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Flesherton Advance, 6 May 1915, p. 7

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ISmiTO FLEETS BiTTLE H, IVl. Destroyer Recruit Submarined, Four of Her Officers and Twenty-one of the Crew Saved A despaUh from London says: "A series of smail'l affairs took place in th? neighborhood of the Galloper and Nort!h Hinder Light- ^ips on Saturday. "During th« forenoon H.M. de- etroyer R-e>cruit •was £-unk by a sub- marine, four officers and 21 men being saved by the trawler Daisy. ''.\it 3 p.ni! the trawler Colombia was attacked by two German tor- pedo boats, who approached her from the westward and comimenced an action without ihoisting their colors. The Colombia was sunk by a torpedo, only one deck hand be- ing saved by other trawlers. A division of British destroyers, comprising the Laforey, L#eonida«, Lawford and Lark, chased the two German ve.ssels. and after a brieif running fightt of abou t onei hour sank them both. Tlie British de- nt royers sustained no casualties. ''Twif German officers and 41 men were rescued from tlve se«i and made prisoners of war." The destroyer Recruit was on ALLIED FLANK ' WAS EXPOSED But fur Cunadian.s. Germans Wonid Have Been Well Bebiuii the British Lines. patrol duty Saturday morning when the submarine sank her. Acturding to detaik, she was struck amidships by the torpedo and began to sink. The wounded vesssls sdgriailled for assistance, and her call was an- swered by the trawler Daisy, and 30 men out of her complement of 65 w«re saved. It is stated that a torpedo was fired at the Daisy, which was forced to lea\e one of her rescue buats be- hind, and that the submarine chased this boat and fired her gun at it. wounding four men. British itorpedu-boat de-stroyeirs, sighting in the distance two Ger- man torpedo boats which had sunk the trawler Colombia and appar- ently were .supporting a submarine, engfaged the Germans at long range in the vicinity of the Xorth Hinder light. The Germans endeavored to run away, but the Britiish boats pressed them hard -and shortly afterwards sank them. Tlhe Bri- tish boats rescued some of the crews of the Germans and landed them to-day. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEAOINO TRAOi CENTRES OF AMERICA. Toronto. Ma? 4.â€" Flourâ€" Manitoba ftr»t |>at«nt« quoted at $8.10. in jute iMKB; â- Â«<:- ood patentd. 17.60: etrone baJters', t7.W. Ontario wheat toiu. 90 per cent, patents. quoted at $6.50 to $6.60. aeaboajd. and ai t£.50 to $6.60. Toronto rrei«ht. Wheat â€" Manitoba No. 1 Northern quoted at $1.68: No. 2 at $1.66 1-2. and No. i at $1.64 1-2. Ontario wheat In nominal «t $1.60 for No. 2, at outside poiuta. Oaisâ€" Ontario quoted at 60c. outaide. • nd at 6ic. Toronto. Weatern Canada, No. Z. quoted at 69c, and No. J at 67c. c.i.f-. Bay parte. Barleyâ€" The market is nominal. Good malting gnadee. 7Sc, outaide. Riyeâ€" The market im dull at $1.05 to $1.10. out«ide. Pea<â€" The market i« quiet, with No. 1 quoted at $1.7S, outaide. Con â€"No. 2 new American quoted at 830. e.ijf.. Bay porta, and No.^ at 81 l-2c. Bay V>rte. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2 quoted at 80 to 8Zc. «ut«ide. Bran and shorteâ€" Bran ie quoted at $27 • toD. and ehortd at $29 to $3o. Rolled oata ^'ar lot«. per ba< of 90 Itw., $3.40. Country Preduo*. But'ter â€" Choice dairy. 27 to 29c: Inferior, tt to 2Jc: creamery printj, 35 to 36c; do., •olide. 31 1-2 to 32 l-2c. Ensâ€" The market ie steady with ealei at 21 to 2ac per doien in ca«e lota. Beanaâ€" The market ie quiet at $3.25 for Ikrim*. and $3.35 to $3.40 for hand-picked. Poultryâ€" Chic ken«, dreeaed. 18 to 20v: duck's, dreseed, 15 to 17c: fowl. 13 to 15c: turkeye. drraeod. 20 to 21c. Cheeeeâ€" Tho market ie quiet, with new quoted at 17 1 2c for large, and at 17 3-4c for twine. Old quoted at 19 t-o 19 l-4c. Potatoes -Ontario. 60 to 65c per bag. out of store, and 50c in car lots. New Brune- vicke. car lots, 60c per baff. Previsions. Baconâ€" Long clear. 13 J-4 to t-k" per lb. <n caee lote. Hsuneâ€" Medium, 17 to 17 l-Sc: do., heavy. 14 1-2 to 16c; rolls. 14 to 14 l-Sc; breakfaet bacon, 18 to 19c: bucks. 