The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-18

Western Newspaper Union Sew. SerSice
London, June 16.-Eleven persons
were killed and immense damage was
caused in the town of Karlsruhe, Ger
many, when a fleet of twenty-thres
French aeroplanes successfully bonn
barded the place.
This is the most exte.sise air raid
so far made during the war and, 40
cording to Paris dispatches, it met
with complete success from the view
point of the allies.
Berlin says one of the French air
craft was brought down and the occu-
pants killed, while another aircraft
was obliged to land near Scherneak.
Paris admits that two of the ma
chimes failed to return.
The bombardment lasted 40 minutes.
Karlsruhe is on the Rhine. almost sew
enty-five miles from the French from
tier. and has a population of about
100,0 900. According to the German
version the city is unfortified and the
attack could have no official signifi-
canoe.
An announcement from the Turkish
war office claims a victory over tho
Russians in the Transcaucasus. The
Turks. it is said. occupied Russian
positions in the direction of Olti, near
the Russian border.
The Austro-Hungarian troops are
employing dynamite in the Alpine
passes. blowing up rocks and loosen
ing ayalanches on the advancing Ber-
saglieri The heights dominating Cap
oretto on the Isonzo front have been
occupied by the invading Italians,
The German submarines continue
their activities. Advices from Storno-
way, Scotland, relate that the Norwe-
gian steamer Duranger, formerly the
Norwegian steamer Ceylon, was tor
pedoed and sunk by submarine off
the Hebrides Islands. The crew OF
twenty-one arrived at Stornoway. The
Duranger was 2S9 feet long, of 2.2S0
tons gross and was built in 1888. The
British trawler Argyll was torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine. or
the crew of eleven men only four were
saved These were landed at Har-
wich on the east coast. The Argyll
was sent to the bottom without warn
ing and went down in less than two
minutes.
The following announcement con-
cerning the operations at the Darda
nelles was given out officially:
The situation on the Gallipoli pen
ninsula has developed into trench
warfare. After our successes on the
4th inst the Turks have evinced a
great respect for our offensive and by
day and night they have to submit to
captures of trenches. The situation
is favorable to our forces but is neces-
sarily slow on account of the difficult
ties of the ground"
London, June 15.-The arsenal at
the Austro-H Hungarian naval station at
Pola on the Adriatic. was almost en-
tirely destroyed by bombs, dropped
from. an Italian airship. according to
the Messagero at Rome. There were
at the time in the arsenal ten war
ships, including one battleship. two
cruisers and several submarines,
Three of these vessels are supposed
to have been damaged With Monfal-
cone and Gradisca in their hands the
Italians have begun an attack on Cor
izia (Gorz) further up the 1sonzo
river, and one of the Austrians' most
strongly fortified frontier positions.
Teutons Claim Victory in East.
| London, June 15.-Germany claimed
another decided success along the
| eastern line. Northwest of Mosciska,
in the region of Sieniawa, the Ger
man report said that along a line ex-
tending over forty-three miles the en-
tire POSITIONS of the Russians were