Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29
GERMAN ATTACK
HALTED BY ALLIES
French Announces End of At
tempt to Break Through
Lines Around Ypres.
LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITION
Russians and Austro- Germans
Heavily Engaged in Region
of Uzsok Pass.
LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITION

LONDON, April 2S.-"Our operations
in conjunction with ,nc French have
definitely stopped the German attack"
Field Marshal Sir John French. com
mander-in-ch of the British forces
| on the Continent. thus announces the
conclusion of another attempt to break
| through the allied lines around Yprcs
and along the User Canal which
brought about one OF tho most
sanruinary battles OF the war.
This. however, on. brings to an end
the first phase of the battle, for the
allies have yet to win back the ground
lost in the great German sweep For
this purpose they are now delivering
counterattacks against the German
lines. Only at one place-Steenstraate
have the Germans kept their footing
on the western bank of the canal. while
TO the. north OF Ypres the positions
remain much as they were, the allies
making no claims to an advance there,
and the Germans reporting that all the
British attacks have been repulsed.
FURTHER RE-ENFORCEMENT
BROUGHT UP By GERMANS
To hold these lines the Germans have
brought up further re-enforccments.
and Belgium. behind them. has been
denudcd of troops. The towns and viii
lagos in Belgium are being guarded by
only n handful OF sentries.
Fighting also continues in Cham
payne. where the Germans claim the
capture of strong French position in
the Argonne and the Woevre. where
tho French say they are progressing.
and in the Vosges, where both sides
claim to be in possession OF Hartmanns-
Weilerkopf It Is probable that this
mountain. which commands the plains
of Alsace. has changed hands several
times. This would account for the con-
Trajectory reports.
Tho Russians and Austro- Germans
are heavily engaged in the region OF
the direction of Stry, where an attempt
Is being made TO strike at the Russian
communications
Berlin correspondents give the Aus
tr!ans credit for the capture OF q num-
ber OF important heights near Uzsok
Pass and also assert that they have
driven the Russians out of Bukowina.
But this is not backed UP by the Aus
trian official report, which says that
In Bukowina no important event has
occurred.
There has been a renewal OF activity
on tho East Prussian front where the
Germans report minor successes for
their troops.
SENSATIONAL REPORT
LACKS CONFIRMATION
a sensational report that 5000 of the
allies troops have been driven TO the
sea on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and that
1000 were captured. also comes from
Berlin, but has no confirmation from
other sources. It Is expected that the
operations against the Dardanellcs
will proceed slowly. as the Turks are
strongly intrenched. and their wire
entanglements and trenches will have
to be shelled heavily before the troops
can make any serious attempt to ad-
vance
The French have lost the cruiser Leon
Gambetta, which was torpedoed by the
Austrian submarine U.s. while leaving
the Adriatic Sea for Malta. Only n
small part OF her crew were saved
all OF the officers, including an admiral,
being drowned.
Reports as to the intention Of italy
are as varied as they are numerous.
but the italian embassy at London has
authorized the statement that nothing
Is known there OF any impending
change In the italian policy.
Nothing further has been heard OF
the German fleet In tho North Sea,
and it is contended In official quarters
here that 1t never left the mine fields
off Hclgoland In the Baltic however,
German warships are busy, and have
stopped number of Swedish steamers
carrying coal from English ports TO
Sweden.