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m EEWANNAVAL BASE1..‘.;i...iii.“‘:.‘;jj:;§ Seven Naval safely, but the seventh, Commander Hewlett, has been lost, as. his ma- chine was found off Hcl‘igoland, wrecked. What danmge was done by the bombs thrown by the attack- ing party could not be ascertained, but the German report of the affair asserts that the raid was fruitless. The enterprise of the British navy in thus attempting to “dig out" the German fleet brought about a butâ€" German fleet brought about a butâ€" tle between the most modern of war machines. The British squadron, including the light cruise-rs Areâ€" thusa and Undaunted, which have been engaged in previous exploits 0n the German Coast, was attacked Ql.'EEN'S NEEDLEWORK (i I‘ILD New Yvar‘s Gift to Queen Mary From Women of Canada. The following appeal has been sent out by the Queen Mary's Needlework Guild to the womgn of A despatch from London says: Assisted by light cruisers, destroy- ers and submarines, seven British naval airmen, piloting sea-planes, made a. daring attack Christmas Day on the German naval base at Cuxhaveln, at the mouth of the Elbe. Six of the airmep returqed Carnada, asking them toward a, New Year‘s Mary :â€" “Will you kindly allow me, through your valuable medium, to ask the women of Canada to unite with Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild in sending a New Year’s pre- sent, to Queen Mary which shall be worthy of our great Dominion, and the magnifizcent work the women are doing. "Will each Woman in Canada, who is working for the soldiers and sailors, send one garment during January through Queen Mary's Needlework Guild for Her Majesty to distribute? This can be done very easily. “Thanks to Lady \Villiamsâ€"Taylor the Bank of Montreal has kindly in- structed any of its branches to re- ceive parcels on~ account of the Guild, and such parcels will be forâ€" warded without, cost to, the donor. GEBMM Huge Food Exactions Are Imposed Upon the Im- poverished Civilian ' A despabch from, Northern France says: A detailed account of the exactions by the German au- thorities in Antwerp shows that the daily fine demanded is 14 tons of bread. 28 tons of potatoes. eight tons of fresh meat, three and one- half tons of preserved meat, the same quantity of smoked meat, two tons of cheese, 8.500 bottles of wine. 255,000 cigarettes. 85,000 cigars, 1,700 packets of tobacco and twenty tons of oats. Tihe‘fornge shops have been forced to provide field-glasses for the German officers gratis. Den- tists are obliged to give their ser- vices and to supply artificial teeth and gold fillings Without payment. On Wednesday and Thursday last German and Austrian troops, com- posed of infantry, which [had been entrained at Schaeiibeck in a laâ€" mentable condition, passed thmugh Brussels on their way back from the Yser. They had anything but the air of conquerors. They were sorely in need of everything. They looked harassed and worn out and went about their duties in absolute silence. In the tattered, mud~stain~ ed uniforms the troops give the im- pression of being absoluter demon alized. Only the officers retain their arrogantly (lisdainful man- ner. tons of been f- for the FRENCH AIRMEN ATTACKED METZ! Dropped Bombs on Barracks and Station of City in Lorraine P181] was 00111 Sn' at 5U rplaqe a. mud V6 n 'tifie airmen reiurned nth, Commander lost, as. his ma- off He‘l‘igolgnd, Fliers. Dr0p Bombs on German W ships and Naval Base mt .lrda. to contribute gift to Queen droppiu Metz 31' “CK [11' Metz sharp TROOPS HUNGRY mm Takin g 8.8 1'18: count, fell harmlessly into the sea. The Germans claim to have hit two destroyers {ind their convoy, the latter being set afire. The British ships remained in the vicinity for three hours without. being attacked by any surface warships, and picked up three of the seven pilots and their planes. Three others were picked up by submarines, but their machines were sunk. Another naval airman on Christmas Eve dropped twelve bombs on an airship shed at Brussels, but it was impossible defiâ€" nitely to ascertain the amount of damage done. by Zeppelins marines. By rapid manoeuvring the ships were able to avoid the submarines, while the Zeppelins found the fire of the cruisers too dangerous for them to keep up the fight. The Gerâ€" man sea-planes dropped bombs, which, according to the British 110‘ material will make flannelette dresses for infants, Woollen under- clothes for children from tWo ’00 eight years old, men’s flannel shirts, socks and children’s stockings. A postcard sent to Miss Weller, Assis- tant Secretary, Queen Mary’s Needlework Guivld, S70. Camharines, Ontario, saying‘h‘ow many garmeqtg “Queen Mary, by her unselfish de- votion to duty, and splendid exam- ple, has endeared herself to the wo- men of the Empire at this crisis,, and such a. New Year’s gift as I have suggested would not only prove that the women of Canada are ready to “serve the Queen" as are our brothers to “serve the King” but also give to Her Majesty the great pleasure of distributin’ useful garments to the soldiers an sailors, theâ€"refugees, the poor and needy, the waifs and strays. .v.