Connecticut western news., 1915-04-22
BRITISH IN NEW MOVE NEAR YPRES
Capture Trench Lines; French
 Advance In AISaCe.
GERMAN POSITIONS WEAKEN

Berlin Admits Loss of Lines Near Ypres
 and Also In AIsace-lnfantry Storms
 Invaders In Belgium Under Cover of ! Darkness and After Artillery and
 Mine Attack.
 British troops have begun strong aggressive campaign near Ypres, Bel gium, in cooperation with. the French offensive in Alsace and eastern France. The German war office in its state ment on the progress of the war ad- mits the loss of positions near Ypres and also in Alsace.
 The attack of the English opened with savage artillery fire, followed by an explosion of mines, and then, under cover Of darkness, the English Infantry stormed the kaiser's trenches on the heights southeast of Ypres. The Germans replied with counter attacks The battle is still in progress.
 The speed with which the French have advanced northwest of Orbey. Al. sace, is attributed to a weakening of the German lines in the Vosges under the necessity of re-enforcing their armies between the Mouse and the Mo selle and also in the Veil erkopf field of conflict in Alsace. where the kaisers commanders expected the greatest effort of the French to de- velop. The campaign toward Colmar came as a surprise, and the Germans were unable to check the French dash
 Battle has been resumed by the al- Hes to open the road to Constantinople Attacks have been made on Turkish positions at various points on the peninsula of Gallipoli, on the shores of the gulf of Saros, and at several i'm portant fortified sea positions on the coast of Asia Minor.
 News of the destruction of a Turkish torpedo boat destroyer by a British warship in the Aegean sea, after an at tack by the destroyer on a British transport, reveals the fact that Great Britain Is continuing to send troops to Turkey for land operations
 The following official statement was Issued by the French war office:
 Tn the Vosges a German attack pre- Dy d VlOlSHl DOlIlDdiuiilell dilu carried out by battalion against our po- sitions northwest of Orbey. Alsace. four teen miles northwest of Colmar. was re- pulsed. The Germans left many dead in front of our trenches, and we made about 6orty prisoners.
 4 Belgian aeroplane brought down a Ger man aeroplane near Roulers. In the same region one of our small squadrons suc- cessfully bombarded an avi ton ground.
 The following statement issued by the Berlin army headquarters is as fol- lows:
 In the Western Theater-The English after having caused several explosions by means of mines. penetrated into our posi- tions in the hills close to the northern bank of the canal southeast of Ypres. 'but were repulsed again immediately by counter attack except from three of the craters they occupied. The fighting con- finues.
 2 In the Champagne the French blew up n trench next to a position we captured, but without gaining any advantage. Be tween the Mouse and the Moselle there have been only artillery battles.
 Tn the Vosges we took possession of an advanced French position situated on a ridge of hills southwest of Stossweier. Southwest of Metzeril our advanced posts were withdrawn toward their points of xuyDnor+ before a superior enemy force