20 to lie; bonole«8 baoke, 23c. Lard -Pure lard. tuba. 11 3-4 to lie: do.. paile, 12 to 12 l-2c. Compound, tube, 9 3-4 to 10c: do., pails, 10 to 10 l-4c. medium. $6.75 to $7: do., commoA. $6.10 to ' $6.50: buU'bere' bulla, choice, $6.25 to $7: do., good bulls. $5.40 to $6: do., rough ^ bulls, $4.60 to $5.75: bntchen cows, choice, ; $6.25 to $6.85: do., medium, $5.25 to K: do.. I common. $4.60 to $5; feeders, good, $6.40 to $7.2S; do.. roa«h bulls. $5 to $5.50: etockers. 700 to 1.000 Hw.. $6 to $7: canners ! and cutters. $3.75 to $4.65: milkers, choice, ; each. $60 lo $S5: do . common and medium, ' each, $35 t« $45: springers, $50 to $75: light , ewea. $7 lo $8: do., heavy, $5 to $6.30: do.. ' bucke. $3.50 to $4.50: lamba. $6 tp $10.50: ' caWee. $5.50 to $9.50; bogs, fed and water- i ed. $8.55; do, off cara, $8.90 to $9. â-  Uontreail, May 4. -The trade in catUe ; waa fairly active, with salea of full loa4la ; of choice eteers at $8; good at $7.50. and the lower gradea from tha* down to $6. â-  while butchers' cowa brought from $4 to $7. and bulls from $4 to $7 per cwt. The : feature of the email meat trade was the ; active demand for calves, and ae the sup- ply -va large, a brick tra4l« waa done at prices ranging from $2. 50 to $10 e«ch. aa to aiae and quality. Another feature of the trade was the weaker feeling in the j market for hogi- owing to the increased ' reoeipta. which were in exceas of the re- | quiremente. and prices declined 10 to 25c per cwt.. with ealee of selected lota at $9.25 to $9.50 per cwt.. weighed off cars. There was a fair demand for Spring lamba a.t $7 to $9 each, and a few small lota of yearling lambs sold at $9.50 to $9.75 per cwt. + A despatch from London says : i The Britii?h official "eye-witness" i in a narrative of the battle of Yprevs says the Germans had prepared to attack the allied line on the 20th, i but the wind, not being favorable ' "for their use of asphyxiating grases," they postponed it until the 22nd. The gas, the narrative says, wa.* distributed along the German front line in front of the French poeition. and the wind being from the north it was blown directly on the i French. The German plan, accord- , ing to the '"eye-witness," was to make a sudden onslaught aouth- westward. which, if successful, would enable the Germans to gain crossings of the canal south of Bix- echoote and place them well behind the Britisdi line and in a position to threaten Ypres. "Allowing trine for the vapors to take full effect on the troops facing bhem," says the "ej-e- 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-run and surprise a large proportion of the French troops billeted behiaid the front line in this area and to bring some of the French guns, as well as our own, under a hot ritte 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 tiie high road. The splendid resistance of these troops (the C-ajiadiaas>, who saved the situation, already has been mentioned by the com- mander-in-chief. CAIADIANS Um THE DA! Graphic Details of How Our Forces Fought the Trained Qermans Balod Hay and Straw. Straw ie quoted at $7.50 to $8 a ton in car lot deliveries on track here. Hayâ€" No. 1 hay is quoted at $17 to •17.50; No. 2 at $14.50 to $15.50, and No. I •t $12 to $13. Buslnsu in Mantroal. Montreal, May 4.â€" Cornâ€" American No. I yellow. 83 to 84c. Oats-Canadian Weet- *rn. No. 3. 67 l-2c; do., extra No. 1 teed. «7 l-2c. do. No. 2 local white. 66 l-Zc; do.. No. 3, 65 l-3c: do.. No. 4. 64 l-2c. Barley- Uwlting. 86 to 88c. Flourâ€" Man. Spring wheat patents. Ilrsta, $8.20: do., seconds. $7.70: do., elrong bakers'. $7.50; dtv. Win- ter patent;*. cJioice. $7.90; do., straight rollers. $7.40 to $7.50: do., bags. $3.50 to •3.60. Rolled oate -Barrels, $6.75 to $7; do., b.-'re. 90 Ibe.. $3.25 to $3.55. Bran, $26. Shorts. $28. Middlings. $33 to $34. Uoull- »ie, $35 to $38. H*yâ€" No. 2. per ton. car lots, $18 to $19.50. Cheese -Finewt W«at- erna, 16 1-2 to 16 3-4c: do., eaatema, 16 to 16 l-4c. Butterâ€" Choicegt creamery. JSc; do.. B«con<te. 3ac. Eggaâ€" Frcah, 22 lo 23c; «k>., eeleoted. 25c; do.. No. 2 stock. 21c. Po- tato«e -Per bag. car lote, 47 1-2 to 50c. Dreiwed hogs â€" Abattoir killed. $13 to •13.50: do., country. $11.75 to $12. Pork- ficttvy Canada short mee», bbla.. 36 lo 45 piecee. $28; do., short cut backa. bbJs.. 45 to 65 ple»-*«. $27.50. Lard -Compound, tiercee. 