‘ Av, -â€" Ea}! be result invmaterial and directions being forwarded to the send-er free. “Hoping that the idea of a, New Year’s gift to Queen Mary from the women of Canada, will meet with a hearty response, believe me, “Yours faithfully, Says Austrian Stores Used (‘1). A deispatoh from Petrograd says: Among the Austrian prisoners‘t-he head of a. firm having works in Pe- trograd and Moscow has been brought to Kieff in a lamentable condition. He reports the Awstro- Hungarian army stores to be com- pletely exhausted. the French Airmen showered p ful bombs on aviation hangars, railroad station where troops in movement and on a barrac the outskirts of the city. The ernment’s official announce does not reveal how much da was done to German military pert Sgd.) C‘. WELLAND MERRITT Res at alrm 9qu and that the French returned in safety to their the “Honomry Secretary 111 ‘t rmam I rench any ( ane e Brxtxsu 410 into the sea,‘ have hit twc convoy, the 1nd EDS t-ha imâ€" demorâ€" retain 1 man- sat The extraordinary effects of shell fire upon those who are forced to undergo it are being discussed in the British medical journals. An English surgeon now attached to a Paris hospital reports the. cases of four men who show abso- lutely no trace of bodily wounds, but who are now under his care. Two of them were struck deaf and dumb by slhelLl explosions; neither of them has anything wrong with his organs of speech or hearing, but is suffering simply from shock. A third cannot see, caused by a. ner- vous shock. There is nothing the matter with his eyes, and complete recovery is promised after a period of quiet and rest. The fourth man’s experience left, his mind blank. Field surgeons contribute an ac- count of the manner in which death comes from shell fire. In some cases men are found stiff in death in life-like attitudesso that the stiff- ness characteristic of a corpse must have come on at the very moment of death, whereas under ordinary circumstances a man dies first and slowly stiffens afterwards, Some of the field surgeons have attributed this to the action of a. poisonous gas given off by the new explosive, “turpentite.” One of the patholoâ€" gists at Guy’s Hospital, however, contradicts that theory. . The Remarkable Single-Handed Feat of George Wilson. Particulars as to Private George Wilson’s fine feat in winning the Victoria Cross have been given to the London DELin Telegraph, VVil- son discovered there was a. German machine gun stationed in a wood, and, apparently on his own initia,~ hive, he decided to stop its opera,- tions. In his desperate venture he got the coâ€"operation of a private of the 60th King‘s Rifles.’ They went out alone and manâ€" aged to get quite close to the enemy’s position, when Wilson’s companion was killed. Undraunted, however, Wilson continued on his perilous mission. One by one he shot the officer and entire gun team of six soldiers and then nan in and took possession of the gun and two cases and a. half of ammunition. Wilson a few months ago was sellâ€" ing newspapers in the streets of his native city of Edinburgh, united effort and the RIM ing the slho Transchorok rl‘wo Manchester Officers Get Vic- toria Cross. A despateh from London says: Victoria Crosses have been awarded to Second“ Lieutenant James Leach and Sergeant John Hogan of the Second Battalion of the Manchester Regiment for “conSpicuous bravery near Festubert on October 29, «when, after their trench had been taken by Germans, and after two attempts, to recapture it had failed, they voluntarily decided on the afternoon of the same day to re- cover the trench themselves, and working from traverse to traverse at close quarters, with great bra- very, gradually succeeded in re- gaining possession of the trench. They killed eight of the enemy, wounded two and made sixteen pri- soners." Caucasian front. A T1 tachment, reinforced formed troops. sent from tion of Ezerum December the Euphrates to march the Dudach region and a break through to Aflisker repulsed with heavy lo: Black Sea Fleet Bombarded Shores in 'l‘ranschol'ok Region. A d‘espaatch from Petrograd says: There is satisfactory news from t_he repu mas .\l1illvr.\'m(‘n upon the poo; 'l‘ l' lllilSlI FORC 1‘1 REPl' LSEI) . WON VICTORIA CROSS. KILL EIGHT 01“ EXEMY. 5 Day, and mu‘ imated and fihe t to the front. MEN S'I'RI'CK Dl'.“ B god to Cons I‘RIAN 1:503 'l‘roalod in Hospitals at the Front. {Horas ‘bave cleared ok reglon of Turks. 