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MARVELOUS WORK OF GUNS Details of Defeat of 15,000 Death's Head Hussars, in Which 2,000 Were Killed by Gunners A paces, from Bordeaux says: The defeat of Guards who attacked the French centre is thus described im the Pe- tite Gironde; soon as gews of the German edyance was received French caval- Ty was sent to hold the enemy at Auberive, Department of Marne, to give the artillery and infantry time to come up from uain, a place near Auberive. But while French dragoons were preparing for the de- fence of Auberive a brigade of Death' Hussars, avoiding the village, came across the vineyards and fields with the intention of sur- prising the French artillery on the mar ch. 2 It was a critical moment. The French dragoons were two miles ahead acd ae. the infantry two miles behind the gunners, who were in "danger of being sabred across their guns. The Hussars were only three- quarters of a mile away, galloping furiously. In two minutes the guns were unlimbered and lined up along the road. The enemy then was only 500 yards away, and could be heard to to prepare to charge the guns. In the charge the Prussian caval- fy gathered speed with every yard. When they were 200 away the French gunners aimed, and there was a dash of fire. Through the blue smoke the artillerymen could see the enemy's horses rear- ing and officers trying vainly to rally the broken lines. , . A second time the battery vomited death into the doomed brigade. A great silence succeeded the thunder 15,000 Prussian | Two command | G of hoofs and the shouting of men. thousand horsemen lay as if struck' by Jightning. _ Here and there a wounded horse struggled to shake himself clear from the heaped dead. But the artillerymen did not wait nage. who were hard p back along the iaway. were a welcome relief. the struggle was more even. German quick-firers returned the fire with interest, but the French infantry arrived and deployed among the vines, a bugle rang out, and their bayonets flashed in the sun as they dashed forward. Without cavalry 'to aid it the Pru- sian Guard was obliged to fall back. A battalion of Zouaves- glided be- hind and occupied the Vailley of the Suippes, threatening to place the Guards between two fires. -A regi- ment of Grenadiers sacrificed itself to cover the retreat of the German columns on Rheims. Five times the the flag. Then first one, then two, and then ten of the Grenadiers threw down their arms. A hundred men, mostly wounded, were all that were left of a splendid regiment. But their sacrifice had not been useless, for it enabled the column to get safely under the guns of the forts at Berru and Nogen l'Abbesse. PROUD OF THEIR CRUELTIES Copy of German Official Book on the War Seized by British Authorities A despatch from London says: German tales of tragic episodes of the war were issued by the Official Press Bureau on Wednesday night. 'The stories were taken from a book 'Kriegs Chronik,"' which was~ seized from aliens entering| English ports. The book consists, according to the bureau, '"'parily of a highly untrustworthy chronicle of the war and partly of soldiers' let- _ters from the front. , "As showing the methods of thought cf the enemy these last have "* continues the consid: rable value, bureau "It is not the truth or falsity of the tales that matters, but the applause and self-congratu- lation of the writers « and cruelty claimed lurking places. Day before yester- day morning the Prussian troops surrounded a village, put the -wo- men, children and old people aside and shot all the men. The village was then puree to the ground."' The ashes is given as we: "A traitor has jus shot. He was a little French lad belonging to one of the gymnastic societies which wear the trtoolored ribbons, a poor young fellow, who, in his infatua- tion, wanted to be a hero.. ""As the German column was pass- ing along a wooded defile he was caught and asked whether the French were about. He refused to give any information. Fifty yards m deeds of further there was fire from the co- ver of the wood. The prisoner was ross treachery to have been dane by themselves or i in French if he had known comrade that the enemy was in the forest, Tire rrative ae an artillery offi 'and he did not deny it. eer, on th > tation of a Bel-| "He went with a firm step to a gian vill: iven out e by the bu- telegraph pole and stood against it reau, fbuws: {with a green vineyard at his back "The countryside aws full of our,and received the volley of a firing troops. Nevertheless the stupid! party with a proud smile on his peasants must need shoot at our j face. e. Infatuated wretch! It was a men,, 2s they marched by, from pity to see such a wasted courage."' GETTING READY FOR WINTER German Factories in the 'Empire Are Busy [Makin3 Fur Clothing For the Soldiers A despatch from Rotterdam says: Germans sre pushing forward w't) the utniest vigor their preparations for a winter campaign. Until re cently. apparently, they had not conceive-l such an eventuality, but in the last few weeks they have learned much. All the high-class shops that for- merly: did nothing but make the best fur -parments for ladies are busily-«ngaged in the manufacture of sheep-skin clothing for soldiers, and no fewer than 150,000 fur coats have been delivered, presumably for the use of officers. Two million sheep and lamb skins have been bought by the Government for win- Aer garments for the men. Workmen who are ordinarily em- ployed in the g'ove industry have been withdrawn from the ranks and are now working day and night to provide those in the field with skin clothing. For cavalry special