New Britain herald., 1915-04-23

German aerodrome at SannilSy CD. Considerable damage was done to Ger man trenches
 Fierce Fighting Near Ypres.
 London. April 20. 12:17 D. m.-The British forces have shown no disposi- ton, under the repeated rushes of the Germans, to relax their grip on Hill No. 60, near Ypres, and the fighting in this locality today shows signs of developing along the. wide front with increasing intensity, even rivalllng the attempts of the Germans to break through the British lines last fall.
 The city of Ypres. whose historic structures were shattered by German rrojectiles last October, again is the target Of heavy shells. Huge seven teen-inch missiles are now being used, and unless the civilian population has lied or is taking to its cellars. the losses among the people must be heavy.
 LuII in Counter Attacks.
 There has been a Hull in the Ger man counter attacks. according to the British official report given out this morning. but it is assumed that both sides are being strongly reinforced. and the tone of the British communi- cation indicates that the issue has not yet been finally denied.
 No official explanation is forthcom- Ing of the stoppage of traffic between England and Holland. One theory is that this is a stroke aimed at spies. and another that the area is being cleared for a naval action. The lat ter explanation seems incomplete. however, in that if steps were being taken to clear ships from a marine shell zone vessels running to Scandi- haVian ports also would be held up.
 Although Great Britain is silent, Germany apparently is expecting ex- tensive land operations near the Dar- uanelles, and 1t is common knowledge .hat troops of the allies are being landed in European Turkey.
 German Attacks Fail.
 London, April 23. 11:3O A. m.-- Ihere was given out in London this morning the regular semi-weeklv re- Fort on conditions at the front. It Is dated April 22, and reads as fol- lows:
 The German attacks on Hill No. 60, which had stopped at the time of is- suing the report of last Monday. have been renewed several times. These attacks all failed, and for the time being they have ceased. We hold the entire crest of the hill and so deny its, Csc to the enemy, who have attached great importance to it.
 There is not and there never has Teen any truth in the German official communication that the enemy had recaptured this position. During the course of the operations around Hill No. 60 the enemy fired shells seven teen inches in diameter into the town of Ypres.
 "On April 21 in the neighborhood of LaBassee, the enemy exploded two mines opposite our right. They failed to damage our trenches. Having dis covered German mining operations in the neigh borhood of Letouquet, near Armentiers, we forestalled their ef- fort this morning by exploding a mine which we had prepared there.
 "On April 19 one of our airmen car ried out very bold and successful single handed attack on an airship shed near Ghent. He had to run a gauntlet of fire from the ground, di- rected by a captive balloon, in order to attack his objective. In spite of this he came down to within 200 feet of the ground and effected his object causing a serious explosion in the shed"