New Britain herald., 1915-04-13
GERMANS SLOWLY
 GAIN GROUND IN @.. #@v LE PRE1RE FOREST
French Infantry Attacks With Strong
 Forces iu MeuSe- -NoseIle Region : RtpuIstdby kdSeI's Troops.
GERMANS DROP BOMBS ON
 TOWNS OCCUPIED BY BRITISH


 French Battleship With Aid of Aero
 pIanes Attacks Turkish Concentra-
 ton Camp at Gaza, Near Egyptian
 Border--Austrian Attacks in BulSo-
 wina Repulsed by Russians-Ger- mans Bombard Ossowetz.
 The effort of the allies to drive back the German wedge in the Mouse Moselle region continues unremitting- ly, but the official communications from both Paris and Berlin indicate that the German lines are holding. !, The Berlin announcement speaks of a number of French infantry attacks with strong forces, which are said to have been repelled. Small gains are aimed for the Germans in the For tst of LePretre. The French war off fec refers only briefly to this fighting. saying that at several points the at- tackers made their way to the wire -;cntanglements of the Germans. Germans Drop Bombs. Elsewhere over the western front there was Hull yesterday. German aviators dropped bombs on three towns occupied by the British.
 A French battleship, with the aid Of Al nff ,1rjzI tration camp in the vicinity of Gaza, in southern Palestine near the Egyp- tian border. This camp probably was establish ed in connection with the ad- vance of the Turkish troops to the Suez canal. The statement of tho French ministry of marine announc- ing the attack gives no informatio as to the result.
 The German attack on the Russian forces in the north near the Prus- sian frontier was resumed yesterday and another battle is in progress for possession of the important Russian fortress of Ossowetz. The abandon ment of the former siege of this for tress was interpreted in Petrograd as indicating that the Germans had given up their attempt to break ] through the Russian line of defenses and advance on Warsaw from the north, but it is now said semi-of- 1icially at the Russian capital that the invaders had brought up howitzers and begun new bombardment.
 Siege Battery Damaged. One of the German siege batteries is said to have been damaged badly by the Russian guns. Five inde- z pendent Austrian armies are operat- ing the Carpathian front. Petrograd newspapers publish semi-official de- tails concerning this campaign to the effect that the various Austrian armies are under direction of the German general staff It is said also that Emperor William personally is - supervising the work of the staff
 In Bukowina, heavy fighting is Tn progress, according to a Bucharest despatch to Paris. Of two Austrian armored trains which advanced against the Russians yesterday, one is said to have been blown up and the other forced to withdraw after being damaged. The highest German au- thority has denied reports that Ger many is considering peace negotia- tions. From this source comes the
 
 staff has made plans for resumption of the offensive with fresh vigor.
 The Italian military authorities have ordered army officers to dull the metal on their uniforms and scab- bards This is described as measure usually adopted on the advance of war.
 German Official Report.
 Berlin, April 13, by Wireless to Sa- Vile. x. Y.--Tho German war office has given out a report on The progress of hostilties, dated April 13 which reads as follows:
 'The French yesterday attacked near Berry-A- Bee and between the Mouse and the Moselle; near Maicory, which is east of Nerdun; near Marche- vile, which is southeast Of Maicery on the front between Maicery and Marcheville, and south of Hart nanns-W -Weilerkopf. Everywhere they were repulsed.
 Only Nine Bombs.
 ''The French are reported to have thrown 150 bombs upon the station and the foundry at Bruges, according to their own announcement. In reality nine bombs fell Tn the eastern suburbs of Bruges and two near Bruges itself, without doing any military damage.
 German troops have thrown large quantities of bombs into Poperinghe, BaZebrouk, and I<ossel, towns occu- pied by British troops.
 At a point northeast of Suitpes the
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