New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
GERMANS CAPTURE
 7,2oO RUSSIANS
 IN TWO BATTLES ltI1n Maintains faIssI's Forces as W|ln INQ alQl oat-ha|f
 nlts q. nlzssaysz. BRlIsa AIIAcks btAR 7.
 MUT cliApEflE REFUSED

Bombardlnent of Dardanclles Being
 Hinderesl By storn,s-B n British hand- and
 ing Party,sSof from 1000 to 2,ooO
 Men Driven Back, Accortlingsto Re-
 port, One of Which Asserts All Of
 British We're Killed or Captured.
 The German drive at Przasnysz, in
 Poland, has carried the ad- yancing army within two and one } half rales of the city the Berlin war sNoffice anYounced today. Russian re ports of recent victorler are denied Sand various German sunoesses are re- sGounted. It is said that in two bat dles 7,200 Russians Awera captured. Y The German statement admits the kaaptare by the British of Neuve z slshapellc, as announced in London 7 :esterday, but saNs that. attempts to { gain further ground Were defeated.
 British Driven Back.
 -Advices from ConsIanrlnople by way of Berlin are to the effect that the bombardment of thess Dacdanelles is being hindered by storms and fos, and that the attacking fleet has ac- acomplished nothing more. A British landing party, given varlously at 1000 to 2,0o0 men was driven back, according to these reports one of which asserts that all of the British Were killed or captured.
 X 8FTyl. D..sA.- brought on two vigorous counter m ovements by the Germans, but it said in London that the ground gained has been held. In Champagne fur l ther progress for tne French h [ claimed. although the German war of flee announced two days ago that this battle had been concluded sQss ssSa FRt
 Bulgaria Moving Artillery.
 M. Gounaris, Greece's new premier, | has given specific assurance to France that the policy of his cabinet will not be iniinicaI to the interests of the al- lies, although the ministry was created ! as a result of King Constantine's op- ! position to the former premiers pol icy of intervening in the war on their side. A London despatch states that ! Bulgaria, whose attitude has been a l
  '3ng heavy artillery to point close to the Greek frontier.
 s German Official Report Berlin, March, 12, By Wireless Photography to Sayville N. Y.-The ! general staff of the German army to- 1 M2Ry gave out a report on the pro- 1 8fess of the war, reading as follows:
 In the western arena: Two battle 1 ships of the enemy accompanied by two torpedo boats fired on Westende. I on the Belgian coast to the north of Nieuport, yesterday. Seventy shots Were fired without doing any damage. I When our batteries became active the warshiDs Of the enemy retreated.
 The British who have occupied l Neuve Chapelle, advanced several times last night to the. eastward, but were repulsed. Also to the north of 1 Neuvea Chapelle minor British attacks ! yesterday were repuIsed. The fighting I In this district still continues.
 Quiet in Champagne.
 { Tt was quiet in the Champagne | district yesterday In the Vosges q | heavy snow storm prevailed, and only minor operations took place.
 'In the eastern arena: To the north of the Forest of AugustoWo we van- quished a force of Russians which l avoided complete defeat by retreating 1 hastily in the direction of Grodno We took more than 4,00O prisoners, l including two commanders of regi- nlents, and we captured three cannon and ten machine guns. Fourthermo from the Augustowo district the i Russians began retreat in the direc- ton of Grodno.
 6'At a point northwest of Ostrolen ka during an attack we captured three~ Russian officers and 22O men. To the north and to the northwest of Aprzasny the German attacks have made progress. In this district we took over 3.200 prisoners yesterday.
 Deny Russian Claims.
 "A recent Russian official bulletin announced two great Russian vic tories, one at Grodno and the other at Przasnysz. In each of these en- gagements the Russians claim to have or annihilated two Ger man army corps. If the chiei in command of the Russian army really believed this. the events of the past few days will have corrected his opin- 7 lon concerning the fighting power of the German army. The offensive movement of the Russians before Grodno, through the Augustowo for ! est, resulted in failure Near Przas- snyH German troops, after giving Nay for short time, are again four Kilometres e 1-2 miles) north of that q (Ccntinued on Thirteenth Page.)