leather leg protectors are being made out o --_ -- ORDER FOR SHRAPNEL. Canadian Locomotive Co. to Make For -luperial Government. A despatch from Kingston says: The Canadian Locomotive Company of Kingston has received an order through the Dominion Government to manufacture a large quantity of shrapne] for the Imperial Govern- ment. Sixty men will be employed at this work. leather intended for gloves. British Vessel Sunk. A despatch. from Callao, Peru, says: The Kosmos steamer Marie _--__ arrived here with the crew of the British steamer Bankfields, which was sunk by the German cruiser Leipzig off Eten, Peru. The crew of Th the Bankfields have appealed to the British Consul here in the hope of obtaining their liberty. The men said that their ship carried-a cargo of sugar valued at $500,000 Servians Capture Austrian Positions A despatch from Nish says: official statement records a desper- ate fight in Bosnia, which resulted in the capture of three An]order of the positions. The statement quotes an | i Austrian commander at Semlin sharply criticizing the, Austrian troops, and 'says this in- Austrian | dicates that they are in: a demora- lized. condition. charge left, a handful of mep surrounding se 'to the shooting of a Boy The .| forme Pte. J. J. Rosseau, Belgian Hero. Proclaimed as the greatest hero of the war for his daring capture of Count Von Buelow, the son of the ex-Chancellor, Private J. J. the Military Gold C to him by the Belgian King in recog- nition of his valor, and is to be the recipient of the Order of Leopold, equivalent to the British Victoria Cross, In-his encounter with Count Von Buelow, M. Rosseau was se- verely injured by a nasty kick in the knee from Von Buelow's horse. Rosseau relieved the Count of his| according despatch case, his uniform, and 165,- 000 francs. The money he turned over to the Red Cross fund. --------r--____---- WINE CASK A DEADLY MINE. Nine Italian Fishermen Met Tragic End in the Adriatic. A despatch from Rome says: De- tails of the destruction of a fishing boat off Rimini by a floating mine 01 show that the fishermen mistook the mine for a wine cask which they] this." nine on board were killed. ienibecs of gpk oe fishing crews in the vicinity were woun by flying splinters from the unfortu- nate boat. Naval experts express the opinion that hundreds of mines from the Austrian coast are floating | prevent @ repetition of such a dis- seats: from Ottawa ded | Despite the unfavorable effect of f the --<-- Deplores Losses Caused by Mining ot the * ; Adriatic. : h from Rome, via ws: The Austrian Goyern- ut 20 miles from _ Seventeen lives were lost Paccident, and the Italian Government made a strong protest ag presence of these mines use the open sea and a demand for e The . communication to Italy deploring the incident, and giving assurances that measures would be taken jan Government sent a Austria also agreed to the payment of an indemnity of ¥3,00,00 to the ilies of rei cee incident is now con- sidered. closed The conciliatory action of the Dual Monarchy saved it from a . The Italian fish- istry had been brought to a ; "and _ there wide- besa VE GOLD FOR THIS." E Legend o on Ring of Iron to German Women. from Rome via Paris), Be women of Germany, ac pee reports received here, are & work preparing woollen garments for the soldiers in the bat- colors {established b ment. |The reports also state that a come: of women has been form- ed for the purpose of inducing all the women of Germany to give up their gold ornaments with the idea of transforming them into money with which to buy arms. Several million marks have thus been gath-| - ered up to this time. Each woman receives in perchance for her gold -- cae ae IS GROWING. A de war upom business generally, the new parcel post system is finding vider use Sisith by month, and the results to date have been eminently sati . Details of the increas- toward Italy, and as a consequen all steamship lines operating to Dalmatia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece from Italian ports have sus- pended sailings. DRYDOCK AT PRINCE RUPERT. Grand Trunk Will Provide Employ- ment for Thousands. A despatch from Winnipeg says: President Chamberlin of the Grand Trunk Railway announced on Wed- nesday : "The Grand Trunk has de- cided to build one of the largest drydocks in this country in Prince Rupert, at which a 20,000 ton bat- tleship can be docked."' Work will be started January Ist, giving em- ployment tothousands of unemploy- ed men. A full, complete ship- building plant, as good as anything New York can beast of, will be in full swing shortly after the first of the year, so that the unemployed of the Pacific coast need not be with- out employment this winter. ------_-- F___.. PEDIGREED CATTLE. Russians Take Over Emperor Wil- liam's Prize Stock. A despatch from London says: A despatch received here from Petro- grad says that among the remark- able war trephies arriving at Smol- ensk is the entire stock of Emperor William's famous pedigreed cattle and stud horses captured .by the Russians from the Emperor's estate at Rominton, in East Prussia. They were taken to Moscow and. present- ed to the Russian Agricultural In- stitute for distribution to agricul- tural breeding associations. * 60,000 Weunded Germans, A déspatch from London says: e Copenhagen correspondent of the London Evening News wires that 60,000 German wounded have arrived in Cologne. The great ex- position buildings have been trans- into hospitals, where the wounded are being cared for, Most of the wounded gre victims of artillery duel along the A'sne. In| many. instances thee have had | their legs blown