The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
HOLLAND MESSAGE HINTS OF DESPERATION OF TROOPS
 NOW ENGAGED.
OUTCOME IS YET IN DOUBT
No Official News as Yet From the DardaneIIes or the North Sea But
 Probability is That the Forces in Both Places Are Actively Engaged.

London, April 24-lo:l5 D. m-The Germans are pouring troops into Flanders to press the attack, which at the beginning has forced the allies back to the Yser canal to the north of Ypres.
 This movement according to re. ports reaching Holland. has assumed even greater dimensions than those which preceded the battle that raged for more than two weeks in this same region last October. On that occa- sion the operations ended in the dis comfmre of the Germans, who had declared their intention Of pushing their way through to Calais.
 IL appears that the Germans have a similar aim today and have set out to capture Ypfes, which is described as the key to the coast ports.
 While the attack originally met with consderabl success due. accord ing to the allies reports. to the use by tle Germans of asphyXiatng gas 8 it Is said to have been already checked
 The Canadians who held the ex. treme left of the British line and v veec forced 10 retire when the rest I of the front was pressed back, made brilliant counter attack regaining most if not all the ground which they had conceded and retakug four guns which they had left in the hands of the Germans. In the words of Sir John French, they saved the situa- tion
 The British report does not say how much they recovered, bnt the statement in the Berlin official re-. port that a British attack at St. Julien was repulsed shows that they are well back in their old positions for this town. which is on the main road between Ypres and Poelcapo,c, is immediately south of Lausemarck, from which loint the German attack was launched.
 The Germans however, still main. tain their hold on the Yser canal rur' ther north, for they speak of storm ing the village of Lizerne which is across the canal between the towns of Steenstraate and Uet Sast which they took in their first rush. The at tack to the south of Ypres, which was made simultaneously with that to the north, apparently has failed entirely.
 These attacks are believed 10 be |fr battle. with both sides strongly en- treuched. promises to be one of the bitterest end hloodiest of the war.
 Telegrams from Holland tonight tell not only of the movement Of the German endorsements to the front but of long trains of dead and wound ed which are passing 10 the rear-a condition of affairs which also must exist in the rear of the allied army.
 The outcome of this battle is await cd with the utmost eagerness.
 In the meantime fighting goes on in the Champagne and in the Woeyre, as well as in the Carlathians. De- spite torrential rains, the Russians appear to have resumed their attacks on the Austro-German position guard ing Uzsok pass. The capture by the Russians of Hill 1O0l, it is claimed, will greatly facilitate their opera tions, reducing in importance HIlI 992, which the Austrians still hold.
 Confirmation of this new Russian offensive is contained in the Austrian official report, which records fighting on Turka road, which traverses Uzsok pass
 There is no official news as yet Of operations in the Dardaneles or the North sea, but in the latter region there is evidence of activity on the part of the Germans, who have sunk or captured several neutral vessels The Danish steamer Midaros was cap' tured: the Norwegian harks oscar and Eva and the Swedish steamer Ruth were torpedoed by submarines the Norwegian steamer Caprivi was blown up by a mine off the English coast while the Finnish steamer Track was torpedoed in the Baltic.
 Diplomats are watching Italy which apparently has not yet reacrec decision on her future attitude.
 The fact that the meeting of the council of ministers. called for today was noetponpd would seem to indl