 RAID OF EH INTO SEA Of MARMORA. TRANSPORTS SUNK The Swret-ary orf 'the Admiral'ty m'3.køs the following announcement: A more detailed rep.rt has now been received of tlhe recent operations lokf SubmariiDe E M. On Iher passage to the Sea, of At-aT- mora she sa.nk a Turkish gu.D'boat of fbhe Bcrk-i-Satvet 'type,. In the Sea. of -)IztrniorL ,ti" sank a transport on Ma.y a very large trans- pout foil of troops on May Il), and on Mk.vy n compelled a sma^l ffteiuner to Tun iherself aground. The rahir journey wae made 08 Mfey 18. 1 The admi t'al at Wie I)ordinel-les Iffhajhee that it ia impossible to do full justice to thin great aohieremend., ajnd ibh-at his Majesty the Kingte apprecia- tion and rewarxl for this service has /llhimugthout, the a;].iie(I fle,,ots given uni- v e.r?#U sa .rfusPacstiom • Tlhe expltoiit orf submarine E 1 i will rank a. one of the most marvellous naval aohievenien if. of 1.11", war. Diving Kinder the mi.n eJiQld. the li.Kle <ref»»e^ enterefl the of Marmora on lAjpril 27, and .for three weeks playefl havoc witih Turkish shipping. Her cap- Ifu.im. Commander Boyle. hoks already been iawarded 'hhe Victoria Cross, and ^ihe other cilftcpir-, and men. wfh*> oomvposed th-P crew have received Dnstingnished VService Croases and Medals. Hie Berk-i-S-mt-veO, is 0 cruising vowel bf 740 tons, wilih a horse-.tVbweT of 5,100.

TURKISH CUHBOAT SUNK I Amsterdam, Monday.-ThA Turkish Headquarters reprint a message received via Berlin which states that the 25-vear- old Turkish gunboat Pelenkideria (?) was sunk yesterday afternoon by a hostile submarine. The crew, with the exception of two killed, were uninjured.

MR. CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE Mr. Churchill sent the following mes- sage on Saturday to "Reynold's News- paper" :— Any public man who at this moment nourishes any thought except that of vaping war against, the enemy by the most effective means should never be for- given by his fellow-counti vmm. Winston S. Churchill.

EICHT BOMBS DROPPED ON PARIS, t- Paris, Sunday.—A German aeroplane which visited Paris last night dropped eight bombs altogether, but did no dam- age, neither were there any victims. The machine resembled the French type, and the French aviators, deceived by the appearance of the machine, al- lowed it to pass Immediately the decep- tion Avas the v gave chase, and the Irerman machine promptly took to flight. It is believed that the aeroplanee was really a French machine. It carried a searchlight, although it was (jv.ite light at the time.—Reuter.

ON THE POINT OF COLLAPSE. Copenhagen, Sunday. -According to a I letter written to his wife, by a Danish | farmer of Schleswig named Frederick Jepsen, who has bepn serving on the Yser, the German sokliers on the canal are on the point of collapse from strain and ex-1 haustion. Their losses have been terrific, j The older soldiers have been nearly all killed. Of Jepsen'« own company of 230 men only 40 are lpft. German reinforcements, however, continually come up. these being composed for the post part of only very young soldiers.—Exchange.

OPERATION ON KING OF GREECE I Athens, Saturday.—In order to afford relief to the King an operation was per- formed this morning, when -500 grammes of fluid were drawn off. q'li*- patient, wliopp temperature was 98.!I. bore the operation well, and his condition is satis- factory. Prayers were said on Sunday morning in the Greek Church in Paris for the re- covery of the King of Greece. A message from Athens states that following Satur- day's operation the King has been fever- ish, his Government., gravely alarmed, has sent hastily for Professr Frederick Kraufe, wh o h-a, been long resident in Berlin, and is familiar with the nature of the King's illness. _+- +_ -h_U