375 lbs., 9 1-Jc: do. wood pails. 20 Ifaa.. net. 10c; do., pure, tierces. 575 Ibo., It l-2c; do . wood pails. 20 lUa. net, 13c. WInnlpsg Grain. Wiiini|)etr. May 4.â€" Caah quotations:â€" Wheat. No. 1 Northern. $1.63 1-4; No. 2 northern. $1.61 1-4; No. 5 Northern. ^.58 3-4. O.vts No. 2 O.W.. 64 1-8c: No. 3 CW. 61 3 8i'; extra No. 1 feed, 61 l-4c: No. t feed. 69 5-Bc; No. 2 feed. 58 5-«c. Fl.%x - No. 1 N.-W.C. $1.77 1-2; No. 2 CW , •1.74 l-Zu. U.S. Markots. Minneapolis. May 4.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 hard. ♦1.64 1-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.59 5-8 to •1.6J5-8; No. 2 Northern. $1,55 5-8 to $1.60 5-8: May $1,57 5-8. Coru -No. 3 yellow. 73 1-4 to 73 3-4c. Ottta-No. 3 white. 53 1-4 to 53 l-3i-. flour and br.vi unchangc<l. LIvs Stock Markets. Tc-ronlo. May 4 -Butchers' oalUe. choice, •7.50 to $8; do., good. $M0 to $7.40; do.. AISTRIAN PRISONER SHOT. Made a Da.*h tor Liberty When ia Custody. .â- V despatch from Montreal saj's : Jan Bauzek, an Austrian prisoner, was ?hot and mortally wounded shortly before 9 o'clock Sunday night at the Windsor (C'.P.R.i sta- tion because he was trying to es- cape. Ho died half an hour after being removed to the Montreal General Hospital. Bauzek wa:^ in n party of 106 Aus»trians 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. I>ate, pro- vost marshal ; Captain Grifl&ths and a strong guard had marched the prisoners to Windsor Station, into which the .Vustrians were turning, when Bauzek mad? his break for liberty. He started along Osborne Street toward Stanley Street, pur- sued by a serge anit and a guard. He h^d almost reached Stanley Street, a short block away, when the guard called: "Halt! or I'll ahoot." After vainly shouting his warning three times, with Bauzek thirty feet away, the guard fired. The bullet hit Bauzek in the chest, back of the right lung, and passed cleair througjh his b<.vdy. He did not speak, etxcept to ask for a drink, and s>oon lapsed into un- consci'-Hisncss. Girl Promoted to Lieutenant. A despatch from Petrograd says : Army orders contain notice of the promotion of a young woman, Alex- andra Lagerev, to lieuteivant. With sixteen other girls belonging to families of Cossacks, she has been fighting alongside her male rela- tives since the beginning of the war. Eig'ht of the girls have been killed. Lieut. Lagerey was made a pri- soner, but she killed her guard, escaped and led a rec<'>nnoitring party whioh captured eighteen Uh- lans in Suwalki with important documents. ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. Kaiser Oeeorates Him wtth Iron t.ro!«i â€" ••Savior of Empire." Berlin, April 24.â€" Kaiser Wilhelm this* afternoon announiced decora- tion of the Germaji Admiral with an Iron Cross of the first class. In a telegram to him he described Von Tirpitz as "the savior of the Em- pire." It was jnade known also that Von Tirpitz would receive an hereditarv title. Only 125 Survivors From Leon Gambetta A despatch from Paris says : An official statement issued by the Ministry of Marine says : '"One hun- dred and ten survivors of the French armored cruiser Leon Gam- betta. which was sunk by the Aus- trian submarine L'-5, have been taken to Syracuse, and 25 others are at Brindisi. The bodie« of -Ad- miral Sene« and of 52 sailors have been buried at Cape Leuca. "The circumstances of Che loss of the cruiser have not yet exactly been made known. There is no confirmation that abe previously had been hailed by a ^ip, and no credit slu^uld be attached to report* and commentaries based on infor- mation frt«n foreign sources.'' A Reeruiting 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 announced that she had sent five young men to the front. At the end of the meeting she indi- cated the young man at her sid» ai>d declared: "Here's the sLxth!" This caused the speaker to say : "Flirting of that kind is the ri^t sort of patriotism." And he ad- vised the young girls of the audi- eiice to use their wiles in behalf of King and country. ALLIES AT DARDANELLES Opening of the Battle. The day was a peaceful one, warm and sunny, and except that the pre- \'ious dav had witnessed a further bombardment of the stricken town of Ypres, everything seemed quiet in front of the Canadian line. