Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-14
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE WAR
Situation as it Appeared in London
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Viscount Haldane, lord high chan
cellor, in the house Of lords yester-
day, intimated that the government
was considering the. necessity Of de-
parting from the voluntary system of
military enlistments and resorting to
universal service throughout the king
dom. For the present, he said, the
hands Of the war office were filled with
the men they possessed. but 1t might
be necessary to reconsider the situa-
tion in the light of the tremendous
necessities with which the nation was
confronted.
prevalent in London that while re-
cruiting has been satisfactory the
heavy fighting in Flanders, shows that
many more men will be required II
victory is to be attained.
Thus far, British troops, according
to Field Marshall Sir John French,
have withstood all the German on
slaughts, and while at times they
have been compelled to give some
ground, their counter-attacks have
brought them back to the position
from which they started. However,
this has been costly, for the German
artillery bombardment has been Sc
we're and counter attacks always are
followed by heavy casualties.
In their attempt last fall to reach
Calais the Germans continued their
attacks for six weeks, but the allied
forces were much weaker then and
the Germans did not meet the coun-
fhou meat In the
west.
OF these the most important Is
that the French are carrying out
from Arras to the point where their
lines join the British and in which
they continue to meet with unvary-
ing success. They reported again
yesterday the capture-which the Ger
mans admit-of strongly fortified po-
sitions and one road at least which
the Germans have been using to bring
up re-inforcements to their positions
near La Bassee. Therefore the Ger
mans are bringing to bear on the
British around Ypres.
The Austro- German offensive con-
tinues in western Galacia where the
Russians have been driven forty miles
back from their old positions and to
within twenty-five miles OF Przemysl
The fighting, however, has become less
intense. Ine GeTIIldIlC dllieS cSll-
mate their captures at some 10000
men, 50 guns and 255 machine guns.
The Russians claim that they are
in a position to prevent a further
advance by the Germans and Aus
trians but as it is they have lost
much ground.
In eastern Galacia the Russians as
sert that as a result Of their new Of
fensive the Austrians have COM
menced a disorderly retreat Fighting
continues in Courland and in the
neighborhood Of the Niemen river.
Another battleship, the Goliath, the
third the British have lost since the
attack on the Dardanelles began, has
been torpedoed by the Turks and Of
the crew Of 700 or more, only 180,
including twenty officers, were saved.
While the Goliath was an old vessel,
she was useful for the work to which
she had been assigned and the loss
in men Is serious.
There is some consolation to the
British in other news from the Oar
danelles that a British submarine, in
a dash into the sea Of Marmora, tor
pedoed two Turkish gunboats and a
large transport. This is probably the
submarine the Turks thought they
had sunk, but which apparently got
back through the mine stremn pass
age.