The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22
Place of Every Man Fallen Has Been Filled and the British Army Is Ade- quately Equipped
RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE CARPATHIANS
 COMES TO FULL STOP
Germans Fail After Strenu-
 ous Effort to Dislodge British From Hill 60. Activity at Other Points

London, April 2t,--.toIo p. m.9--Thc
 British espcditionsry force in France.
 which at thc beginning of the wpr
 consisted of six divisions, has been in-
 crensed to more than 36, or. roughly
 speaking. 75o,000 men. according to n
 statement by David LIoyd-Gcorgc.
 chancellor of the cScheaucr, in the
 House of Commons today.
 The chancellor added that the place of
 every man who had fallen in battle had
 been filled and that the army was ade- auately equipped. But he reiterated the need for munitions, declaring that during
 the battle of Neuve chapene more am-
 munition was used than in the whole of
 the South African war. which lasted
 nearly three years.
 The interesting information also was
 given that the output of the muniton factories had been increased more than 10 fold since the outbreak of the war. but the call was still for more, and. as MT. Lloyd-George continues to hold the opin- ion that the consumption of liquor is in- terfering with the work, he promised leg islation to deal with this matter.
 The figures made public by the chance'-
 Tor as to the size of the British army in France and the expenditure of ammunl- ton has caused great surprise in England. where the opinion has been general that | about half that number of men had | reached the front especially as there has
 been no decrease in the number of khakai clad men training in this country i It js likely that 1nany Of the new rner already have been under ire, as the Ger. l mans are making repeated attempts to re-
 capture Hill 60, near Yprez which the Brit,
 ish took Sunday, and have, according tc Field Marshal Frenchs report. been re-
 pulsed with great loss.
 Activity at Other Points There has been activity at many other points in the west, and Berlin, which is | more communicative than Paris, says that the Germans have made progress in the forest of LePrete. near St. Mihiel, ana reports the repuse of the French attacks in other sections from Champagne to AL sace.
 The Russian advance in the Carpathiane apparently has come to a full stop, for
 reports from that region speak only O, | attempted attacks. which were repulsed both in the mountains and in the direc- ton of Stry. The Austro- Germans have
 made an outfianking effort to support thu latter movement. It is stated from neu. tral sources that the Austrlans nave vir- tually evacuated Bukowina.
 Berlin supplies details, heretofore lack ing. of a British reverse in German East Africa in January when a British force was defeated near Jassini and lost haavilN in men and ammunition. The other co lonial wars are reported to be going wei for the allies. progress being steadily maintained in Kamerun and German Southwest Africa.
 The British also have had to deal witt a raid against Indian territory on tn. 1 undertaken by 1000 men in command of a fanatical Mullah After few hours fighting, in which the British suffered 70 ca asualties the raiders were dispersed Pursuing Turks
 In Mesopotamia the British are pursu. ing the defeated Turks and have occupied Nakhaiah. from which place the | turks fled last week. The Turks also are being attacked irom the Black sea, the Russian fleet again having been out and destroyed (ContInued on Page Niuej