Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29
With Aid Of British, Ger
mans Are Defeated in
Battle at Yprcs.
FRENCH CRUISER
SINKS WITH CREW
Berlin Claims That 12,000
Enemy Soldiers Have
Been Taken by Them.
r ONION, April $50 p. nj

Y ONION, April $50 p. m.)-
l. "Om operations in conjunction
with the French have definitely
stopped the German attack"
In these words Field Marshal Sir
John French commander-iu-chief Of
the British forces on the continent, am
nounces the conclusion of another
German attempt to break through the
allied lines around Nprcs and along
the User canal which brought about
one of the most sangNinaly battles of
the war. This however only brings
to and end the first phase Of the bat
tie, for the allies have yet 10 win back
the ground which they lost in the
great German sweep, For this pur-
pose they are now delivering counter
attacks against the German line. only
at one place, Stcenstraate, have the
Germans managed to keep their foot
ling on the western bank Of Tn" canal
while to the north Cf Ypres the posi-
tions remain much rs they were, the
allies making no claims TO an advance
there and the Germans reporting that
all the British attacks have been re
pulsed
10 hold these lines the Germans
have brought up further reinforce
ments and Belgium behind them has
been denuied Of troops The towns
and villages in belgium are being
guarded by only handful of SEN
tries.
Germans Gain.
pagne, where the Germans make claim
to the capture of a strong French
position in the ArgOnue and the
Woeyrc, where the French say they
are progressing, and in the Nosges,
where both sides claim to be in pos
session of Hurtmanns Wcilerkopf 1t
is probable that this mountain, which
commands the plains of Alsace, has
changed hands several times; this
would account for the contradictory
reports.
The Russians and Austro- Germans
are heavily engaged in the region Of
Uzsok pass in the Carpathans and in
the direction Of Stry, whore an at
tempt is being made TO strike at the
Russian communications.
Berlin correspondents give the Aus
trians credit for the capture of a
number OF important heights near
Uzsok pass and also assert that they
have driven the Russians completely
out of Bukowina. But this is not
backed up by the Austrian official re-
port, which says that in BukOwina an
important event has occurred and
simply speaks of Russian attacks be
ing repused in the Carpathians.
There also has been a renewal Of ac-
tivity on the east Prussian front,
where the Germans report minor sue
cesses for their troops.
Report UnCOnfirmcd.
The sensational report that eight
thousand Of the allies troops have
been driven to the sea on the CALI
pcli peninsula and that 1900 were
captured also comes from Berlin, but
has no confirmation from other
sources. 1t is expected that the opcr-
ations against the Dardanelles will
proceed slowly, as the Turks are
strongly entrenched 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 Us while
leaving the Adratic sea for Malta.
only a small part Of her crew were
saved, all the officers, including the
admiral, being drowned
The reports as the INTENTION OF
Italy are as vari6 as they are num-
erous, but the Italian embassy at Lon
don has authorized the statement that
| nothing is known there Of any i'm
pending change in the Italian policy.
Where Is German Fleet?
Nothing further has been heard Of
| the German fleet in the North sea
and it is contended in official quar-
| ters here. that it never left the mine
fields off Helgoland. In the Baltic,
| however, German warships are busy
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