New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-28
Part Of Grew, Of Between 700 and
800 hep, ofLeen Cambetta Saved;
= French AeTepIaat Brought Down.
new GERMAN ATTACK
IN RUSSIAN POLAND

sitions in Vicinity of Suwalki-Ber-
lin GIuInas British Efforts to Re-
gain Lost Ground in Flanders Failed
While Paris Maintains Allies Made
Further Progress in Ypres District
Nsnofficial announcement is made at
Berlin that the French armored
cruiser Leon Gambetta, of 12,4O0
tons displacement, has been torpe-
doed by an Austrian submarine. The
Berlin news agency which made the
announcement says that part of the
crew, between 700 and 500 men, were
saved. No additional details are
given, but it is probable such an at
tack. If made, occurred in the Adria-
tic within striking distance of the
Austrian naval bases.
A new German attack on a large
scale has been inaugurated in Rus
sian Poland, marking the resumption
of active hostilities after a long lull.
%lae official Berlin statement of today
Gays the Germans conquered Russian
positions in the vicinity of Suwalki,
near the East Prussian frontier, over
front of twelve miles. ~
Disparity in Reports.
There is again a sharp disparity
between German and French accounts
of what is happening in Flanders.
, 9ne official Berlin report states that
British efforts to recover the lost
ground failed. The Paris announce
ment asserts that further progress
was made in the Ypres district. 1t
is said heavy losses were inflicted on
the Germans and that more than 500
bodies of their dead were counted at
,,one point #..Es
NwThe French announcement of yes
terdayt that Hartmanns-W eilerkopf,
the long contested mountain height
, which the Germans recently captured,
had been regained, is denied in Ber-
lin. 1T is said this position is still,
eheld by the Germans and that the
French have made no new attacks on
It.
The Paris war Office has announced
the capttnb of Kun Kaleh, on the
: ! Hatic side of the Dardanelles.
French Cruiser Torpedoed.
Berlin, April %. by wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.--The French armored
cruiser Leon Gambetta has been tor
pedoed by an Austrian submarine, ac-
cording to news received by the Over
seas News agency. Part of the crew
o. the French warship was saved.
The French armored cruiser Leon
/ Gambetta displaced 12,416 tons and
+ carried a crew of from TOO to 500 Of
ficers and men. The cruiser was built
lat Brest in 1908. She was 4S6 feet
long, 70 Ia feet beam and had
mean draft of &c IL feet
The Leon Gambetta carried four
7.6 inch guns, 16 ga inch guns and
twenty-four three Founders and
equipped with five 1S-inch torpedo
tubes. She cost $5,SOO.O00.
Sunk i'm Ten Minuses.
Paris, April %, $3.50 p. MA
communication from the ministry of
faa rine reciting the torpedoing of the
French cruiser Leon Gambetta was
I given out this Afternoon. 1t is textual-
ly as follows:
The armored cruiser Leon Gam
BETA cruising at the entrance of
the Otranto Canal was torpedoed the
right of April 1921 and went to the
bottom in ten minutes.
All Officers Pertshed.
"All the officers on board persisted
at their posts. One hundred and
thirty-six members of the crew. in
Guiding eleven under-offcers were
rescued by vessels sent out promptly
TO their help by the Italian authori-
~ties, ~
1.-The list of survivors has not vet
S8sen received at the ministry OF
marine"