, 1915-02-27

glorious Corps fought the enemy which GU
numbered it manly times. All honour utd
glory to those heroic men who sacllnced
themselves to save others
London, Feb. 24th--The following Brit
ish srmi-weekly report has been published:
The enemy continues to show consld-
erubIe activity III the neighbOurhOod OF
Yp,es. where several attacks and counter.
attacks hive occurred. At six O'Clock on
Sunday morning the enemy exploited an
elaborate series OF mines which destroyed
one of our trenches. A new hne was PIE
rared a short distance in the rear and lm-
medinteIv occupied and any attempt ut fur
thtr progress has been completely huStfhttd.
Near Giveuchy our iufautly, after q success
full bomburdment, captured II trench Of the
enemy aud blew il up. An attempted III
tack 6v the enemy along HE LaBusaee Canal
was easily repulstd by our artillery. South
Of the river Ly9 here has been an increase
in artillery and rife fire, in Which our troops
showed marked superiority. Along the re-
maiuder of our front there has been nothing
more than artillery a. els. Thick weather
has handicapped the work OF our aircraft
4 French official communicate states.
The bombardment of Rheims WAS renewed
m an extremely violent manner, lasting
for tbe first period SIX hours, followed
by q period of five hours, and 1900
Shells we're dropped III all quarters q the
town. What remained Of the Cathedrh was
made q special target and the edllce suffer
ed seriously, The interior vnulted root, "hlch
had resisted until pow being burst. About
twenty houses wele fired and twenty GIVE
linns were killed.
A German official statement says: "Ihe
advance attempted by the Russlans with
forces quickly gathered from Grodno, moving
IN a north eust direction, resulted IN failure.
The number of cannon taken III the pursuit
oil the Russians after the battle Of the MnZu-
rinn Lakes has increased TO over 300, lhcIud-
inc ten pieces of heavy culibre. Northwest
OF Ossouetz aud holth OF Lomza, m the wei
nitv of Plzasnysz, the fighting continues.
IN the Vistula, east Of PIock, we have adj
yanced further into the Wy1zo9lod district.
In Poland, south Of the Yistuia, an advance
by a Russian division on our positions on
the river Ruwka hns been Iepulsed.
The Norwegian steamship "Regin" has
been torpedoed off Dover and sank IN 10
minutes. Several ships closed IN about her
and picked up her crew, numbering y, who
were taken iu,o Dover. They snid they be
lieved their ship had been tolpedoed. This
makes the second Norwegian and the sixth
neutral ship DESTROYED since the commence
meul of the submarine blockade.
Officials at the Admiralty ridicule the
Berlin report TINT a British boarding officer
misdirected the "Evelyu,' aud regard 1t ms
more reasonable that the Germans are Ehirk-
ing heir responsibility by such u suggestion.
The DAILY Mail and DAILY Graphic
ale among tAe newspapers impatient ut what
they consider the tardiness of the British re-
prisaIs. The former says The mutton IS
under the deiuslon that Germany is subject
ed 10 a strict blockade while food and raw
materials are still being imported into
that country" The latter piper remarks:
"W hile the Cabinet htsitntes, II Inr9e pant OF
Belgium is being reduced 10 seml-siarvatlon
by the German military pressure"
Dispatches from Berlin declare that the
British flag has disappeared from the North
Sen and that IN five days Admiral Won Tlr-
PITTS new submarine warfate has achieved
wonderful victory and Britain's naval power
has been humbled bt fore the eyes Of the
entire world. The foregoing quotation Is
typical of the entle German Press, which
expresses the belief that more vessels bnve
been sunk than reported and assert that the
British crews refuse duty, like the %neutrals.
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