The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-10
SUBMARINES sink
LONDON REPORTS Loss OF Two
GtRMAN Ships
NO CHANGES In THE War
Russians Continae Their Offensive in
East Prussia While Austrians As
sail Their Trenches in Gaicia and
Sakowina-Fleet Battering Oar
DanelIeS.

London reports on Friday an ad
miraIty statement confirmed the sink
ing Of German submarine by 1e
stroyers end said another rammed .!
the British collier Thordis, prooaol!
also had been destroyed.
The text Of the statement follows
1.-THE steamship Thordis has been ex
smined In dry dock and injuries Il
her keel and to her propeller con
hrm the evidence Of Captain Bell ane
the crew that on the 2Sth OF Feb
ruary the vessel rammed and ID al
probability sank a German suoma
riae which had fred torpedo at her
Thursday afternoon the German
submarine US was sunk in the chan
mel or Dover by destroyers; the OF
ficers and men were taken prisoners.
London reports: Even should nc
decisive battle develop from the pres
emit Russian offensive, the allies claim
the Austro- German spring campaign
nlans in the esst have been measur'
ably interfered with.
A few weeks ago Field Marshal von
Hindenberg was sweeping victorious
~ through northern Poland, while N
cha south the Austrians were press
ing forward in both Galicia and Buk'
oEina. Now Russian troops are at
tacking from the Niemen to the Wis
tula and although the Germans are
clinging teraciously to their positions
before Ossoweez and at other points
north ,of the Vistula, their thrust To-
ward Warsaw has been brought to q
standstili and they are being forceo
slowly back to their own frontier.
News dispatches say that In the
south the Austrians continue to hing
themselves with great bravery
against the Russian lines. These on
slaughts are costing the attackers
enormous losses, but Ehe Russian
general staff declare they nave
Srought no gains. The German con-
tingent in the Carpathians has been
reduced to three army, corps, accord
Ing TO report, leaving the Austrian
forces to bear the brunt OF the ngns-
Ing.
Meantime, the allied fleets are bat
terias their way slowly up the Oar
danelles without, so far as Is KNOWN
q single serious loss among the shlps.
The sultan Of Turkey, says an Athens
6isuatch, has fed from Constantine
ole. but that has not been confirmed
and reports from Turkish sources. no
fahIy an interview with Enver Pasha'
6enreciats the seriousness OF the Oar
aanelles bonn mbardment and Insist that
the real defenses Of the straits nave
not been affected.
It can be said that from the Brit
ash viewpoint, the situation, wherever
Aghting is going on, is taken as faT-
orabIe. The South African reoeihon
has been crushed, the Turkish inva.
sion of Egypt seemingly has been
abandoned; reports from the east are
encouraging; no adverse news re-
garding the operations against the
Dardanelles yet has been received
and the blockade on foodstufs into
Germany is about to be enforced.
In the west the Germans. 5udg,,
ing from dispatches are lighting haro
to recover the ground lost during the
last fortnight. Near Arras they nave
3orged ahead somewhat, but the allies
report progress, both in the Cham
paene and the Argonne.