The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-19
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune


of destructiveness. showing that Ger
many has added to her submarine
feet more boats than Great Britain
has destroyed or captured. Ger
many's power of offense. therefore.
is increasing much more rapidly than
England's defensive power.
If trawlers be included the Ger
mans have been sinking on an aver
age of six or seven boats day, as
against one boat day two months
ago. It is only within the last 60
DAYS, however, that the Germans
have been attacking the trawlers.
Excluding the trawlers. the Germans
have been able to dispose of about
three vessels day on an average.
One of the most remarkable feats
of the war was performed by Ca
madam, Reginald j. Warneford. who
destroyed a German Zeppelin at
Ghent, in Belgium. by dropping
bombs upon it when it was returning
from a trip. 1t is presumed that it
was one of the Zeppelins which had
made a raid on the east coast OF Eng
land last Monday. A Zeppelin
dropped bombs on Harwich. doing
much damage and killing five per-
sons. Some hours later Warneford,
assisted by French airmen met a
Zeppelin near Client and managed to
get an advantageous position above
it. He dropped four or five bombs,
all of which are said to have taken
effect. Finally bomb caused an
explosion aboard the airship. which
fell upon convent. The 28 men,
bers or the crew were killed and sew
eral persons in the convent also met
death.
This was the first exploit of its
kind since the war began and only
day later a similar exploit was re-
ported. The Austrians declare that
two of their airmen are to be credit
ed with the destruction of an Italian
airship, which was attacking militaria
points in Istria. The Italians say,
however. that the airship caught fire
and was abandoned by her crew. who
were captured.
In the Baltic sea German and Rus
sian submarines engaged in opera
tions near the port of Riga. Russia.
A Russian mine-laying vessel was
sunk. Petrograd says that three
German steamers were torpedoed
and sunk, whereas Berlin declares
only one steamer was lost.
The Austrians report that one OF
their submarines sank an English
cruiser of the Liverpool class in the
Adriatic sea while it was sailing along
the Austrian coast protected by five
destroyers. Italy's official report.
however, declares that the cruiser
referred to returned to port un-
damaged.
The Italian'campaign shows some
progress. King Victor's troops have
captured Monfalcone, on the lsonzo
river, and have made progress at
other points on this stream. In Ty-
rol the Italians have captured several
fortified positions. During an air
raid the Austrians did considerable
damage In Venice.
At the Dardanelles there has been
fierce fighting without definite re-
suits. The losses on both sides have
been heavy.
In France the French have con-
tinued to make progress in the region
OF Arras. They are In full possession
OF the sugar factory at Souchez and
have advances at Tracy-le-Monte.
The Russians have succeeded in
stemming the Austro-G German tide at
several points near Stryi and have
won an important victory. capturing
many guns and taking 1000 prison
ers. The Russians are getting new
supplies of ammunition. They as
cribe their defeat to the fact that
during the tension between Japan
and China the Japanese factories
would not ship to Russia. lest Japan
be deprived of ammunition if war
broke out with China. Now the
japanese are sending regular supplies
of munitions to Russia.
The Serbians have invaded Albania
and taken several towns on their way
to the Adriatic sea, where they in