80K on Mutinicd. Sent to Front. R Ii S ER V 1' f “the-Russian tr f rom .tvr um Wlll' Foodstuff a1 in bombar}! Turkish deâ€" by newly n the direc- n‘ 24 crossed 7 24 crossed h through attempt to 1'. but was 5565 (ALLIED. But “'01‘ TT'IAUSIRIANS ARE IN FULL mam wsts b HIDDEN T0 STAEVE at h )ops W a S The the Campaign in Galicia Breaks Down Under Vigor of Russian Attacks A drespatch from London says: The Austrian campaign in the Car- pathians and in Western Galieia and Southern Poland appears to have met with utter disaster, acâ€" cording to the claims of the Rus- sian official statements of Saturday and Sunday, which are partly ad‘â€" mitted by both Vienna. and Berlin to be well founded. Some idea of the magnitude of the operations may be obtained from the fact that the Russian statements record the capture of no fewer than 17,500 priâ€" soners from tlhe Austrian-s during the last, few days. In the Carpaâ€" thians the Austrian defeat is com- plete. Forced to accept battle with superior forces in zero weather in the snow-covered Dukla. Plass, they fought the Russians for two days and then took flight, back towards the plains of Hungary, leaving great numbers of dead on the field, and more than ten thousand priâ€" soners in the hands of Grand Duke Nicholas. Vienna confesses official- The Petit Parisien publishes a statement, by a. Frenchman who suc- ceeded in escaping from Germany, and Whose information, says the journal, is precise, and bears the impress of truth. Last Available Man Called to the Colors. The Germans, he says, no longer believe the beautiful fables which have been told them. The impresâ€" sion which they give, and which they do not conceal, is one of tarâ€" rible and immense weariness. The enthusiasm of a. short while ago has given place to a, dull and int-01er- able anguish which becomes evident in every instance. In the towns, of middle and southâ€" ern Germany which he passed through no more‘ recruits were to aShe Germans Turned 8-inch Guns Against Dense masses of Poles ranks. The most southerly battle in Poland is on the Nida. Here the Russians have gained a victory over Gen. Dank], whose task apparently was to link up with the Austro- German army on the Pilica, 20 miles east of Nowo,Radimsk, and assist ENEMY SHflUTS CIVILIANS A despatich from Petrogmd says: Very great forces are being pressed into battles of mutual destruction from the left bank of the Vistuha, near 10w, southward along the Bzura, and Rawka. to the bend of the Pilica. below Tomasow. Sometimes the Ruas'nans, sometimes the Ger- mans take the offensive . ‘ These pitched battles, which canâ€" not be described as a, general Ger- man offensive, are the fiercest in the north. They become more favorâ€" able to the Russians as they ap- preach the point where the Ausâ€" trians predominate in the enemyIs Prussian Commander Tells Mayor Lack of Food in City is Solely the Fault of the British A despatc the many 0 German inv inhabitants the n( Germans now dest rem: m a dres t-he GER HANS DISILLL' SION El). een I‘ll: mman a( Germany herself, -added. the of .der of Lille, possessed sut- of 1t It 1t h fmm Paris says the: horrors Whit asi‘on has brought t tress 1t MN the )6 1y that: Krosno and Jaslo areagain held by the Russians. though the claim is made that the Austrians have secured control of the Usjok be seen, The 1915 class :had been called to the colors, and the bar‘ racks are absolutely empty. Ger- many has at the present, moment enrolled all the effectives at, her disposal. Those who are not in the fighting line are packed on the frontiers and in concentration camps. The army no longer has any naâ€" tional reserves. and Will not be able to form them. except at. the price of an immense effort, and it cannot reinforce one front except by dim- inishing its forces on‘another front. That is why Genelral Joffre, who knows all, is able to say that our position is very good. The truth is coming to light, deâ€" spite the precautions taken, among the mass of German people, and the people, full of the agony of its last. hours. feel that the fatal moment the Germans’ attempt to force a Wedge between the Russian n01‘th« em and southern armies. Irpj mense slaughter is taking place m these battles. This doubtless will not be abated until the ascendancy has been definitely established._ of collapse is at hand In the region 0? Sochaczew thou- sands of civflians have been killed. The Ger-mus need eightâ€"inch guns against the town and smashed the high tenement houses. The inhabii tants were crushed under the ma- sonry. When the population tried to flee to Wersaw, the German guns poured shells into the dense masses of men, women and children, and hundreds were trampled to death. The same thing oocurr_ed at Lowicz. A Russian ofiicer who was decor- ated for capturing singerma-n guns at Lowicz stat that 80 German women were fig ting in the trench- es. er clvulam p‘ ‘ttempting to_ cient resourc » long as brlbal e importation Having delive en. Von Hindr if ‘m the Swiss Government, then, far as the German commandant Lille was concerned, the people that city were free $0 starve. ‘ after four d‘ the t1 m V conse q 'e rn me: )ut 1ff rm Germany, ring upon ocoupia Belgium. 'ould hav utm reft ays ( 1t} ’lt-l e Austrians f the Usjok )f desperate ; Jul-1.94 d the ‘ istuffs 11‘ rmy and wins or starving put up the Gera mihab thus, Mayor mder i Be]