WEEK-END CASUALTY LISTS In the week-end casualty lists th" fol- lowing numbers of ofifcers and men of the Expeditionary Force are reported umcers. Men. Killed 41 :!1 Died of wounds 17 87 Died 0 Wounded fl:) 1,Ofl3 Gas-}X)isoned 16 7 Missing 7 *3 The following casualties are also re- ported:- Officers. Men. Canadjans 48 345 Australians 83 1,593 New Zealanders — 176 On H.M.S. Goliath — 186

KINO OF YPRES. When Ypres was first bombarded early in November (says a corres.poodent in the Daily News and Leader ") we withdrew our troops from the town but we did not remove the civil population. There was one British private who did not leave with the rest for he was asleep in a cellar. Next morning' he awoke to find Ypres without any authority and mis- liking that, he set about governing it him- self. lie kept eleven citizens under an iron discipline, had looters shot at sight, and. though himself inclined to the bottle, prevented drunkenness in others. Tbpy called him le Roi d'Ypres. but tire kingship lasted only for a week. A cal- lous court-martial tried him, found that his efforts in thp cause of order had been good, and forgave him his other delil&wencies.

 IAR DECLARED.  Italy Enter the Struggle Austrian Anger Against Our New Allies. r f > Emperor Francis Joseph's Manifesto. Rome, Sunday.—It is officially announced that Italy has declared war against Austria. I An Exchange special telegram from Paris this morning says: A message received from Basle says the Wolff's Agency an- nounces the declaration of war by Germany against Italy and the immediate re- call of Prince von Buelow. Paris, Monday.—A tele- grani from Rome to the, "New York lierald" says hostilities between Italy and Austria have com- menced —Press Association. Rome, Saturday.—King Victor Em- 1 manuel this morning sanctioned the Bill conferring extraordinary powers upon the Government in the event of war and during th# war.—Renter. Rome, Saturday, 7-W p.m.—A semi-offi- cial announcement, issued this evening says: By order of the Minister of War and Marine the following territory is to be considered as in a state of war: The pro- vinces of Sondrio, Brescia, Verona. Vic- enza. Belluno, LTdine, Venezia, Trevico, Padua, Mantua, Ferrara, and that of the islands and communes of the Adriatic I coast, as well as all fortresses which may be declared in a state of resistance. — Beu- ter. Prudent Objectors. I Paris, Saturday.—The Matin 11Ub-1 lishes the following telegram from Rome: • It i6 stated that the only two votes given against the Government's Bill in the Senate were registered in mistake by two absent-minded Senators. The only I two Senators-who disagreed with the mea- sure were Prince Camporrale and Signor [Cepaty, the former being the brother-in- law of Prince von Buelow and the latter II a regular guest at. the Villa Malta. Both these gentleman deemed it prudent to re- j main at. home.Pr.s Association. I Frontier Lneounters. I Paris, Sunday.A telegram to t I Petit Parisien from Rome says that the Giornale d'ltalia in a special edi- tion publishes a telegram from I'Yeecia J announcing a further encounter between ¡ Italian Chasseurs Alpins and an Austrian | patrol, which had crossed the frontier. The Italians attacked and vigorously pur- sued the patrol. No further details have I yet been received.—Press Association. I Germans Arrest 30,000 Italians. I I I I raris. Minn ay.—message rrom come j to the fatin" flays that the Germans i. are retaining as hostages 30,000 Italians who sought to return to their country. They were arrested on tlte frontier.-Ex- I change. Belgians Hoist the Italian Flag. I Le Havre, Siiiiday.-The Italian flag wa6 this morning hoisted on the roof of the residence of the Belgian Government, side by 6ide with the IJelgian Standard. —Press Association. Foreigners in Italy. I On the Italian h rontier, Sunday.— Strictest precautions have already heen taken regarding foreigners entering Italy. Those already resident in Italy who de- sire to remain must have permission from the Central Police Office in their neigh- bourhood, to obtain which they are obliged to fill in a form giving full par- ticulars of their reasons for wishing to stay. Seven thousand such demands have already heen presented, including a large number from English and Americans- The stream of applications 6till continues. The new regulations has already been the means of the arrest of various suspected individuals. Austrians Cut Railways. i Milan, Friday, 7-20 p.m.—The Aus- trian Government have, withheld the Italian mails, and have destroyed the telegraph wires and cut the railways. "MY BATTLE-TRIED TROOPS." ———— i Austrian Emperor's Manifesto to'His I Army. | Amsterdam, Mond&T .-According to a t Berlin telegram, the Wiener Zeitung" publishes the following autograph letter of the Emperor Francis Josel)h:- Dear Count Stuerzkb,-[ request you to make public the attached manifesto to my trc,.ips.Voelker, Vienna. May 23rd, Franz Josef. I To My Troops.