WAR- CHRONICLE

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TV. Results.
Axial kilometers covered 170,500,000 km
Distance covered 3,000,000 »
In calculating these results, it must be considered that only
8 months have passed since the railways were taken over in the
above described conditions, and that the public and goods traffic is
in its infancy. The railways would certainly be able to meet greater
demands for the public traffic now. The military general administration
in Brussels, which is also subject to the chief of the
military railway department, is doing all it can to accomplish this.
W. T. B.
An English Divisional Order.
Berlin, 3rd June 1915. Main Headquarters has sent us the
following account, which is of interest in connection with the recently
published false assertions of the English " Eye-wittness," according
to which German artillery was said to have fired on their
own infantry. The following order was found among the papers
of Colonel Turner, commanding the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade:
"4th Div. No. A/673. It having come to the notice of the
G. O. C. that during the late fighting some men belonging to this
Division surrendered to the enemy, and, further, that this act was
noticed by both officers and men of other units, who, in some
cases, took no action, the G. O. C. directs that the attention of every
officers and men in the Division be called to this fact, and that it
be thoroughly impressed on all ranks that it is their first and immediate
duty to shoot any man who attempts to surrender, whoever
he may be. If the body of men is sufficiently large to warrant
it, a message is at once to be sent to the guns to fire on the
locality. F. P. S. Taylor, Lt-Col.,
23rd May 1915. A. A. & Q. h. G., 4th Division."
This is sufficient for unprejudiced judges.
700,000 Rounds in Four Hours.
The "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" writes:
The phantasy of the Russian General Staff, writes a correspondent
to "Heer und Politik" has given an example of amusing
and involuntary wit. In the report, in which it endeavours to excuse
the Russian defeats in West-Galicia to Russia and her Allies,
it brings the astonishing fact that the Germans, Austrians, and Hungarians
had fired off not less than 700,000 rounds (!) in less than
4 hours. Every one and a half step of the Russian front was