The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-05
TEUTONIC ALLIES
ARE MORE ACTIVE
Austrian and German Armies
Hammering Away on All
the Battle Fronts.
ITALY DECLARES A. BLOCKADE
Austrian Coast on Adriatic Made a
Naval War Zone-5ritish Battle
ship Sunk by Turks.

London, May 27.-Although called
upon to face another enemy in Italy,
whose troops have crossed the eastern
/ border, the Austrians and Germans
| have not relaxed their efforts on the
other fronts.
In middle Galicia they have resumed
the offensive against the Russians
along the River San and claim to have
| met with further success; while in
Flanders and Artois the Germans con-
tinue, according to the French report,
to make furious attacks in an effort to
regain the ground taken from them in
recent weeks and to hold that which
they took from the British in the re-
gion of Ypres.
Except for the German admission
that the British have captured part of
their trenches to the northeast of
Givenchy, the reports of the belliger-
| ent headquarters continue to contra
dict each other, one side claiming
gains while the other says that all at
tacks were repulsed with heavy losses
So far as the West is concerned,
however, the fighting, as has been the
case for months, consists largely of
trench warfare
Italy Declares Blockade.
Rome, Italy, May 27.-The Italian
| government, believing that Austria
Hungaria is utilizing several ports on
the Albanian coast for secret commits
sariat departments, declared a block
ade today against that portion of the
Austro-Hungarian coast comprised be-
/ fol ,,
to the Montenegrin boundary on the
south, including all island ports, an
! chorages and bays, and also the Alban-
ian coast from the Montenegrin limits
on the north to and including Cape
KiephalI on the south
| Austrian Towns Captured.
Offensive operations resulting in the
occupation of Austrian territory all
along the frontier from Lombardy to
the Adriatic are claimed in an official
statement issued last night by the war
office. Italian troops have seized va
rious towns in the Trentino and forced
their way through mountain defles.
| On the lower Isonzo attacks were con-
tinued to gain the line of the river.
The Austrians are reported to have re-
tired, destroying bridges behind them.
Italian aYiators bombarded Monfal-
cone, near the Gulf of Trieste.
British BattIeship Sunk.
London, May 27.-The British battle
ship Triumph has been sunk in the
Dardanelles. This official announce
ment was made tonight.
The disaster is described in a brief
statement by the admiralty, which
says while operating in support of the
Australian and New Zealand forces on
the shore of the GalIipoli Peninsula
yesterday the Triumph was torpedoed
by a submarine and sank shortly after
ward.
Italy InVades Austria.
! London, May 26.-Austria has struck
first with her navy and aircraft along
Italy's east coast; Italy promptly
cOuntered by throwing a considerable
body of troops across the Northeastern
frontier and occupying a stretch of
Austrian territory along the River
Isonzo. Thus, although Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, who has a reputation
for forcing matters, is reported to be
in command OF the German troops
along the new front, Italy, in a sense,
has forestalled him.
Rome officially announces that the
Italians have occupied a number of
comparatively important towns and
have compelled the Austrians to re-
treat. This in brief summarizes the
first thirty-six hours of the newest
phase of the Overwhelming European
conflict
Bespeaks ItaIy's Plans.
The rapid stroke of the Italian army
would seem to beSpeak a long prepar-
alton, bearing out what the press of
the allied countries contended months
ago-that Italy would throw in her lot
with the entente and was only waiting
for an opportune time
Rome's first bulletin dealing with
the movements Of the army indicates
that two movements are under way
! one to the northward, toward the Car
mic Alps, the other through the region
of FriuIi, ostensibfy aimed at Trieste
and the Istrien Peninsula. CeTvig-
nano, one of the Austrian towns occu-
| pied by the Italians, is only about ten
miles inland from the Gulf of Trieste.
Both thrusts should develop severe
fighting.