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon a plan carefully prepared was put into execution agaiiust our French allies on tlie 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 comj>elled to give groitnd for a considerable disrtance. 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 trenches were lost. The French did, as everyone knew they would do, all that stout s<jidiers could do, and the Canadian division, officers and men. look forward to maJiy occasions in the future in which they will stand side by side wiith the brave armies of France. Tlie immediate con.sequence of this enforced withdra'wal was, of Course, extremely grave. The third brigade of the Canadian division was without any left, or, in other words, its left was in the air. It became imperatively necesjsary greatly to e.xtend the Canadian lines to the left rear It was not, of course, practicable to mo\-e 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 lin'a that had been held by the allies at five o'clock, and a gap still existed on its left Capture of the (iuik«. 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 f<.r Brigadier-General Turner, commanding the third brigade, to throw back his left tlank southward to protect his rear. In the course of the confusion which followed upon the readjustment of position, the enemy, who liad advanced rapidly after h:s initial successes, took four Britisli 4.7 guns in a sroAll wood to the west of the village of St. Julien. two miles in *he rear of the original French trenches. The sttnry of the second Battle of Vpres is the story of how the Cana- dian divi-ion. enormously outnum- bered, for they had in front of (hem at least four divisions. supp..>rt-ed bv immensely heavv artillery-, with a gap still existing, thougfi ne- duced, in their lines, and with dis- p<>8itions made hurriedly under the stimulua of criticaJ danger, fought through the day and through the nigirt, and then through another diay and night ; fought under Chear officers until, as happened to si> many, these perished gloriously, and then fought from the impulsion of sheer valor beoau.se they canM from fighting stock. The enemy, of course, was aware whether fully or r»ot may perhaps be doubted, of the advantage him breach in the line had given him, and immediately began to push a formidable series of attacks upon the whole of the newly formed Canadian salient. If it is possible to distingnisii when the attack waj everywhere s» fierce it developed with particular intenaity at this moment upon th* apex of the uewly-formed line run- ning in the direction of St. Julien. It has already been stated that four British guns were taken in a Wood Comparatively early in tb« evening of the 22nd. In the oouras of that night, and under the heavi- est machine gun fire, this wood waa assaulted by the Canadian Scot- tish, 16th battalion, of the 3rd brigade, and the lOth batLali«jn of the 2nd brigade, which was inter- cepted for thi.s purpose on its vty to a reserve trench. The battalioixs were respectively commanded bj Lieut. Col. Leckie and Lieut -Col. Boyle, and after a most fierca struggle in the light of a misty moon they took the position at the point of the bayonet .\t midnight the second battalion, under Lieut. - Col. Watson and tlie Toronto regi- ment, Queen's Own (3rd battalion), under Lieut -Col Rennie. both of the 1st brigiade. brought up much- needed reinforcements, and tbougli uot actually engaged in the assault, were in resen-e. Liuc Never Wavrr«4. .\ll through the following day and ' nights these battalions shared tlM fortunes and misfortunes of the : third brigade. An officer who took part in the attack describes how the men about him fell under the j fire of the roaclune guns, which, in his phrase, played upon them I ''1 ke a wat ring pot." He added quite simply. "I wrote my own life off." but the line never wav- I ered. When one man fell another I t<»k his place, and. with a final 1 shout, the survivors of the two battalions flung themselves into the Wood. The German garri*i>n wan completely demoralized, and the imi>etuous ad\-aiice of the Cana- dians did not cease until they reached tho far side of the wood and entrenched themselves there in tlie position s*.