, 1915-04-01
WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED

the larger merchantmen to be sen,
to the bottom, was torpedoed by :
German submarine Off the coast Of
South Wales. probably with a heavy
loss of life. The British steamship
A9uiia was Junk In the English
channel, but its crew of twenty.
three men was saved.
General o kluek, who led the ad.
vance of the German forces to the
gates Of Paris in the early days OF
the war, has been wounded. A Ger
man official statement says he was
Injured slightly by shrapnH and
that his condition is satisfactory.
The new German offensive in Poland
has led to sharp fighting, in which
the Russians are said In Berlin to
have SUFFERED heavy losses.
The German troops In the north OF
Poland have returned to the attack,
eenterins their movement in the re.
aion of the Skwa river, near the
Prussian border. The claim is made
that farther to the south, on the
Piiiea river, German forces were put
to flight.
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the Carpathians represents that vic.
tories have been won at several
points, giving the Russians access
to northern Hungary.
Italy has decreed a strict censorship
on military news, beginning March
81. A Paris newspaper publishes an
unverifed report that Austria has
agreed to cede part of Trent to Italy
at the close of the war in return
for ltaiy's neutrality.
Some Turkish forts at the D~ardanelIes
were bombarded by Indirect fire
from the Gulf of saros-
A Petrograd dispatch sS's that the
Russian fleet In the Baltic has been
reinforced by the addition of mod
ern fighting units.
A statement from the British admiral.
ty says that the Dutch, steamer Ans
tel has been blown up by a mine.
Eleven thousand German dead have
been taken from the trenches won
by the French during twenty days
Of fighting in the Champagne coun.
try. The German losses in killed, In
prisoners and in wounded are estt
mated by the French military al
thorities at $4,000.
The French town of Bully, near the
railway between Lens and Bethune,
no longer exists. II has been be.
tween a terrific fire Of the allies and
the Germans for over four weeks.
To prevent Bulgaria from attacking it
In the rear, Turkey has now offered
to eede to King Ferdinand more
than a third Of the fast dwindlins
European territory still held by the
ottomsns, according to a Sofia dis.
patch.
The German government gave out an
official statement in which II was at.
firmed that the German cruiser
Dresden, which was sunk off the
Chilean island of Juan Fernandez,
March IA, by a British Squadron,
was destroyed In neutral waters.
On the heights of the Meuse in France
the French war office declares about
500 yards Of trenches were taken
from the Germans. Berlin denies
this.
Petrograd and Vienna are at variance
with regard to who has had the up.
per hand In. the carpathians.
In north and central Poland the fight.
Ing Is stubborn west Of the Niemen
and In the vicinity Of the rivers
skwa and AmuIew.
Defeat of the Turks In the Black sea
region Is chronicled by %Petrograd.
Allied aviators have attacked the Ger.
man aviation camp at chist.lles,
Belgium.
A heavy bombardment has e heard
coming from the Gulf of saros, prob.
ably directed against the Turkish
forts on the Galllpoll peninsula.
In the D~ardanelles a battieship has
been throwing shells Int batteries
at kiIId Bahr.
German submarines again are operat'
Ing In the Irish sea int 1t is be
ileved that at least one more steam
err has been sunk by them.
French success In capturing the
heights of Hartmann-W eilerkopfi
near MueIhausen, is admitted by the
Germans. This strategic position
has been the object for which thu
opposing forces have been fighting
desperately for several days, as il
dominates the surrounding country
Violent fighting In northern POLAND
and the c~arpathians, battles Of .
less degree In Belgium and France
and an air raid over the German po
sitions In Lorraine are ehroniciee
by the various War chancellors.
The Russians are ~endeaVorins to MAKE
their way through the mountain
passes in order to invade Hungary
and the Austrians, now reinforced
are strongly trying to hold then
back.
In the Balkans there are increasing
signs Of unrest on the part Of ma
lions which thus far have KEEP
peace. A Bucharest dispatch say
the fall of Przemysl has increases
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