Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-04-21
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General Headquarters the Brit
ish Army In France, April 49,
Via London.-Mud, which hamp.
cred the armies in France and Bel
GUM throughout the winter, vir-
tually has disappeared disappear
cd along the British front. Dis
NAL, rainy days have given way Il
weeks of sunshine, which has dried
up the road, trenches and linsa oi
communication, making she sol
diers' life paradise compared
with former conditions
With the coming of clear wealth.
Or there also has been = marked
increase in the number of aero.
plane reconnaisssncss on both
sides. Halt q dosen siferaft
Unanswered over Yprss all satur--
day afternoon. Most Of them
were British attempting TO bring
down Q German flier who WAS try
Ing to spot batteries at the rear Of
the British lines. The sky waa
unlocked except by the cotton
wool fakes of bursting shsfpnel
~ anti.sircraft guns sought The
aiefs. Although the dusls CON.
tinued for hours no machine on
either. side WAS brought down.
Broadly speaking there has been
no change in the British front
since Neuve Ohappells was taken.
trench warfare continuing along
the whole line with only = few
Casualties here and there daily.
Cairo, via London, April 49,
The following Official communiea.
tion was issued today:
ION the fifteenth three aero.
planes 6ew from the canal TO RI
sirr dropping bombs which were
effective. From 100 TO 200 tents
were seen. The distance flown
Was more than 10 miles.
"No other enemy troops we're
seen this ride of ri SIR, though
one or two small posts Of about 20
men are known to exist"
London. April Is The British,
90 An Offset TO their success n. de.
stroylng q Turkish torpsdobeat
which attacked the transport Mani.
tou off Ohios yesterday, lost the
submarine ELS, which, while
carrying out q difficult rsconnsis.
ssnos in the Dardsnslles mine
field, ran aground on Keppsz
Point, the crew being made pris-
oners.
According to the Turkish report
seven of the submarine crew are
missing.
In Egypt British airmsn have
dropped bombs on the Turkish On.
oampment near the border while
a French cruiser. the fire of which
was directed by . seaplsns, has
been throwing shells on the Turks
near El.Arlsh, where the army for
the invasion of Egypt has it,
headquarters.
Syracuse. Sicily, via Paris, April
18.-Arrivsls from Asia. Minor say
the situation in Smyrna il terrible.
They say bands of Mussulman
brigands are killing and taking
hostagee, pillaging aud burning
property.
London, April 16.-England to.
day experinced its third hostile
air raid within 48 hours, but the
last like the others resulted in NO
loss of life and no serious damage
to property. Taking advantage
of fine weather which enabled
Zeppelin to visit the vicinity of
the Tyne Wednesday night and
the coasts of Suffolk and Essex
early today, a German seroplane
few over the county of Kent.
dropping bombs. In all, four
missiles were dropped, in the vicl.
nifty of the towns of Eavsrsham
and Sitt;ngbourne, the latter Just
across the Bugle from the Isle of
sheppey, which il the birthplace
of the British Royal Naval Flying
Corps. Zeppelins, for it il. be-
lisvsd two visited East Anglia
during the early hours of this
morning, dropped some Is incen.
diary and explosive bombs on
Lowestoft, 6outhwold, Maldon,
Burnham-on-ths-Oro uoh. Hey
bridge and Tillingham, but like
the raid of the previous night on
the Tynemouth district, there was
only slight damage. although
many persons had narrow escapes.
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