- dearly gained Line Thrown Across Southern Extremity of the Gallipoli Peninsular Boy KiUs Sentries. A despat-cili from Le Mans, Paris, says : Jacques Goujon, seventeen years old, has been citied in military orders and given a military medal. The youth killed two German senti- nels, blew up with the aid of bdlubs two quick -fircirs of the ejieniy, was captured, but succeeded in escap- ing, carrying with him at the same time a machine gun of the Germans to tlhe French line*. Later, during a German counter-attack. Gou- jon's right arm wa» blown off by a shell. The military authoritiw at Lyons, Goujon 's home city, had re- fused to accept him for milit*ry duty on account of liis age. He went to Paris, where he was :\.c- cepted because of his robust con- stitution. ZEPPELirS ABE AGAIS BUSY Three Houses Hit In the Town of Ipswich and Set on Fire, But Nobody Was Hurt A de«ipatch from Ipswich, Suf- folk, says : .\ hostile air craft raid-ed Ipswich ea.rly Thursday morning. Several bombs were dropped. One struck a hou!**^ in Brt>okalwi,ll Road. It was an incen- diary bomb and it pierced the roof and fell into tlie beaixKim of a little §rirl. Some of th© furniture was <et afir«s but tlvo oliild was vcscue<l by Iter father, Harry Goodwin. The fiiunes 8pi'«a<i to two adjoining lK>use>s, whioh within an hour were almost destroyed. Other bombs were droppt-'d on WatorW Koad. Tho air craft then passed on to Whitton, where it also dropped ex- nlosives. So far as is known no- b<>dy was injured. .-V Central News de*qiatch says that a Zepjx^lin was seen during the night at Bury St. Edmumls, Suffolk County, where it dropped boraba and aet sevoral buildings on fira. .\ despatch from Lt^ndon say« : The allies have made rapid pro- gress in their laud and sea attack upon the Dardanelles â€" the gateway to Constantinople. Already the British troopa have thrown a line iwrosa the southern extremity of the Gallipoli Peninsula from the .'\egean coast to a point north-east of Eski HJssarlik, a strongly forti- fied position facing the straits, thus isolating the Turkish stronghold at Sedd el Bahr, at the \-ery lip of the Dardanelles. This has been done, says the Ad- miralty, in the face of a streauous 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 opj-n^site to the inland village of Saribair, addi- tional landing forces have made good their foothold on Turkish soil, and have driven tlie opposing forces back from the ooaist despite a vigor- ous artillery ftre. Gaba Tebeh is about ten niilee from the end of the Gallipoli Peninsula: Saribair is about five miles farther. The trcM'>ps who drove a line across the penin- sula to the vicinity of Eski Hisar- lik landetl 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 .\siatic side of the en- trance, and the British forces sweeping across the lower fifteen miles of the Gallipoli Peninsula, it will thus be seen that the task of acquiring a foothold has been ac- complished with great speed. Sedd el Bahr is already cut off from it.s base of supplies, and must of ne- cessity fall before nvany days ; Kum Kale is practically in tho hands of the French, and north, at the entrance to the Narrows, Kilid Bahr, a position upon which tl>e Turks place great reliance, is the objective of a Briti'sh army which is driving the eiveni.v rapidly before it. The desT»«tche3 indicate that both the French and Britis-h forces are entirely landed, despite most ela- borate precautions taken by the Turks, und'er the gpeueralship of German commanders, who had wo- ven a network of wire entangle- ments just off the aliore under the sea swell and had dug great pits which were t-eethed with spikes. The shore as well had been fortified with barbed wire. .V despatch from London says : .Vfter very serious fighting, in which the "Turks offered a stubborn resistance, British troops have 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 .\siatic side of the straits, of the Turks. Thus it may be said that tlie second and nK>st s»erious attempt to force the Dar- danelles hiis been fairly launched. Work of the Australians. "Meanwhile the .Vustralian and New Zealand tro<.