Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-17
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MelUs of YESTERDAY

At two points on their llne-north-
ern Hooge, which lies east OF Ypres
in Belgium, and at Festubert Ia
Franee--the English troops have sud
denly resumed an active offensive.
A line OF German trenches at Festu-
bert was occupied, but soon lost.
through The violence of the German
counter-attack. But in the engage
ment in Belgium the British were sue
cessful in capturing more than half
u mile of trenches, including the
whole of the first line and parts OF
the second line, and these they are
holding.
The German war office admits the
capture of positions by the British
near Ypres, but asserts that in the
fighting around Festubert the British
sustained heavy losses in men and left
several machine guns and bomb
throwers behind after their assaults
in which hand-to-hand fighting oc-
CURED, were repelled.
The French are gaining ground In
the region of Arras and in the Vos-
ges on both banks of the Fecht river
where several hundred prisoners, to-
gether with large quantity Of rifles
and cartridges were taken.
Rheims has again been heavily
bombarded and the French report
that about a dozen shells fell on the
famous cathedral German aeroplanes
have dropped bombs on Nancy, st. Die
and Relfort
The capture of t22.300 Russians
and a great number of guns from
June | to June Ia, is reported by the
Austrian war office, while Berlins re-
port gives the German General Won
Maekenzen credit for the capture of
10000 since June 12. Whether the
latter are included in the Austrian Of
fetal estimate is not made clear.
Military observers at Petrograd ex-
press the belief that 100000 Ger
mans and Austrians are operating
against the Russians in the far east
No one so far has attempted to say
with any eXactitude how many Rus
slams are under arms to oppose this
immense force, but early in the war
Russia's potential powers for recruit
ing were placed high up in the mill
lions
Each day adds to the extent of ter
ritory which the Austro- Germans have
regained from Russia's invading ar
mics and they are still pressing their
campaign against Lemberg, the Ga
lician capital, with the utmost deter
mination and unquestionably large
losses on both sides.
Battles Of a rather minor charac-
ter but with strategic points as their
objective are being carried on by the
Italians against the Austrians along
the Austro Italian frontier. The Ital-
ians have now come up to the previ-
ously prepared and powerful defenses
of the Austrians on the Isonzo river
and with the superlative artillery /
which Italy possesses. heavy fighting /
may be looked for In the near future /
A Zeppelin raid on the northeast /
coast Of England has resulted in the |
killing Of sixteen persons and the in /
iuring of forty. The number Of |
deaths resulting from a German air /
ship raid on another portion OF the /
northeast coast on the night OF June /
6 was twenty-fOur.
England in anticipation of Yep
pelin attack on London, is construct
ing larger aeroplanes and has greatly
increased her efficiency both in ma
chimes and men.
The British steamer Strathcairn has
been sunk off the Scilly islands by a
German submarine. The captain and
Lwenty-one of the crew were drowned
while eleven others were rescued.