The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-04-22
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The third German aerial raid on
England within thirty-six hours has
created extraordinary alarm. The APP
pearance of a German aeroplane on
the outskirts of London during the
day aroused grave anxiety.
American steamship companies OPP
Grating between Seattle and Alaska
ports and Seattle and San Francisco
were notified by the British admiralty
that all Germans would be removed
from any vessel calling at Canadian
port and held as prisoners of war.
The most gigantic battle in the his
tory of the world has resulted in the
complete defeat of the Russians at
tempting to cross the Carpathians,
said an official statement from the /
Vienna war Office. The enemy's
losses were appalling.
Several bombs were dropped by
German taube aeroplane in the vi
cinity of the cathedral in Amiens,
France Ten persons were killed or
wounded. The material damage done
was slight.
Lloyds ascertained at London deti-
nitely that the striking of a mine
caused the sinking of the Swedish
steamer Folke. 1t was thought for
time that she had been hit by a sub
marine torpedo.
An official casualty list of British Of
ficers issued at London contains to-
tai of 1914 names, of which seventy-one
were killed and 1T wounded, and six
are missing. This number added to
lists issued previously gives a total Of
1915 officers killed, 3,41s wounded
and 1888 missing.
French airmen hurled ten bombs
on the railway workshop at Leopolds-
hoehe, east of Rurigue, in the grand
duchy Of Baden, and ten more on a
powder magazine at Rottweil, which
was seen to burst into flame. Two
civilians were killed and one injured.
Forty other bombs were dropped on
the Metz electric light station, fire
followed.
The British government has offered
"a full and ample apology" to the
Chilean government for the sinking
in Chilean territorial waters of the
German cruiser Dresden.
Dispatches received at Amsterdam
from Freiburg I'm Breigau, grand
duchy of Baden, announce that hos
tile airman dropped bombs there at
noon, killing six persons and injuring
a large number, most of them school
children.
The Russian staff at Petrograd has
called to the colors additional classes
of reserves which will almost double
the present army strength. The Hun
garian civil authorities have evacu-
ated Ungvar, the immediate objective
of a Russian column which has
crossed the ridge westward of the
| UZsok pass.
Tremendous excitement has been
aroused in Holland, according to dis
patches received In London, by the
destruction of the Dutch government
steamer Katwijk by German subma-
rine. The Katwijk was torpedoed at
anchor off Noordhinder lightship, Hol-
land. Crew was rescued.
Total British casualties among the
troops up to April II were 139,347,
Under Secretary of War Tenant an
nounced in parliament in London.
This includes killed, wounded and
missing.
After a twelve-hour battle the Rus
SLAMS have captured another section
of the mountain barrier between Cali
cia and Hungary, according to dis
patch to London from Lemberg. This
report tells of Russian attack on the
Austrians at Mezolaborcz, in the East
Beskids. The Austrian forces we're
forced to give ground.
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