New Britain herald., 1915-08-25
FURTHER ADVANCES
 IN DARDANELLES
 MADE BY ALLIES
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(COntlnued From F1rSt PaSe.) =. dropped, throwing the people into panic. Thirty Turks, eight Greeks and three AImenians were killed or 3 wounded.
 \ Onenburg Bombarded.
 Berlin, Aug. 25, via Wireless to London S:14 a. m.-An official statement says that an hostile aviator last night dropped bombs on the town of Offenburg, which is situat- ed outside the zone of warlike oper- ations. The material damage was in significant. Twelve civilians were > injured, several seriously
 Offenburg is a manufacturing town of about 14.O00 population in. Baden, situated on the Kinzig river seventeen miles southwest of Karlsruhe
 French Official Report.
 Paris, Aug. 25, 2:40 p. m.-The t French war office this afternoon gave out a statement on the progress of \ hostilities reading as follows: > Tn Artois last night, throughout the entire sector to the north of Ar ras, the artillery fighting was of q fairly spirited nature. Furthermore,
 
 grenades in the vicinity of Souchez and Neuville. Around Rove and in the neighborhood of Lassigny the ar tillery exchanges yesterday and last night continued activity Mine Fighting.
 Prom the Champagne district and from the Argonne the only reports received refer to fighting in which mines were explOdd.
 "In tn Vosges there were yesterday engagements with hand grenades on the Barrenkopf. "A French aviator last night threw down bombs on the railroad station at Lorrach, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, twenty eight miles to the southwest of Friborg."
 Balkan Situation Near End
 London, Aug. 25, 12:1O D. m.-The Balkan states are unquestiona bly, nearer determination of their future relations with the warning powers, but so far as has been announced officially no definite step has been taken in the direction of revival of the Balkan league and it's adhesion to the cause of the entente allies. There was no confirmation today of various
 
 day, chief of which were reports that Bulgaria had declared war against Turkey and would assist in the at ~tempt to force the Dardanelles
 The situation brought about by the sinking of the Arabic is still eliciting comment from the English press, which characterizes unofficial Ger man explanations as inadequate but interprets efforts to explain the dis aster as evidence of Germany's real ; ization that her relations with the United States have reached a serious phase.
 Dreaded Swamp Regions
 The furious efforts of the Austro- German armies along the eastern front in the last twenty-four hours have not been as fruitful as usual in , respect of the amount of ground gained, which is taken to mean that they have now reached the dreaded swamp regions.
 German and Austrian reports state that further advances have been achieved both north and south of -Litovsk, and that the Puvla river line has been passed.
 Austrians Enter Kovel
  and is said to be advancing to the / north. but the out-flanking move ment from this quarter will be con- fronted by the barrier formed by the River Pripet and the adjacent marsh eS.
 The German press recognizing this difficulty points out that the armies k of the central powers face a serious obstacle in the immense and roadless Pripet swamps, while the leading Hungarians newspapers describe the tactical position of the Russians in this region as extremely favorable.
 Held Up By Rain.
 Another explanation of the pause in the Austro German advance against Brest-Litovsk is that the invaders are being held up by continual rain and mist which hamper reconnaissances and artillery fire.
 From the other fronts there have been reported no actions visibly changing the respective positions of the combatants. The English public, stirred by the large loss of life at the Dardanelles and Turkish reports of desperate fighting, awaits with keen interest official details of the opera 'tions there.