New Britain herald., 1915-03-19

ten one-pounders, besides two torpedo
tubes.
Silence Two Batteries.
Paris, March 10, 1880 A. Man
artillery duel in the Dardanelles be-
tween Turkish shore batteries and
warships protecting allied mine
sweepers, lasted from midnight until
u A. NJ, yesterday, says an Athens
despatch to the Havas Agency, based
upon information from Tenedos. The
Marships are reported to have been
struck by several shells with slight
damage. Two shore batteries were
silenced.
I'M Morning Attack.
Berlin, March 10, BY Wireless
" Telegraphy to London, $40 p. MA
4 squadron of six British and four Eng
lish battleships at half past seven
r.oclock yesterday morning attacked
sortresses Of the Dardanelles.
"a. At the same time another squadron
Pei the allied fleets commenced opera
@tions against three fortresses in Saros
I Bay. After asfierce artillery duel the
hostile ships withdrew at O'Clock in
the afternoon, but part or the squad
rcn continued its fire until 5 o'clock
- from long range a great intervals.
~ The French battleship Bouvet
{. struck mine at half past two o'clock
81, in the vicinity of the entrance to the
4 straits and sank in three minutes. A
" British torpedo boat was sunk by the
~ fire from the forts The British
battleship Irresistible was put out Of
action, while another battleship was
seriously demaged.
In Serious Position.
London, March 10, 2:43 %. m-The
apparent failure OF Field Marshal Won
4 Hindenburg's various attempt to reach
Warsaw, sthe temperance of Russians
ever the East Prussian frontier near
Tilst and the allied offensive in the
vest has, according to British obser-
vers put Germany in position where
she dare not shift any substantial force
1rom either the east or the west. While
there are rumors of reinforcements
being hurried from Poland to France
sor Belgium to- meet the French and
British thrusts, military writer's in
London hold to the opinion that Ger
many must maintain her present
Armies in both areas of fighting prac-
tically intact. This will necessitatc
s4lie finding of new forces for both
sfnet cast and west if she would effect
[4ually .-meet the increasing growth OF
RAer enemies.
Blows to Be Delivered.
is pointed out That the plan of
ayering "a crushing blow on one
&$ter and then rushing across the
htry to the other has miscarried
bboth fronts. This was seen first
E 2Abc, dash to Paris, second, in the
Tor Calais; third, in, the battle
Il otYpres, and then repeatedly in the
seaat as Field Marshal Won linden
kl;1 Sought to break through the
Jsianf lines'4to the Polish capital. I
~ What Is Next Move: II
I'M Eonsiderable mystery, therefore, |
HeNrrounds the next move of the Ger
4 ana rs, although the prevailing belief
! here is that it will be big offensive
IN the west, probably against the Brit
7Nsh front.
N GTeat Britain has as yet made no
ta6hlcial reply to the German allegations
'hatfS a British squadron fired upon
: tho German cruiser Dresden while she
was within the three mile limit OF
Chilean waters, and no denial has
been forthcoming OF the German
statement that the Dresden was blown
up by her own crew.
The government is proceeding with
the plan to mobilize women to re-
ward Of seven hundred women wilt
Ing to substitute for men have been
registered during the past twenty
four hours.
Germans Take Prisoners
8sBerlin, March 49, by Wireless
biography to Sayville. N. Y.-The
German general staff today gave out
= report of the progress of the war,
reading as follows:
4 In the Champagne district further
French attacks have failed One of
these was to the north OF LeMesnil
and the other to the north Of Beuase-
lour. We took prisoner two French
officers and seventy soldiers. After
heavy losses the French retreated, UNI
der our effective fire, back to their
former positions.
ITO the southwest of Verdun the
French have made several advances.
In the plain of the Woevre, French
attacks have been repulsed, while on
he east side Of the Heights of the
Meuse the fighting continues.
1.-The situation in the vicinity of
Hemel in East Prussia, is not yet clear.
II would appear that minor Russian
attachments have entered Memel.
Counter measures have been taken.
"Al the Russian attacks near the
River Pissica and the River Oryzc to
the northeast of Przasnysz have been
repulsed, In some of these engage
ments the enemy lost heavily.
A"The situation south Of the Vistula
shows no change"
Zeppelin Kills Seven.
Calais. via Paris. March 10. $40
A MA shower of shrapnel from
French artillery greeted the Zeppelin
which raided this city last night and
dropned bOmbs which killed seven