, 1915-04-29
WAR NEWS sUiaaAalzED

StJicu by Suite OTltlbn COTnFldnocit
as the greatest battle of the war, is
being pushed on with all the power
of the army Germany is reputed te
have assembled along this front
The official announcement from Der
lin reports Impressive victories, al
though no admissions to this effect
are made In Paris or London.
The opinion 10 growing in Rome that
Austria and Italy are drifting lnev.
liable toward war. Peppino Carl.
bald, grandson of the famous ltal'
Ian statesman, who recently has
talked with the Italian king and pre-.
mier, is said to have received from
them the impression that Italy
would enter the war with the allies.
italian refugees from the Austrian
frontier say It has been fortified
by the Austrians with Concrete
trenches and heavy artillery.
New Victories In the fighting In the
C~arpathians are claimed by the Aus
TRANS. %Petrograd reports the re
pulse of an attack In Uzsok pass
and says that the Austrians have
brought up a large amount Of artii.
lery along the carpathian front.
The British war office announced that
q general attack on h D~ardanelles
had begun. An army, II was said,
had been disembarked successfully,
The channel between England and
Holland still is being kept clear Of
commercial shipping, with the re.
suit that the steamer Noordam,
bearing the women delegates to the
peace conference, lie marooned In
the Downs. Some Of the delegates
have sent an appeal to Ambassador
Page.
Operations In the North sea are still
a deep mystery, but special atten'
ton concerning them has virtually
ceased on account of the Interest
In land activities.
"No truce till you agree to pay for the
evacuation of Belgium" This Is the
reply Germany gave to a recent pro-
posal of a truce discussions which
Great Britain and France submitted
In the conferences at Rome last
week.
Leading German papers declare that
the German fleet is now willing to
accept battle in the North sea-.
An Athens dispatch says 1t is reported
at Piraeus that warships Of the allied
fleet have captured and taken to
Lemnos the Hadjl Daou line steam
ers Virginia and Magda, which were
flying the American flag. They car
ried carqoes which were declared to
be contraband Of war.
That the Canadian division was hot
Iy engaged last week is Indicated by
a list of eighty casualties among the
officers alone-twenty-one killed and
.ffty-nine wounded. The list is ad-
mittedIy incomplete, as there are no
artillery officers mentioned, though
q battery of Canadian sixinch guns
were taken by the Germans and
later recaptured.
The German cruiser k%ronprinz VIII
helm, which put In at Newport
News for repairs two weeks ago,
after her raiding cruise,
was towed from her anchorage to a
coal pier. She will take aboard be-
tween $500 and 1000 tons Of bunker
coal, It was stated at the pier.
Germany has replied to the Greek gov
ernment's note regarding the torpe-
doinu of the steamer Ellispontos In
the North sea, stating that inresti-
uation shows the sinking was due to
the mistake of a German submarine
Germany will express regrets and
make amends by the payment Of an
Indemnity.
Al a climax to three of the most des-
perate battles Of the Wharf.-The Brit
/ A-~- - k..,sa HhanAllR and
Hill No. go and the German drive
southeast of Ypres-full force OF the
German attack lie being directed
AGAINST the British front from sew
eral directions, and here the Cana
dian troops, who have already dis
tInoulshed themselves by brilliant
counter attacks, when h Germans
swept the French fine back, are
BEARING the brunt Of h battle.
The Belgian legation at London an
u that the town of lizerne,
west of the Ypres canal, which was
captured by the Germans on Friday
night, has been retaken.
The C~arpathian situation remains
with no notable change, the only
operations reported being Of an lso
lated nature, In which Poland for
the time being has almost ceased te
play part.
The campaign on land has supplied nc
engagements that affect the situat
ton. In AIsace the French continue
to push forward along the Feeht rlv
er In the direction Of CoImar. In
Belgium the British and Germans
are fighting savaseIy for the import
n strategic point near Ypre'
known as Hill go, which the British
captured some days ago with heavy
losses to both sides.
London declares that "vlolent ans
continued counter attacks" are still
being made against the position
4. 4la a,etarn zone the two armies In