—Voelker.The King of Italy has declared war on m. A I perfidy w hose like history does not know t has been eommitted by the Kingdom of Italy against both allies after an. alliance of more than 30 years, during I which time she has been able to in- crease her territorial possessions and develop herself to a nourishing condi- tion. Italy has abandoned us in the hour of danger, and gone over with Hying colours into the camp of our enemies. We did not menaop Italy. We did not curtail her authority. We did not attack her honour or interests. We have always loyally responded to the duties of our alliance and afforded her our protection when she took the field. "C" have don" more. When Italy directed covetous glances across our frontipr. we were, in order to maintain our alliance, relationship, and peace, resolved on great and painful sacri- fices. which parricnlarly grieved our paternal heart, but ille covetousness of Italy, who iielieved;fvhe moment should be used. was'not th be appeased, and so fate must be accomplished. My armies have victoriously withstood mighty enemies in the north during ten montTas of a gigantic conflict in most loyal comradeship of arms with the tirni. of niv ally. The new and troacheroue enemy in the south is to you no new enemy. Great memories of Novena, Mortaro. Bustozza, and Lissa, which constitute the pride of my youth, and the spirit of Zadetr.ky. The Archduke Albrecht and Tegellhoff, which continues to lire in my land and sea forces, are quarantee to me that also against the soutib wo shall success- i fully defend tin frontiers of the Atouarchy. We isaluto my battle-tried troops. Trieste Town Council Dissolved. Amsterdam, Monday.—A Vienna tele- gram says: The patriotic demonstrations readied a climax on Sunday evening after. Italy's declarntion ofSwar and the Em- peror's manifesto to his people were made known hy special editions. About nine o'clock crowds gathered in all parts (f the city, pinging patriotic, songs and raising chcers for the Emperor, the Monarchy, and the allied armies and na vies. Before the War Ministry patriotic speeches were delivered. The officers and soldiers were greeted with frantic cheers. The indignation against Italy fbiind ex- pression in cries of Down with Italy." So excesses, however, occurred. A Vjenna telegram received via Berlin says the Emperor has dissolved the Town Council of Trieste, which city is subject only to Imperial Government. By a decree of the Governor of Trieste, the Town Council of Goerz has been dissolved. The Narodni Politico," of Prague, says the Monarchy has no fear of the war, which it will carry through victoriously and gloriously. SAVAGE FURY. Vindictive Austrians Terrorise Italians j in Trentino. Venice, Sdnday.—Vetona telegrams re- port that the fury of the Austrian authorities and their terrorisation of the Italian population of Trentino have reached positively savage proportions. The population are fleeing from the towns and the villages into the country. They were, compel led to walk along the railway lines because all roads are barri- caded with plaiika, trunks of trees, and stones. The last levy from all cla.sses between the ages of 17 and .50 is being carried out in a. most brutal manner. Instead of notifying the public by ordinary pro- clamations, ?endarmci- ?<?re visiting tbe. houses. chiefly by night, and forcibly carrying off all meu "With in the prescribed ages, amid the tears and entreaties of their desolate families. Foreseeing the ferment lataent in the people after such proceedings, the mili- tary authorities, seeking to divert the public wrath against Italy, are posting manifestoes affirming that the recent levy has (only been made necessary by the treachery of -Italy. Forty thousand Tyrolese. recruits from the last levies have arrived at Trent, the majority without uniforms, sinoe supplies of army clothing in Austria are almost exhausted. The civil population remaining at. Trent have been warned to be in readiness to leave the town at the first order from the military. Tho general mobilisation of the Italian forces has been greeted with immense enthusiasm. in Venice, where a great popular demonstration took place. Postal Services Cease. I- jsoDtte, jttonuay.— J he postal services with Austria-Hungary ceased from yester- day (Sunday). Telegrams from a large number of towns announce the holding of enthusias- tic demonstration* in favour of war. Passports Given. yesterday afternoon Baron Sonnino telegraphed the Duke of Avarna, the Italian Ambassador in Vienna, the text of the declaration of war. The Foreign Minister also handed to Baron Macchio, the Aactro-Hungarian Ambassador, th" text of the declaration dwarf with the Ambassadors passports, also The pass- ports for the Diplomatic and Consular staff. Italians in Smvna. Athens, S ii n dov Tbe authorities of Symrna are taking extraordinary mea- sures against Italian subjects in that town. Their departure is forbidden under pain of death.

