New Britain herald., 1915-10-14

. Cut for Distance of Five Miles ; Austrians Gain Progress Against
 Steamers Believed to Have Been Sunk in Baltic.
 The British have made a general attack along nearly the entire front from Ypres in Belgium to Loos in sa northern France, the German war office announced today. It declares that all the attacks failed.
 The line of the new attack, re- x ported by Berlin extends for a dis tancc of more than twenty-five miles. If it proves to be in reality a con- X certed offensive movement it repre- sents one of the most extensive that the British have undertaken
 Belgium Coast Bombarded. The British attack was accom- ranied by a bombardment of the Bel gian coast.
 Italy will probably take part in the allied movement in the Balkans, Pre- mier Viviani told the French senate today.
 l That Russia would participate in X the Balkan operations of the allies begun by Great Britain and France K already had been announced by Premier Viviani. Sir Edward Grey in the British house of commons today S made similar announcement, saying the Russian troops would be sent as 9 soon ac thnv were availa hIa
 SaIandra Back From Front.
 The French premier's announce z 1nent follows the news from Rome last night that Premier Salandra of Italy had returned from the front, where he conferred with King Victor Elm manuel and General Cadorna, chief of the Italian army staff, presumably xwith regard to war policies.
 A possible clue to the methods by which Russia may join her allies in Balkan warfare is furnished by a Bucharest newspaper which states that Russian troops have been with drawn from Bessarabia and are being concentrated at Odessa for move ment against Bulgarian Black Sea ports ~.
 ' Fierce Fighting Near Souchez.
 Violent artillery fighting continues in the Souchez region in northern France, where the Germans recently penetrated some of the trenches in Givenchy woods which they had previously lost to the French. To- days statement by the Paris war office mentions particularly severe # actions between Souchez and Given chy, to the northwest of Hill No. 40.
 In the Champagne campaign an 4~ TIT checked by artillery fire, the French report asserts. The French rear lines in the Champagne district have been subjected to asphyxiating bomb at tacks, it is declared
 Martial Law In The Hague.
 Martial law in partial form has ben proclaimed in The Hague, the measure affecting workmen in trades furnishing military supplies in Hol- land, compelling these workers to obtain military permits to go to other districts. S The Nish-Salonilxi Line has been gut for a distance of five miles at a point believed to be about fifty miles south of Nish, according to an Athens dispatch. This trunk line is, natu- rally, the one that would be used by \ allied forces moving from Saloniki to Serbia's assistance in resisting the Teutonic-Bulgarian attacks.
 Austrian Attacks Progressing. z Serbian resistance to the Teutonic Y advance south of the Danube is de- scribed in the current Austrian war office statement "most severe" The Austrian attacks, however, are reported as everywhere progressing. Serbian counter attacks are declared to have been repulsed with heavy losses.
 The Serbians took the initiative at one point on the Bulgarian frontier on Tuesday, according to Sofia de- spatch to London, and crossed the border, but were defeated after an all- day battle in their attempt to occupy the heights west of Belogradchik, Bulgaria.
 Russians Have Munitions.
 ! The Russians now have superiority in munition supplies a Dutch corre- spondent at the front telegraphs to < the Hague, this accounting for their recent successes against the Austrians and Germans.
 According to Stockholm despatches, seventeen German ore steamers which piled the Baltic are missing and are believed to have been sunk by Brit ish submarins. The sinking of half sdozen German steamers by British
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