Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-09
FURTHER GAIN
CLAIMED BY
THE FRENCH
Report German Dead
Choke Trenches as
Allies Advance.
FOES ATTACKS FAIL,
SAYS BERLIN STATEMENT
Battle in West Is Increasing il
Fierceness, However, Ger
mans Announce.
RUSSIANS SEE COLLAPSE
OF AUSTRlANS' DEFENSE
Austrian-Hungarian Losses in
Hungary's Defense Esti-
mated at 3oo, 900.

A further advance in the region be-
tween the Meuse and MoselIe rivers.
where a concentrated attack was be-
gun by the allies several DAYS ago. il
announced today by the French milf
tary authorities. 1t is said that
trenches were captured at several
points, and In some instances they
were choked with the dead.
The German war office saws the
battle is preceding with increasing
fierceness and heavy loss Of life. but
that the efforts of the allies were un-
availing. On the contrary, it is said.
the Germans succeeded in capturing
trenches from the French.
The village of Drei Grachten. which
the Germans captured only to lose
on the following day, has been again
taken from the Belgians, the Berlin
statement announces.
In the German campaign aeafnst
Russia new fighting has developed
north Of Suwalhi, the result Of which
Is not announced. Otherwise there Il
no change along the front.
Russian staff officers regard the
Austrian operations in the Car
pathians as having collapsed. and
are considering the best route for an
invasion of Hungary. It is said in
Petrograd that all the main SUBMITS
and slopes OF the BeskId mountains
are now in the hands Of the Russians.
A Bucharest dispatch today esti-
mated that Austro-Hungarian losses
l sszztea and prisoners To
the defenNe OF Hungary from inva-r
sion totale7 more than 800, ,000 AZ
least 100000 of these were prisoners.
according to the Bucharest estimate
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS (via London, 2:40 D. MI.
April s.-The official communication
from the war office this afternoon
follows:
British troops repelled during the
nights Of April 7-s a German at
tack,
Between the Meuse and the
Moselle fresh progress was made. At
Les Eparges we gained new ground
and have renode1led the trenches
captured from the Germans, which
were choked with bodies, so as to
make the parapets face the other
way and we repelled at the close
of 1e day two counter attacks made
by the enemy. In the Montmare
We ID all the progress we gained has
bee1 maintained, despite very violent
attacks yesterday.
'In the wood at ALLY we cap
tured new trenches and repelled two
counter attacks, as aleardy reported.
We also secured six machine guns
and two trench mortars. The enemy
ceased his counter attacks after
midday"
by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 9, via London. 5.35
D. m.-The official statement given
out today by the German general
headquarters staff says:
I'm the western theatre: The Bel
gians again have been driven out Of
the demolished hamlet OF Drei Grach-
ten, on the User canal. Two Belgian
officers and 100 men and two ma
chine guns were captured
"In retaliation for the bombardment
of villages situated behind our posi-
tons the city of Rheims, in which
large assemblings Of troops and bat
ties were observed, has been bonn
barded with incendiary shells.
North of the village OF Beause1our.
northeast of Lemesnil, we took from
the French last night several trenches
and two machine guns. Two at
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