11 000 OFFERED ——— -0 ——— ISWANSEA MANS INDUCEMENTS TO BRITISH I SKIPPERS. SINKING OF SUBMARINES A well known Swansea gentleman makes, through the columns of the Leader." the following handsome offer: He is prepared to pay the sum of £100 (one hundred pounds) to the master of any British merchant vessel or trawler who can satisfy the Admiralty that he has sunk a German submarine after the date of this pub- lication:- Further, the gentiernVn wmy tJt:il amount (£100) in ten cases—i.e., to the first ten masters who can give such a satisfactory assurance to the Admiralty. The gentleman who makes this offer prefers patriotism to publicity, but he has deposited his name and address with us and given us satisfactory guarantees of his bona fides,

HONOUR FROM KING ALBERT ■ It, is officially announced that his It. 16 offici all, unounc.oo that. hi5 Ma??y thp. King of tb? BR?ums has been pleased to confer upon Field-Marshal the Right Hon. the Earl Kitchener, K.P., &,e., the high distinction of the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. -J

HOSPITAL SHIP LOST. Calcutta, Saturday.—The Bengal, a river steameT, which had been fitted up by voluntary subscriptions as a hospital ship for service in Mesopotamia, sank last Monday at 11 p.m.. two hundred and sixty miles out to sea, in the latitude of Madras, as she was being towed to the Persian Gulf via Colombo. No loss of life is reported.—Renter.

SURPRISE FOR THE CORPORAL When Corporal Howorth, of the York and Irfincaster Regiment, who is now on active service at the, front, returns to liis home at Sheffield, a big surprise awaits him. His wife. M.T. M. IloworSi, 0& Saturday gave birth to three boys and one girl. The King's Bounty is being applied for. The mother and all four children are reported to be doing well.

I 1^0400,000 PER HOUR. I I iWis, Ka-turday.—M. Edmond Thery, the oelebra/ted economist, writing in tho OD the m.iili'fcary .expenditure in the presMit ww r, says the Allies have spent up (to the presen-L time X2,000,000,000, -the Autftro Germans This represents am average expenditure of je290,000,000 per month, or £ 9,<>80,000 per day, or £ 400.000 per hour. —Exchange.

I A SOLDIER'S GOOD LUCK The Bilshop of Pretoria, speaking at Ebon College Chapel yes-temay, told the story of a wounded soldier he had seen iii -h-(>-ni it;zil .ho had only one leg and the iaher badly smashed. Wihen someone condoled wi-tih him he Ptaid, "You think it is extraordinary how these tJaings bpppon; it is extraordinairy -good lucid I had marie uip my mind wthen thi. was over tthat I would be a pareon, if I was good enough, alnd, you see, I can be a ptar^on, I ,nMypo--e,, with one leg."

FOUND DEAD IN BED. Considerable sensation was created at  l-?igua6 ye6terday the pretty village of St. Fagans yesterday [morning when it became known that Mr. Dl. Phillips, the postmaster of the vil- lage, had been found dead in bed. Mr. Mr. Phillips, who was 60 years of age, retired to rest the previous evening in apparently the best of health and gpints He bad been in the employment of the Pymouth Est.ate for a number of years, first as carpenter and latterly as store- keeper. He was a very popular figure in the village, and very much respected. An inquest will in all probability be held.

