, 1915-02-24

ran9ement OF ship schedules, with convoy
Fro'ectlon, while other officials think it may
temporarily lnclu lie all com uerciu lntel~
course across the Channel.
Field Marshal Sir John French 10 his Sc
cond bI weekly report, says: "lh4 eD-my
has displayed considerable activity during
the past few days southeast of Ypr4s aud
the fighting on this prt Of tho line has at
times been severe. AT one or two DDlnt5
the enemy succeeded in occupying some of
our trenches, but they were driven ont by
couuter-attacis One OF the eu4ml's trenches
was blown up and Il number Of prisoners
taken with great gtdlantry, despite he 4 I'll
cuItle5 ENABLED by he water logged CONDITION
OF the ground around the trenches and the
bad weather. On Monday night an attack
wns nude on our line north of the Ypfcs
canal, "nd on Tuesday night a similar attack
was hade near Neuve Chnppallp, but both
were easily driven off with loss 10 the enc
my. All the ground recently gained by us
has been strengthened and held without
difficulty. South Of the river Lvs our Guns
dralr effectively with The enemy's artillery
the fire OF which had increased somewhat Of
late. Our aircraft bnye carried out yalnable
reconuaisun Is and also successfully engaged
the aeIopIuues Of the enemy. One OF our
~ lt' A1C' my ~ ~ "a wv w llltl lit
chimes in succession, driving off he first and
leaving the second to onr artillery. which
brought it to the ground in The hostile lines
\ Paris official communicate announces:
Iii Lorraine ID thelepion al Aon, we delivered
uu attack which enabled us to recapture the
village Of Norroy and occnpy the whole posi-
ton. 1t is untrue that he Germans, as an
noUlcel ii their recent Uhicial comnuuicu-
tons, evacuated Norrov, they have been
driven out. In AIsnce supplementary details
show that the southern peak Of Sudel Farm,
conquered by us on Wednesday, constituted
II formidably organized ledoubt. We took
there a bomb t|hroWer, five machine guns.
hundreds OF rifles, shields, bombs, utensils,
bnrbed vine ent0ngIcments, telephone appa-
r0tus, thousands OF cartridges and sucks fur
holding earth. Several important strnlegic
positions IN the vicinity Of Perthes have been
taken unl retaken three times during the
last two days. The ground IN front Of the
trenches is covered With dead and wounded,
it being impossible to remove them under
the terrible artillery fire from both sides.
Near Ll Bas4t he.Germans nre still irving
to cut Tie railway " hich nuns parallel to the
Cana aud Il few yards north of it, aud which
is a most important strategic po ision. The
British, fol eos winch hold the section of the
line from south of Lens to Estnires and Ar
mentiers, have been heavily reinforced, pspe-
emily in the neiehbourhood OF GivencIy.
where they now occupy trenches originally
constructed by the Germans
New York, Feb. 20th-The American
steamship "Suuta Marta, from Colon, lost
her rudder during a storm off Cape Ha1terus
on the 9th, bat expects to reuch this port
to-day with the help Of the revenue cutter
'Itasca' from Norfolk, Virginia.
London, Feb. 20lh-Lnnce Corporal Mi
chnel OLeary of the lush Guards has been
awarded the Victoria Cross. According to
the Gnzette, OLeary's amazing deed Of con
s@picuous bravery was performed ut Cuincby
on February 1st, when, formiug one Of "a
%stormiug party which advanced against the
enemy's barricades, he rushed to the front
and himself killed five Germans holding the
FIST barricade, after which he attacked the
secont bnrricade, about sixty yards further
on, which he captured after killing three
of the enemy and mus@ug prisoners of two
more. O'Leary thus practically captured the
enemy's position by himself and prvented
the rest of the attacking party from being
fired upon.
Lieutpaut Martin Leake Of the Army
Medical Corps has been awarded the clasp
the Victoria Cross, an unusual honour, for
most conspicuous bravery and devotion to