Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-22

From the Carpathian peaks ana &passes. the violent encounters Of the kwar have, for the present, at least, 8been transferred to Belgium ana XErance. The most sangu1nary en- Engagement reported by any of the war &chancellories is in progress in Bel 2gium, to the southeast of 9pres, where 2Fhe Germans are endeavoring to Wrest &Rrom the British a strategic point fknown as Hill No. 60, which the 8days ago with extremely heavy casual &fies to both sides.
 London declares that violent and #lcontinual counter attacks" are still be- 5ng made against the position, two Of (which were repulsed with great loss Ito the Germans. Since April IT, Paris 3says, the Germans have lost in defend- ling and attempting to recapture this hill from 5000 to 4,000 men.
 LuIl in the Carpathians. ! The battle in the Carpathians has Virtually come to a standstill, except lat isolated spots along the great range. Whether this Is due to the strong reinforcement of the Austro- Herman forces by additional divisions |of Germans, who are said to have been lsent around through Hungary to the |southern slopes of the mountains, or to the fact that the spring thaw has %znsde morasses of the roads and the freshets have inundated large sections of the country, has not been made 5znowh officially. but unofficial advices &declare that the latter conditions are Irresponsible for the letup. The battle Of greatest importance in this region as reported by Vienna to have taken piace between Laborcza and the Ung |valley, and it is asserted that the Rus |Eians there attacked and were repulsed with heavy losses.
 Fighting in France.
 In the west-in Champagne and the krgonne-between the Mouse and the MOselle, and in Lorraine and Alsace- #German offensive movements have been stopped by the allied troops, &C., Hcording to Paris. Near F1irey, it is Xasserted, another German trench has been captured by the French, giving |the French a gain in this region during Ithe past few days of about half a hnile.
 Airmen Dropping Bombs.
 The airmen are still busy dropping &bombS. The Germans have thrown more than one hundred explosive mis- &eiles upon Bialystok, Russian Poland: Ethe Russians in retaliation have bonn [barded the railroad station at Soldau $East Prussia; the British have at ftacked the German airship hangars at Ghent, Belgium; while the French air men have thrown bombs on the head fQuarters of the German General Won Strantz In the Woevre and attacked &the German conveys in Baden and an electr1c power plant at Lorrach, Ba- ben, short distance northeast of Basel, Switzerland.
 750000 Britons in France,
 Great Britain now has on the battle l1ne In France more than 36 divisions of troops, or over 750, 900 men, all of
 them adequately equipped. Chancellor Lioyd George made this statement in the house of commons. The chancellor added that although there has been a great increase in the output of a1nmu- XniCon, and there was now a large re- Heerve on hand, still more was needed As an indication of this need. he pointed out that in the three days' Fighting at Neuve ChapeIle more am
 nunition had been expended that in
 he two years and nine months dura- tion of the Boer war.