New Britain herald., 1915-03-11
BRITISH ADVANCE 1HREE-QUARTERS OF
 A MILE IN FRANCE
Capture NtuV5 Chlpel|e From Ger mans and Take LOGO Prisoners
 and Several Machine Guns.
ALLIES RfPRlSAL MEASURES
 SIGNED BY KING GEORGE

SIGNtD BY KING GtORCt
 Prussian Border in Northern Poland
 and Begin New Movement Against
 Przasnysz-AlIicd Fleet Resumes
 Rombardmcnts of Turkish Forts
 Along Dardanelles.
 Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has made another of the swift and unex- pected strokes which have marked his campaign against the Russians, gath ering a large force along the Prus- sian border in northern Poland, he has begun new movement south ward. apparently intending to strike again at Przasnysz, where the Ger mans recently met the defeat which preceded their general retirement in the north. An important battle has | developed as a result of this move ment, the result of which, it is said, in Petrograd, has not yet been in- dicated. With the diminuton of activity in Champagne, the western battle front has grown quieter. The German mili- tary authorities assert that the al- lies have suffered complete defeat in Champagne after undertaking an l offensive movement believed in Berlin 1 to have been designed to relieve pres l sure on the Russians. Desultory fight ! ing continues in Belgium, but along | the eastern end of the line, where l there have been active and almost 1 continuous battles, weather condi- 1 tons have enforced a temporary lull Bombardmcnt Resumed Paris reports tell of resumption of 1 the Dardanelles bonn bardment yester- day. It is said that the fire of some of the Turkish batteries under attack slackened perceptibly during the en- gaGemcnt.
 Despatches from both Newport News and Washington indicate that the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which took refuge yesterday in Hampton Roads, will be interned.
 British Forces Advance.
 London, March II, 4:4O D. m.- British forces in France advanced three-quarters of a mile yesterday. capturing all the intervening positions of the enemy, according to an official announcement given out in London today.
 British Capture Neuye ChapcIlc.
 London, March Il, 11:56 d. m- under cover of the fire of heavy French artillery British troops have captured Neuve Chapelle, three and one-half miles to the north of La Bassee
 This success including the taking of 1000 prisoners and several ma chine guns makes it the most con- siderable advance of the allies report ed from the north of France for sev- eral months past. If made in force. it is strategically of great importance, as the position commands the road between LaBasse and Lille. Further more. it makes the German hold on La Pissee insecure, and gives a base for operations for the strengthening of the allied lines in front of Lille l This advance was unexpected, as lately the principal activity reported fro mthc British front has been in | the direction of the other end of the l line, near Ypres. The British are ! now within two miles of the further most point gained by General Sir l Horace L.. Smith-Dorrien last October 1 when, with one army corps. in an ef- fort to gain I'ournes. on the road be- l.. his way as far as Abuers, two miles to the northeast of Neuve Chapelle, but after desperate fighting against tremendous odds was forced to re- tire.
 Favorable for Germans.
 News despatches reaching here from Berlin repost the failure of the Russian attempt to break through the German lines at Augustowo, while the battle of Ostrolenka continues According to this information, which is from official sources, the fighting to the northwest and west of Przasnysz is developing favorably for the Ger mans
 The British admiralty continues st. lent concerning the operations in the Dardanelles, but reports given out in France set forth that armored ships have penetrated the narrows of the straits. It is not considered like lN, however, that the attack will be pressed until land forces occupy both sides of the straits. That such land forces are almost reaGy for this task IS indicated by the report that great
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