, 1915-05-05

my positions and hnS destroyed the mn NJ
ant bridge of SOamander, near Lzine, amt
also a depot of nrms there, Will" according
to a report bombs thown 10y one OF our aero
planes wounued ten persons at M"tos'
Among the prisoners taken are a ndmber OF
Germans.
APsris off .ial coa.uuniqut static: "One
hundred and ten Survivors from the "Le"n
GanDettn'' have been taken to Syracuse ana
twenty five to Bpiudiai. TIE bodies OF Al
miral Senes and ffty-two ohers have been
buried at Cape Santa Maria ID Lrnca. De-
tails Of the loss are not set known aud there
is no confirmation that the "Leon Gombetto'
had been previously hailed 10y a ship. No
credit should be attached to Information
from foreign ulce,.'
A despatch from Rome states that So of
the dead from the Leon Gnmbetta" were
buried with full naval hanouls ut Santa
Maria Di Leuca. The funeral was arranged
by the officers Of Italian torpedo boat dos
troyers, and resi- euts 10 the 4hbourhood
ioIned the Italian sailors attending the SER
vices ut the cemetery.
Along the western front of France there
is much activity, but there has been IN big
battle. There are reports that the British
have begun the offensive is the neighbour
hood of Almeutietes. The Germans appar-
entity do not contemplate a movement IN
force on the Western end of he lue rs yes
terduy they teop-ued communications oH tie
Belgian and Dutch frontiers which a3e al
ways closed when the Germaas are moving.
While announcing that there has been no
offensive except an advance Of 100 Y rIs
south Of Vvrdun, a Gelin"L olicl"I bulletin
reports the . Sc OF attacks DbcHt Ypros
aad IN the Champagne region, nnd asserts
the capture of sjxty.thlee guns from the
Allies north Of Ypres.
Renewed activity Of considerable impo.t-
ance along nearly the whole of the East
Prussian front is revenied in Il |Petro2Iad
official despatch, which states that the Ger
mans are everywhere taking the offensive
from north of the river Niemeu to a sector
north Of the Vistula. A German rcpor, men
tons an advance in the neighbourhood OF
Suwalki and reveals new activity west OF
Warsaw, while Il Russian report describes
particularly hard fighting northwest t War
saw, and claims the repuls" of the Gem ms
wish heavy losses. The Austriau5 IN The
Clrpathians and in GaIicia continue Their
offensive but their attacks have been sue
c~essfully met near Stry by the ltasslnn
bayonets.
The correspondent of the "ATorrino Post
al Petrograd states that tn|cilcully the Rudsmn5
ure not Attacking anywhere in tine CapI-
thians, but that strategicaIly they have gained
such n position that the enemy must attack
them at whatever disadvantage TO bmscli,
and The moment he sIackeus his attack the
Russian avalanche moves forward another
step, surely aud inevitably meantime these
costly attacks upon strongly held
defences are weakening the enc
my's power of resistance and simplifying
subsequent operations for the Russians when
tile climatic conditions render possible move
ments Oh II grand scale.
ST. Thomas 1st [. S. Cruiser Desmoines
left for Europe >esterday afternoon.
Correction. Lust Bulletin, Yesterdays
news please read "A Belgium committee has
reported" instead Of 4 Berlin comm tt c has
London, May 1s'-A French official d4s-
patch states that the city Of Rheims Las been
Lombarded with 800 SHELLS, many Of which
were incendiary, causing several fires, but it
found possible TO cjrcumscrIbe them and
they were extinguiehed quickly. In the
Champagne district the enemy shelled an
ambulance and wounded the 4 clor in com
mand. German war>hips are reported to
be at large off the coast Of Belgium, and
has received 10 shells of large cali
ore, 20 persons i eng killed, Is wounded and
some houses destroyed.