I KAISER REPLACES IRON CROSS Amsterdam, Sunday.—The "FrauMur- fcar ZeriiTMLg" publishes an "Order" which the Kaiser has sent from headquarters ho the wife of Otto Weddigen, saving he iearas that, when Wnddigen.\s submarine was tiunk- the Order Pottr le Meri'te and the Iron Croes. of tihe First, cln.zos were ftleo lost. "The Kaiser hereby replaces Hi em, at the same time, expressing hris personal sympathy with "Weddi^n \s wife in the brWw loss of a. man wnnm fche errtire Fatherland mourns, wbv> adhieved unforgettable fame for him5>elf and the i Fal,ht-riand. and who. will Jiye for all time as a shining example of daring, ifrtadm. and resolution. -Prose Aaaocia-! tittn War SpecMtJ.

160 LIVES LOST. HORRORS OF RAILWAY WRECK. SOLDIERS BURNT TO DEATH BEFORE COMRADES' EYES. THREE TRAINS INVOLVED I The wrecking of thr*e trains on the Scot-! ísh border, in cirr,um$iâmes umy.! ampled for horror in British railway history, has appalled the country during the week-end. The tatest.detaits, and I the stories of survivors which we publish to-day, do not minimise the ghastliness of the calamity. It is all the graver, from a national point of view, from the fact that so many soldiers are counted among the victims. The numbers of dead and wounded arc still in doubt, and for the present figures are liable to be somewhat mis- leading. The latest-they are subject to almost hourly revision-are those given by the general manager of the Cale- donian Railway Co., as follows: Deaths (including those who I died from injuries). 160 1 I Injured 175 1 As already reported in the Cambria Daily Leader," a terrible disaster oc- curred on Saturday morning on the Caledonian Railway at a point about a hundred yards south of the Quintin's Hill Signal Cabin, about a mile from Gretna Station, and nine miles north of Carlisle. There were three trains involved. The death-roll was estimated by a railway official to-day at 1-50, almost the whole of whom were Scots soldiers, who were travelling in a special troop train which left Larberf, near Falkirk. at^J.Jo a.m. on Saturday morning for an unknown des- tination. The cause of the accident has not yet been satisfactorily established, and the I railway officials naturally would make no comment pending the official inquiry which will he held on Tuesday. These appear to be the facts as far ap can be ascertained. The troop train, I which was running at a very high speed, just after passing Quintin's Hill signal cabin, crashed into the front of a local passenger train from Carlisle which, it is stated, was standing stationary right I in its track and which had been shunted into that position to allow the northward <bo.tLQd express whicb left Euston for fjflasgow on Friday at midnight to pats I by. No sooner had the collision taken place than the troop train caught ifre. Several carriages in the centre of the train were telescoped while others were thrown over on the down main line, and within two minutes of this happening the northward- I bound express, which was running late. crashed into these overturned carriages from which soldiers were emerging. I Indescribable Horror. I The scene which followed was one of indescribable horror. Engines and car- riages were heaped up in iitter confusion. and the shrieks and groans of the injured were pitiful in the extreme. Gradually I the lfames rose and spread with great rapidity. In a short time the troop train, consisting of nine carriages, was one roaring furnace. Some, of the soldiers were able to extricate themselves, and at once gallantly bet to work to rescue their unfortunate comrades- There were loud cries for help, but in a great many cases it was impossible to do anything on ac- count of the raging fire. Scores of sol- diers were pinned beneath the wreckage, and their bodies burned to cinders. The colliding of the troop train and the goods train is stated to have occurred at 6.45 a.m.. and had it. not been • for the I double collision the loos of life would not have been great. The express literally mowed the soldiers to pieces. Surviving Troops Work Hard. By 11 o'clock: the rescued had succeeded in attending to every one of the injured, who were promptly conveyed to the Carlislo hospitals. The dead were carried by stretcher bearers and placed in the barn and stable of a little farmstead about a hundred and fifty yards from the. scene of the disaster, while other bodies, or what remained of l'hem, were laid on 'I stretchers in the field outside and covered with white cloth. Those of the troops who escaped or ha.d I only suffered slight injury worked hard in getting rifles, kits. and stores of ammuni- tion out of the wrecked train. Great I assistance was rendered by the Carlisle I Fire Brigade, who obtained a plentiful supply of water from a ditch about 300 yards away, but they found it impossible to compete with the fury of the flames, although they succeeded in quelling a tire which started on some of the goods wagons. Several of the telescoped carriages were burnt to a white ash, and all that was visible of them was the iron framework. The heat which came from the burning train was intense, and the sleepers on the parmanent way were burnt beneath the twisted metals to a black ash. I Victims Roasted to Death. I The great majority ot the victims werp,, literally roasted to death. The fire did not burn itself out until 4 o'clock on Sat- urday afternoon. Soldiers were burned to death before the ever, of their rescuers, who oould do nothing to relieve their aw- ful agony, on account of the flames, and of t.he horrible manner in which they were pinned beneath the debris. The injuries to some of those who were not killed were of a fearful character, and it is feared that a number of the seriously injured, who are lying in hos- I pital at Carlisle, will suecurnb to their injuries and this will still increase the already huge death roll. It is stated to-day that six passengers who were asleep in the saloon of the ex- press train at the time of the oallieion were burned to death, and one attendant was killed. Amongst, the debris scattered ahont the railway bank were numbers of soldiers' bonnets, bits of khaki blankets and broken rifles. Continued on Page 1).

