The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-30
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.

Thursday, April 22.-The French
war office announces the resumption
of an offensive around the st. Mihiel
wedge and the capture by assault of
highly important position at La Tete
a Vache
French defeats in La Pretre wood
and German successes near Ar
ras and near Hartmans-W eilerkopf
are announced in the war office report
at Berlin
Twelve thousand Russians taken
prisoners and attacks around the vi
tai point of the Carpathians, Uzok
pass repulsed, sum up the official
statement issued by the Austrian gen.
eral staff.
Petrograd announces that Austrian
forces have been repulsed with heavy
loss on the Telepoczna front.
Friday, April 23.-That the German
attack on the AnglO-Belgian-Frenc
positions between the North Sea and
Ypres is being successfully carried
cut was indicated in a brief official
bulletin issued by the German war
office. 1t claimed the allied positions,
extending from Langemarck, five
miles directly north of Ypres, to Pill
ken, three miles southwest Of Lam"
marck, on the Ypres canal, has been
carried by the Germans.
Capture of nearly half a mile of
German trenches near ST. Mihiel, the
southern extremity of the German
wedge, which the French have been
attempting for several weeks to force
back, is announced in the official COM
munication from Paris. Spirited fight
ing in Belgium also is reported, and
the admission is made that the Ger
mans compelled the allies to retire
from positions near Ypres.
Saturday, April 24.-The German
war office says attempts by the allies
to reconquer lost terrain near Ypres
failed, the attacks breaking down I'M
der German fire. The storming of the
town of Lizerne, west of the Ypres
canal and progress in the forest of LIE
Pretre is also claimed by the war Of
flee.
The British war Office gave out the
following official note: "The fighting
for ground into which the Germans
penetrated between Steenstraate and
I.angemarck still continues. The loss
of this part of the line laid bare the
left of the Canadian division, which
keep in touch with the right of the
neighEoring troops. In the rear OF
the latter had been four Canadian At
guns, which thus passed into the
hands of the enemy But some hours
later the Canadians made a most bril-
liant and successful advance, recap
turing these guns and taking a con-
siderable number of German prison
ers.''
An u1timatum, demanding a salts,
factory answer within three days to
the demands of Japan on China has
been sent by the Japanese cabinet to
F!ki Hioki, the Japanese minister at
Picking, for delivery to the representa-
tives of China at the negotiations, &C
cording to a Toxic dispatch.
Sunday, April 25.-The taking of
st. Julien and Kersselaere by the
Germans and their vigorous advance
toward Grafenstafel, the repulse of
British counter attacks at st. Julien
and an attack west of We'll and the
repulse of French attacks in the Ar
gonne north of De Paris and in the
Mouse Hills sums up the Berlin re-
port on the western theater of war.
The French official communique
says French counter attacks in Bel
GUM continue successfully. Progress
toward the north on the right bank of
tne User canal, the maintenance of
all position by the British troops and
the retaking of position by the
French on the height of the Meuse
after its loss to the Germans are also
claimed in the report.
The situation in the eastern theater
of war remains unchanged, according
to the German war Office.