The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-01-09
SATURDAY. JANUARY Q. 1915
PROGRESS OF THE WAR


From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune
On Christmas Day men Of the Eng
lish navy carried out a daring exploit
which was not reported to the public
until last Sunday. Light cruisers
torpedo boats and torpedo boat de
stroyers carried a squadron of by
droplanes to the vicinity of Helgo'
land and the coast of Germany neal
Cuxhaven. Seven or eight hydro
planes carrying explosives were sent
over Cuxhaven and bombarded the
shipping in the harbor and various
military structures. The aviators
we're unable to tell the damage they
had done and the Germans declare
that none of the bombs took effect,
From Switzerland comes a report
that the bombs destroyed a hanger
and q super-Zeppelin which wasin it.
All of the airmen succeeded in get
ting back to their ships except Flight
Commander Hewlett. and it vas pre-
sumed that he had lost his life. A
week later, however, he turned up
in Holland and told his story. After
sailing over Cuxhaven and the sur
rounding country without being
able to find a mark for his bombs. he
struck out over the vel and arriving
off Helgoland hurled his bombs at
German warships. He believes that
he struck one of them and badly
damaged it. Meantime his motor
had become over-heated and he de-
scended to the sea-, where he was
picked up by a Dutch trawler. The
English ships did not escape without
q battle. They were engaged by
German airships both Zeppelin and
aeroplane. and also by submarines.
Nevertheless they escaped intact and
returned safely to their base in Eng
land.
A few days ago a French submar-
inc. entered the harbor of Pola in
Austria and, according to a claim
made in Paris, torpedoed the Aus
trian dreadnought Veribis Units.
The battleship. although badly dam
aged, was able to return to her dock.
The English battleship Formidable
was sunk by either a mine or a tor
pedo from a submarine while sailing
in the English channel last Friday.
1t sank and a large part Of its crew
of $50 were drowned. About 200
are known to have been saved and
more may have been rescued.
Considerable activity was dis
by the air s~quadrons of Ger
many and France. The Germans
Dunkirk twice in an eff
fort. no doubt, to destroy shipping
and docks. A visit was also paid to
Fumes. The airmen dropped bombs
near the Belgian headquarters where
King Albert was supposed to be.
The French airmen made two attacks
on the fortress of Metz, seeking to
destroy the railroad station and mill
tary buildings.
On land the most notable feature
was the defeat of the Austrians in
Galicia. After two weeks of fight
ing. in which the Austrians declare
they met with considerable success.
the Russians turned the tables on
them and drove them back into all
the passes of the Carpathian noun
tains which they had retaken. On
the plains of Galicia the Austrians
also met with reverses and their stu
if the Petrograd reports are to
be accepted as ~veracious. is now such
as to presage a general retreat in the
near future. Meantime the Austro-
German forces have continued their
activity in Poland along the Nida and
Pilica rivers. while slackening some
what their attacks along the Bzura
and Vistula rivers in the region of
Warsaw. The pressure which they
nave brought to bear along the Nida
and Pilica rivers was for the purpose
If drawing Russian forces out of
ialicia and thus weakening the pres
'ure against the Austrians. More
over. had this move been successful,
he Russian right flank in Galicia
have been turned and the sue
.esses against the Austrians would
nave counted for nothing. 1t appears,
however. that the Russians have
well held their entire line while