Mumbles Railway's Great Day. Traffic upon the Mumbles Railway to- day is said to be abnormally heavy. VERY FEW RETURNED. How a German Assault was Shattered. A message from Britieh Headquarters to-day states that fighting developed in the Fostubert sector on Friday and Sa-Uy. A strong counter-attack by the Germans was compleely foiled. Tho attacking troops were allowed to come on until they were well out in the open, when a withering fire from our concentrated artillery was turned upon them, with the result that the enemy's ranks ware moTTftd' down by the score, and the attack finally. recoiled, shat- tered. Very few of the attacking party regained thadwlber of their trenches. A Chamber of Death. The relatives of the deceased members of tho 7th Royal Scots, whose bodies were brought to leithilast night, were admit- ted to he battalion's Drill Hall in Dal. meny-street to-day. The death chambor was tho scene of many touching inci- dents, the stillness of the hall being broken only by the sobbing of the mothers or wires as they stood by the side of a ooffin. Friends were unable to view the bodies however. Amidst the throng were many evidences of deep emotion. Several clergymen were in attendance, and did much to soothe the feelings of those who had been be- reaved. The .coffins .rested on small trestles, and were arranged in two rows. In the centfe of the hall was an assort- ment of tU palms and shrubbery plant*. 1/ Fully iv* Mundmed." A Carlisle tslegmm tays that the Gretna death roll will be fully two hundred. THE ITALIAN liAR. The Italian. Chief of the General Stall has left for .the front. An Italian warship has been sighted north of Corfu. Amsterdam, Monclay.-rrince Buelow has asked the Italian Government for his paseporta. • .*f „ V it j ) J I 1 A A.

COMPULSORY VOTING Sydney (N.S.W.), finturday. An interesting, experiment .is being made to-day in the (polling tt!a the gen- eral election iTt. Qut-t-ng-amd. Vdi-ng, ,personal or posit:al, its c-oumpiiktory. lbodv is exotitipted on .the of eon- eciiifttitiious objection or illness, and a penalty abtaahee to voters invalidating ballot papeirs. Hotels are closed during polling hours.

SWANSEA'S NOISY SUNDAY." To the Editor. Sir,—We have had a few weeks of de- lightfully quiet Sundays; and personally I thank the police for the promptitude with which they put down the intolerable ?niii,anc(- of <?houtin? newf-boy?. But to- day it is at its worst! I know that the police cannot be everyw here, but they will earn the gratitude of many like my- self if they take steps—and as far as the Cardiff importations are concerned they must lie at the bast,-to top this real desecration of our quiet day. I write not as a Sabbatarian, but as one who Values the peace of Sunday. Why should bawl-" ing boys be allowed to invade and de- stroy it, without the remotest excuse?— Yours, etc., I Quiet Sunday.