, 1915-03-31

u CHI w VI ~ "a
SUNDERLAND by a British prize crew, She
yy.. from Sautander, and 1t Is presumed her
ca,Do WAS defined for Germany.
rAsnatcAes from the Hague state that the
Ministry has held au extraordinary Council,
fouowing coufe' ences between the Ministers
far Folelgu Affairs and Marine and between
tb4 latter and the Chief Of the Nav Staff,
lint no announcement has ye: been made,
rFhe newspapers take a serious view OF the
situation, owing to the r"peated unpleasant
incidents. and they refer to the present sen
warfare us a competition IN lilegnhty. The
sinking OF the Dutch steamer "Medea they
describe as al act of arbitrary violence and
NOT to be considered as a lamentnble error,
being only explicnble GA the assumption that
Germany feels cen tain that every nct OF m
btrary violence against latch subjects or
,,rop.rty is permissible, and they declare
Thai compeusatons should be demanded
from Germany Great uue0sluess and bit
terress are felt in Holland.
French officiul communjqoe states
During Friday night the Germans bonn
barded Arras with guns OF all cail0res. a
fire broke out, but was quickly extln8uIshed.
Fighting at La Boiselle has taken place an
der conditions favourable TO tue french.
Tn the Argonue district, ID the vicinity OF
Raootelle. there hus been bomb throw &
from one line to the other, bat no infantry
ot,ock After an energetic engagement
which lasted several days, the French were
successful in reaching the top OF HartnlnnEs-
w4iIerkopf. which they have captured IfoIh
tLo Garn,ans The French have also made
prooress on the north eastern and south
aasstarn TANKS of the main army, taking more
nrlsoners. including several officers. The
GArmaus abandoned important war material
and left many killed on these battleheIds. The
Lronoh Ioasee were uncomfortable A German
uvotor dropped several bombs on the town
IL wa;la, north-west of Thanua, killing 8
little children.
A German official statement says: On
the Vo.gea on Friday evening the French
occupjed Hartmanusweilerkopt but the edge
of the height ia still held 10y our troops.
French a7iators threw bombs at Bethune and
Strsssburg, without dong any military dam
aoAT In Bethune IL Frenchmen were killed ana
% severely wounded. A French aviator was
forced TO land northwest OF ATIas. Aester-
day German ~aviators flew over CALAIS crop
Ding several bombs. On the Eastern froht
the Russians, who had started from Tau
toggen to loot Tilsit, as they dld Memel'
we're r4uulsed near Luugezargen. They
suffered heavy losses ana were oflVen
back beyond Jedioruppa, behind the Jurn
river, and III this section several Rus
aian advances have been repulsed. Several
Russian advances have also been repnlsed
between the Augustowo forts and the Nlstu-
In. but engagements are still gong on in
some places"
Inter advices state that reiuforcements
have arrived for the Allied fleet at the Oar
dmeIIes, consisting of three British warshlps,
four French and one Russian. Immediately
after their arrival their captains reported to
Rear Admiral De Robtck and Il conference
was held abouId the flagship, which lasted
for four hours. Shortly after the captains
had returned to their ships, 3 British yes
sells and l French steamed slowly into the
Daraanelles aud their big guns again shook
the islands.
Three transports have arrived off Asia
Minor within As hours, presumably conveyed
b, the warships which have just arrived at
tile tDardaneles.
The Hava's Agency declares that the forts
at Dardanus have been destroyed aud
those ut Kllid Bohr seriously damaged.
The sailing ships engaged III the mine
sweeping operations we've being fired upon
by the Turkish field artillery at Erenkeul,
but these batteries have now been sllenced
by two battleshjps.
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