New Britain herald., 1915-04-17
RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE
 SHOT IN ABDOMEN BY
 GEN. BARON SEWERS
Incident Follows Heated Col(ql)
 Regarding Defeat of Russian Tenth Army in East Prussia. GENERAL REPORTED TO HAVE VIXEN HIS OWN LIFE

Berlin Claims German Aeroplane Dropped Shells in Greenwich, in
 Metropolitan District of London
 French Battleship Shells Turkish
 Position Near Egyptian City of FL
 AI.ish-Allies Gain Ground.
 A report is published by Prussian newspaper that Grand Duke Nicholas, Russian commander-in-c chief, has been IN shot in the abdomen by General Baron N -Sievers. commander of the Russian Tenth Army, which was defeated and driven from East Prussia last Febru- ary. The general is said to have com mitted suicide. There is no confirma- tion of this report. official or other wise. as "....... ...
 The official German statement Of today. evidently referring to yester- days raid over England by German aeroplane, says shells were dropped in Greenwich, in the metropolitan dis && LFlCI OL LOnQOll. beSpaLCA0S London yesterday said the aeroplane approached no nearer than thirty miles from the city Unofficial ad- vices, from Berlin are that consider able damage was done by the Zeppe- lins which raided England twice this week and that officers and men on British patrol boats were killed or wounded. 1 ....#.
 Shells Turkish Position.
 The French minister of marine an nounces further naval operations against the Turkish forces which pro- ceeded against Egypt It is said a < French battleship shelled Turkish position near the Egyptian city of FL Arish, which is class to the border of Palestine.
 Two persons in Strassburg were slightly wounded;i otherwise no dam age was done by the bombs from the aifship.
 There were no important engage rnents in France yesterday, and in the east operations are being delayed by the spring thaw. The Berlin official announcement says a small position near Arras was lost to the allies but that other engagements resulted to the advantage of the Germans.
 Greatest Battle in History.
 From such scattering reports as are permitted from the eastern front it is becoming apparent gradually that =s the greatest battle of the war-at least, so far as concerns the number of men engaged-is being fought in r the Carpathians. along the 115 mile z front from Bartfeld, in northern Hun gary, to Stry in Eastern Galicia. This line, roughly, parallels the boundary between Hungary and @ Galicia, running through difficult mountain region through which the Russians hope to break a way into the heart of Hungary.
 German war correspondents style this battle the greatest in the history of the world, and it is estimated that 3,500,000 men are taking part. Ac- cording to the German reports, the Russian advance. which a week ago seemed to be threatening the integ- rity of Hungary, has now been ~ checked definitely. It is said that the Russian losses in killed, wound ed, sick and prisoners are 500, ,000.
 Russian reports throw little light on the situation. The official state rnents of late have mentioned de- tached engagements, in which some local successes have been claimed Newspaper despatches from Petro- grad are similarly restricted. It ap- pears probable, however, that the Russians have sustained at least a temporary check. This is indicated by the statement in the latest official Petrograd report concerning the bad condition of the roads, which flinders military operations.
 Russian Grand Duke Shot. D Berlin, April IT, via Wireless Tele- graph to Sayville, N. Y.--The General Anzeiger of Duisburg, Rheinish Prus- sia, says it learns from an absolutely unimpeachable source'' that the re- ported sickness of Grand Duke Mich olaievitch, commander-in-ch chief of the Russian forces, was due to a shot ir the abdomen fired by a late General Baron Sievers, of the defeated Rus sian tenth army.
 The General Anzeiger says General Sievers was summoned by the Grand Duke to explain the defeat of the Rus sian Tenth army. A heated colloQuy took place, the newspaper says, and the Grand Duke gave General Sievers n box on the ear. The latter there upon drew a revolver and wounded the grand duke. subsequently turning the weapon upon himself.
 The fact that General Sievers had