New Britain herald., 1915-05-18

tthlI IVJIl VNLU DLVlO'VH ON WAR I'LL AFTER THURSDAY
 Turks Rcpulse Several Attacks b, Allies-Latter Lose 1.500 Mem
 Allies Claim Small Gains Near Alb
 lain in Western Front-German ns Leave 2,00O Dead on Battlefield
 Near Yser Canal.
 A far-reaching victory in Bukowina V the Austrian crownland on the east ern extremity of the Russian front, is claimed in an official announcement from Petrograd. According to this statement, the Russians have swept through Bukowina, taking back much s the territory which they held earlier in the war until they were driven out by the Austrians Their Successes are described as of such i'm Eportance that they more than offset the Austro-German victory in western Ga ; licia. in the drive from Cracow. It is reported the Russians have taken Esz6Enowitz, capital of Bukowina, hav- ing broken down Austrian resistance lover a ninety mile front and captured ss2O, 600 prisoners.
 The Russian war office comedies a sfurther retreat in Russian Poland, be- #tween the Pilica and Vistula rivers, sion part of the long front ocer which they have been compelled by the Aus < tro-G German armies to fall back. Turks Repulse Allies. ,E The Turkish general staff at the < isDardanelles reports that several ar. Jacks on the Turkish right wing by 1.-the allies were repulsed with the loss of 300 men. The British press rep- Spesentatives at the Dardanelles teIc- ZEraph that the allies have now ad- svAnced about five miles up the Galli- 8ppli Peninsula
 <7 In Amsterdam despatch to a Paris k4&Wspaper says the German reply to Mtl1e American note will be despatched ton Thursday, and that it is expected lin Holland that Germany will defend Izthe sinking of the Lusitania and de- Escline to modify her methods of sub marine warfare.
 ItaIy,s Decision Postponed. The decision of Italy,s policy .con- Fscerning the war apparently has been postponed until after parliament meets bn Thursday. It is expected in Rome that parliament will be asked to con- fer plenary powers on the cabinet
 A plot to assassinate the sultan Of Field Marshal Von De Goltz, 6FieId Marshal von Sanders and En- [1ek Pasha is said to have been. dis {&pvefed in Constantinople Turks and
 rmenians are credited with the au- thorship of the plot, and 400 Arnae- ntans have been arrested
 Heavy gbting in West.
 Reports frnrn tn e western front dts :eiose no iF1sp ant changes subse- &aient t6ss tiae victory over. a two-mile
 An6 front near LaBassee announced
 esfeTday by the British commander
 eavy fighting continues all along fhes line north of Arras.
 Violent counter attacks undertake en @fhe Germans are said by the Xsr6zieh war office to have failed. and H small gain for the allies near Ab- lkxis reported. The French com fizunication also says the Germans | lit 2.o0o dead on the ground near |&tl1e Yser Canal over which they at- faeked the allied lines.
 srransyIvania Sighted Submarine.
 Passengers on the steamship Tran- Ssylvania which reached Glasgow from New Y ork yesterday state that they ss.w a submarine within few hun dred ~ yards to the vessel, when off khe Irish coast on Saturday. State fEents of some passengers that 3 tor . |pedo was discharged at the steamer Ire contracted by others.
 Severe Austrian Defeat London, May IS, 5:43 a. m.-The Austrian defeat in Bukowina was of Auch vast proportions as to more than E,ffset the victory gained by the Tue [tonic allies in West Galicia, accord A11g to a Russian official statement |Icontained in a despatch from Petro-. ksrad to the Reuter- Telegram com- {pai1y.
 The Austrians are reported to have ] Abandoned 10000 prisoners in their A1ighE and important positions organ ized on front of no versts (93 laailes) The Russians claim to have $3rcupied Czernowitz and that the rem- nants Of the Austrian army retreat- Ing in the direction of the Pruth are em N3anger of disaster
 &Xhe despatch says:
 20 ,0O00 Prisoners Abandoned
 s~The Russian officiaI statement de- &cribes the Austrian debacle in PulSo- tSiHa as of such vast Importance as
 p Tender nugatory their ephemeral
 Hccess in West Galicia. The latest
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