Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-16
REPORTS OF SUCCESSES
CHEER BRITISH PEOPLE
Germans Not So Optimistic Regard
ing Operations Around Neuve
Chapelle.
KEEP UP ATTACKS NEAR YpREs
In Region OF Przasnysz Great Battle
Has Not Yet Been Fought--Each
OF Contenders Maintains Fighting
lS-Turning in His Favor

LONDON. March Is ul T.. M).-'The
| Dresden Has Been Sunk"
The British Are Holding the Ger
mans In Their Efforts TO Retakc Ncuve
Chapelle and Epinette."
| Russians Continue In Possession of
Przasnysz"
These headlines attracted the atten-
1 ton OF the English people to-day and
tonight.
The announcement of the sinking Of
the German cruiser Dresden came after
nightfall. but the news spread quickly
and brought great rejoicing that this
, commerce raider. whose whereabouts
nave been mystery since her escape
after the Falkland Islands engage
ment In December, had been sent TO
the bottom.
! The fact that all the Dresdens crew
were saved sets new record for
rescue after an action at sea, and n
naval battle of five minutes duration
probably is another record Details
| furnished by the admiralty are scant
but apparently the British ships were
not even hit, for no damage is rec
orded
GREAT RATTLE NOT FOUGHT
| IN PRZASNYST REGION
| In the region of Przasnysz. Russian
| Poland, the great battle has not yet
been fought, and what fighting there
has been each of tho contendcrs main
! tains is turning in his favor. The Rus
slams are claiming hard-carned prog
ress all along the line; the Germans
Just as stoutly assert that the Russian
attacks hnre been rcpulsed.
! In the west the Germans are not so
optimistic regarding Ncuve Chapelle. as
they omit In their official statements
any mention of the fighting there
although they have been bringing up
re-enforcementS, and are lighting des-
| perately to rctake ground from which
they were driven with heavy losses.
! There Is no British statement to throw
| light on the present situation but the
| French War Office says the British have
recapturcd st. Eloi and almost all the
| neiEhborinE trenches.
Meanwhile, the Germans are Keeping
UP their attacks on the british near
! Ipres. the ground made famous last
| fall
| 1t is believed another sanguinarv en-
gagement will be fought near Nueve
Chapellc. The Germans are seeking to
| distract the British by their activity
around fpres, and probably the COM
ing battle Will necessitate re-enforco-
| mcnts
PROBLEM
| Is WORRYING KITCHENER
! Earl Kitchener, Secretary Of War, in
| the House Of Lords to-day referred
enthusiastically to the military situation
but complained OF the slowness with
which munitions are being turned out.
He emphasized that what Is worrying
the war authorities most is the great
problem Of keeping tho armies supplied
with ammunition, the demand for which
VIII perhaps treble If the generally ex-
pected spring advance comes
Blaming trade unionism. with it's re-
strictions, for some OF the delay. he
added:
Il have heard rumors that worllmen
| in some of the factories have an idea
| the war is going SO we'll that there
! is no necessity for them to work their
/ hardest can only say that the
supply of war material ut the present
moment, and for the next two or three
months. is causing me very serious
anxiety. The output OF every round OF
ammunition has n large influence on
! the operations"