The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-03
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allied fleet on that day. French
troops are reported to have made an
other landing on the Asiatic side and
to be advancing rapidly.
Activity in North Sea.
London, May 3.-The weekend was
marked by relatively mild activity in
the North sea and the resumption of
the submarine blockade by German
craft, which have destroyed or dam
Islands, one of the victims being the
oil tank steamer GuIflight.
No further official announcements
have been made concerning fighting
in the Dardanelles, but unofficial dis
patches agree that the allies are pro-
crossing toward the narrows under
cover of the first of the British naval.
guns, which are inflicting great dam
age on the Turkish defenses, including
the reported total destruction of the
town of Dardanelles.
A late Turkish official announce
ment claims a victory near Gabl
Tepeh in the Gallipoi peninsula,
which is said to have resulted in the
retreat of the colonial British troops
to the shelter of their warships. This
account, however, does not agree with
the British official report, published
Saturday, which declared the British
were resuming the offensive after
stubborn resistance on the part of the
Turks.
Petrograd continues to assert the
advance of German troops in the di-
rection of Riga is only a raid, but an
uneasy feeling is growing in London
that these invaders are in force suf-7
ficiently serious to threaten Russian
commissions.
Other sections on the eastern front
record only minor engagements while
the western battle lines are evidently
taking a breathing spell after the
strenuous activity of the last fort
night.
Say Germans Used Gases.
London, May 3.-The war office to-
day issued this statement:
'tAt Z p. m. May 1, the Germans
attacked Hill 60, southeast of Ypres,
and yesterday evening they attacked
in the neighborhood of ST. Julien.
These attacks were both repulsed.
We lost no ground, and we inflicted
heavy casualties on the enemy in
spite of the fact that he again used
tubes in the trenches and from espe-
cially manufactured shells.
"a German aeroplane yesterday aft
ernoon was chased by one of our ma
trenches and then brought down by
our fire.
Turks Report Successes.
Constantinople, May s.-The Turk
ish war department today gave out the
following official statement:
I'm consequence of the attacks pro-
ceeding successfully for US the enc
my has not succeeded in improving
his position on the coast of the Cal
lipoli peninsula. The fire of our bat
teries directed against the enemy at
Seddul Bahr shows good results
The statement claims that the
French battleship Henri w and the
British battleship Vengeance have
been damaged by shells from the guns
of the Turkish forts, and it says that
the Russian Black sea fleet demon
strated for an hour off the Bosphorous
and then retired rapidly in a northern
direction
Declare German Attacks Futile.
Paris, May 3.-The French war Of
flee this afternoon gave out this state
ment:
1.-The Germans yesterday made two
attacks with asphyxiating gases. One
was to the north of Ypres, near st.
Julien, and the other was to the south
of Ypres, near Hill No. so. Neither
one accomplished anything.
There is nothing to report from the
rest of the front
CIergymen Form Army Corps.
Glasgow, May 3.-Muscu1ar chris
tianity in bulk enlisted today for the
period of the war in a special clergy
mems corps Most of the pastors of
the city poined the corps and took
their first lesson in musketry. They
will be attached to the citizens train
ing corps.
New York Money Market.
New York May 3.-MONEY-Mercantile
paper. 31a@3A per cent Sterling exchange,
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