off by explediag | shells. The correspo: adent adds that | Cologne is.in a panic, fearing raids. by British aeroplanes. The city ts} also "sufferiig from spy fever, twenty-one suspects having been shot in one day. : | districts. The post-office money ed 'use of the system are not y available in tabulated form, but it is learned at the department that the revenues are growing steadily, the patronage of the system show- ing the greatest increase in urban order 4 postal note business be- Pate and Great Britain is ily coming back to the nor- hdition existing prior to the outbEne of war, the rates' being by such changes as take h sterling exchange. a :MPEROR BILL'S ORDER. Told His Men to "Walk ' Over French." A despatch from London says: ies on Thursday says that it is able, to -give from a thoroughl¢ trustw y source the text of an order i tsued by Emperor William to Kaiser his army on August 19. It follows: "Tt is rat royal and imperial com- mand you concentrate your paver Mee the immediate present upon one single purpose, and that is that you address all your skill and all the valor of my coldiers to ade ding: A week LTO such statements would exterminate first the treacherous 'We may be forced to abandon|have meant the suppression of the * Engliea, and walk over General some points of small importance, | newspaper printing them " French's 5 contemptible Nttle army. i 7 , BRITISH TROOPS LEAVING DOVER. To GUARD AGAINST ALUM IN BAKING POWDER SEE THAT ALL INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL,AND THAT ALUM OR SULPHATE OFSALUMINA "OR SODIfC ALUMINIC sUL- BAKING POWDER GREDIENTS CIENT. THAN THE WITHOUT THE IN- 1S NOT SUFFI- ] MAGIC BAKING POWDER COSTS NO MORE ORDINARY KINDS, FOR ECONOMY, BUY THE ONE POUND TINS,) E. W. Gittett Company. Limitep WINNIPEG? COSERSUEGDDUGDETGNITASNSIASSNNIONCGREIBY 'TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL TULUATOOPLSDICUELCGDUECEODTCGSEASLAGGE 1 GERMAN FORCES EXHAUSTED Allies Able to Repulse Them and Follow Up [lore Easily A despatch from Paris cays: The German attacks seem*to have be- come less energetic and the aillies|r have been able to are signs that exhaustion is setting in among the invaders, owing to the hard fighting and the severe wea- ther conditions. Meanwhile the allies are being given intervals of rest in the trenches between te periods of intense exertion, fresh relays can be brought to the front at any time The recent terrible hand-to-hand ~| conflicts on the western atid eastern wings arose from the attempts of the German and the allied generals to execute flanking movements in great force at the same time in the open country. The lines of the armies have been growing even longer in a mutual endeavor to overlap each other. The wings have been heavily reinforced, but the al- lies have been able to bring greater wer to bear and not only have prevented the Germans from break- ing through but have gained ground steadily and now have the advan- ge. German prisqners, who have been taken in large numbers on the west. to meet the Russian advance. The German practice of maintain- ing an incessant offensive appears, jaccording to military men, to be having the result of wearing = their human material. Some their corps have been almost wivad out of existence. The fighting has been unceasing--something previ- ously unknown in military history-- and before this fight started many German regiments had fought al the way down from Liege, Belgium. The generals in command of the allies are full of praise for the corps of des itch riders, who eince the great . isne have kept up communications between the varies ous corps along the line now spread. ing from the Somme to the Moselle, and along the frontier of Alsace- Lorraine. A BUSY BRITISH CRUISER a" "| The Cumberland Has Captured Ten German Ships, (ee Including a Liner ' ats A despatch from London says: The Admiralty announced on Thurs- day that,the British cruiser Cumber- land has captured off the Camer- pat oons River in West Africa the Ham- burg-American liner Arnfried and the following steamers:--The Max Brock, Kenapa, Amsinck, Paul Woermann, Erna Woermann, Hen- rietta Woermann, Aline Woermann, Hans Woermann and the Jeanette Woermann. All were in good order and most of them contained general cargoes and considerable quantities of coal. The European crews have been removed as prisoners, but the; native engine-room hands are being retaine The gunboSt 8 oden has also been captured and has been placed in commission It is expected that the floating dock and the Herzogin Elizabeth, which have been sunk, can be raised. The Cameroons is'a German col- ony of Western Equatorial Africa. It has heretofore been announced that -because of the deadly climate of the place the Britigh would not disturb this-colony. The e announce- ment of the Admiral lty, however, in- dicates that the British naval fon ces have visited the place and | captured the German shipping as | sembled there Preparing German Public for Defeat A despaich from Rotterdam says: There has been a wonderful trans- formation in the tone of the Ger- man press, which is cbviously pre- paring the way for a retreat from Franee.. All the papers print an official message, which remarks that the fighting around Noyon has reached unheard of proportions, but the people must reserve judg- ment until the result of the opera- tions is knewn." "The Germans in Rotterdam are aghast at the Aone of the German newspapers. The British troops are mentioned as pushing on by shéer weight of their masses, and the French are admit- ted to have taught a severe lesson. the | Troops of the Firat British Contingent,