>pK at Sari Bair, who pushed on with the utuK>st boldness after the landing had been engaged almost cv>nstantly with tixe enemy, who made strcmg repeated counter-attacks which in- variably were repulsed. The .Vus- tralian and New Zealand tr^^vops fought with a fine spirit of deter- mination. ".\ fresih Turkiali division was launched agiainet Sari Bair, pre- ceded by a heavy artillery fire. .\ hot engagement faWowed. Tlie t-nomy c^me on boldy time after time, but the .\ustraliaii and New Zealand tn>ops defeated their every attempt, and ipsumed tJie offen- sive "The French troops at Kum Kale a!s«> were four times strongly ci.>un- tcr-attacked. but i^tained all their ptv^iiions. Five hundred Turks who, in the course of one of thesie ciuuiter-attacks, were cut off by the firo ot the Hoot, were made pri- soners. Turk Transport Sunk. "A transport of about S.OiXi tons was rejHirted -MT Maidos. and l>c- fore she could escape the tjuecn EHzabf'th opened firo. The third bhot hit and destroywl her. She sank rapidly, but whether .«he c<in- tained troops or not ouuUl not be seea." 12,000 GERMANS KILLED AT YPRES \^hilc the- Wouniicd loial Several rimc"' th'il NiiMibcr Rein- forcements .Vrrivin;. .\ despatch from L.ndon ."ays: Twelve thousand Germans have been killed and several times that number wounded in the second bsit- tle of Ypres. telegraph- the Daily Mail's cx>rrespondent in Northern FraiKe, wiho says that the informa- tion comes from a reliable source. The operations in this vicinity, he continues, have now deveUiped into a battle between big guns on both side's, which are throwing out a curtain of fire to cvnceal the con- centration of tr<->ops. Tlie can- nonade has been incessant since Friday in the neig'hU.Thood of Ypres and Di.xmude. .Attacks on Zeebrugge fixim the si-a have so worried the German-* that the\ are building iron slu:c?'< of (troat strength and height at Fort Lapiu in the outskirte of Bruges to stem the floods should the big water gates at Zeebrugif^^ be destroyed by the iKimbardanent. German tr»Kij>s are continually being put through practice drills directed toward an imaginary enemy atttemptiug to land alon.g this coast-. The greatest activity has beeo apparent at Cad- zand. Ijast week iO.OOrt new German trt>ops arrivjd at Lis>sewe«he, and 8,000 of them were despat. bed to Court rai. Tliou'^ands of German I wounded cntinue to arrive at Rou lers and Bruges. More Gt'iinan cavalry has arrived .iN.ing the IHitch frontier to aswist tile .â- vlready numerous gi:ard there. .\t Ecclo<.' and Watervliet the ; VVuerttc-mhurg lar.dsturm troops are rn duty, standing only ten yards apart. The Germans l»ave I begun to build a high waM topped ! with barbed wire SH>uth of BrabanA and Limburg to prevent the Bel- gians from escaping \ Truant German Ship i Captured by Cruiser .\ despatch from London says: ! The British .Vdniiralty ha^ m;id-< i the following statement: "The Ger- I man steamship Macedonia, which ; escaped from Las Palmas. Canary j Islands, a few weeks ago. has lieen captured by one of our cruisers." .According to a despatch from .Vlge- ciras, the Macedonia is being taken to Gibraltar with another caj'Jt-lired German steamer. No Pnblie Memorial. .\ despatch from London says : The Acting High Commissioner, the Agent-s-Geiieral. and others held a conference t-o consider the advisa- bility of arranging meiiKtrial se^r- vices in London for fallen Cana- dians. It wits resolved xhat the time at presentw as inopp«>rtune. It is likely though such services will be arranged by friends of indivi- dual members. SLAY Were Deliberately Sought Out and rollo\v:;d by German Battery Until All Had Been Killed .\ despatch from London say*: Mail deolarcs emnluitically that he has never sent, and never intends to send, uwprovea stories of- Oer- Canadi.in ambulance w;ii. doJiSe.r The corre*iK>ndcnt ot the Daily f ♦'''>" sought out and followed by t ...;. J........ ,.-x:..ii.. .u_. uJUattery until all were killed. Al most for the first time," he axld* "I found in our 'mcir that Fcelini of h-itier rancor whioh m.akes evei tmin- cruelty, but he sAys tlrr foi - 1 «ihatt-ere<l men craw! back from tht luwiu|( is abttolutely proved that ''a' hospilivl into battle."

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