New Britain herald., 1915-03-30

Ik.iscr's Troops Forced to Retire at
 Point Near St. NIihiel on Account of
 Heavy Artillery Fire of Allies
 Concentration of Italian Forces
 Along the Austrian Frontier Has
 Begun.
 Battles in northern Poland are said in Berlin to have resulted in a suc- cession of German victories. The of ticial German statement of today as ~serts that 2,O00 Russians were killed and 5000 captured in an engagem ent at Krasnopol. In the German oc- . cupation of Tauroggen, announced yesterday, it is claimed that 1000 prisoners were taken. Russian at tacks at other points are said to have been repulsed. The latest statement ~from Petrograd war office is that the German offensive movement in thiB region has been checked. : SAlong the Franco-Belgian front there was spirited artillery fighting: yesterday, but no infantry advances were attempted. The French official ; Communication says that the Ger mans were forced to retire at one. roint near St. Mihiel on account of the heavy artillery fire to which they were subjected.
 Drops Bombs on British Warship. = An official announcement from Con- stantinople says that a Turkish aero plane dropped bombs on a British warship cruising outside the Darda-- nelles. No information is given of the damage inflicted. The allied fleet has made no further general at ~tack on the Turkish Notifications, all though they were bombarded inter- Tnittently yesterday. Field Marshal von der Goltz, German military com mander of Constantinople, who isgons his way to Berlin. is quoted as ex- pressing confidence that the Darda- ne1les forts will be able to resist any assault which may be directed against sfhem from the sea.
 The Turkish government has taken measures to prevent the landing of the allied troops conveyed to Smyrna on transports. Large bodies of Turk fish troops are being assembled at this point.
 Italy concentrating lIOOpS.
 A concentration of Italian troops along the Austrian frontier is said in aGeneva to have been begun. Accord Ing to this inform ation, Italian regi- ments which have been stationed along the Swiss border have been sent to the Tyrolan front, where Aus trian troops have been assembled during the last fortnight.
 German Official Report.
 Berlin, March 30, via London, 3:10 D. m.-The war office gave out the following statement today:
 "A telegram from main headquar- ters dated March 30 states that in the western theater of the war there were only artillery combats and sapping operations.
 Captured 1000 Prisoners.
 "In the fighting which led to the occupation of Tauroggen (Russia, near the Prussian border,) the east Prussian landsturm. according to- a feport from Prince Joachim of Prussia, especially distinguished it. self, taking one thousand prisoners.
 Near krasnopol, the Russians sui fered severe losses. Some 2,000 were
 
 til yesterday evening was 5000 pris- oners, seven machine guns, one can non and several ammunition cars.
 "On the Skwa, near Klimki, after a Russian attack failed we captured two Russian officers and GOO men, Near Olcyny on the left bank of the Omulew, two Russian night attacks were repulsed. Russian attempts TO cross the lower Bzura failed.'
 German Offensive in Niemen.
 Petrograd, via London, March 30, 4:55 a. m.-A review of the German offensive movement in the Niemen district to which it is said importance was attached, is contained in off, ,lcial statement issued by the war of flee last night. The communication follows:
 From official documents which We have captured it seems that the Ger mans attached enormous importance fo their offensive movement in the trans-Niemes district, which failed on the 27th The pricipal task was as- signed to the Thirty First Division, . supported by three reserve regiments A,vith large body of cavalry. These troops advarccd from Kalwarya, on VKraues? with orders to push for ward at all costs to Lozdzieje, and to cut off Russian forces which were sengaging a German army west of sthat point
 ~ Capture Machine Gun.
 During an engagement in which
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