Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-23
LONG LINE OF POSITIONS
CAPTURED, SAYS BERLIN
Paris Claims Big Gain in At.
tack Near st.
MihieI.
HALF MILE OF TRENCHES
TAKEN BY THE FRENCH
Allied Fleet Renews Attack on
Turk Forts at Dar-
danelIes.

That the German attack on thz
Anglo Belgian-Fr position he
tween the North sea and Ypres Il
being successfully carried out was
indicated in brief official bulletin
issued this afternoon by the war
office. 1t claimed that the allied M
sitions, extending from Langemarck
Oanghemarcq), five miles directly.
north OF Ypres, to Pilken, three miles
southwest of Langemarclx, on ths
canal, had been carried BY the Ger
mans. At the same time. it il
Claimed, the Germans forced their
way, after a stubborn fight, aeros
the Ypres Canal and established
themselves on the west bank.
Inc allied defenders were declared
TO have lost very heavily in killed
and wounded, while the Germans
took Loo prisoners and thirty can
nonA This success breaks a line
through the Anglo-French frontal
trenches north Of Ypres, and opens
tne way for renewal Of the opera
tons In the angle formed bv the
User river and the User canal.
While officials refuse TO aha ans
thing to the brief official announce
ment, 1t is intimated that momenfu-
Gus events are now transpiriug os,
the northwestern battle front. II 4
ninted that before long another at
tempt may be made to hack a wzr
through toward Dunkirk.
Capture of nearly half a 4nfIa. ~
German trenches near ST. Mihiel, fi1-
southern extremity OF the German
wedge which the French have hee1.
/ attempting for several weeks to force
back, is announced today in the on
clai communication from Paris.
Spirited fighting IN Belgium fs -.
ported and the admission Is made
That the Germans compelled fhe
Ypres.
The assault on the DardaneIles has
been renewed, although II Is NOT ar,-
parent whether the allied forces are
ready to begin the expected geuers;
attack. -Four British warships en-
tered the straits yesterday and bona-
barded the Turkish forts, which were
subjected also to indirect IRE across
the peninsular from the Gulf al
Saros. The result of this fighting has
not been disclosed.
Smyrna Again shsIIed.
@|oAADo- dAuSuA VI the TuTklSH I"-T#
at Smyrna, Asia Minor, also is be-
lieved to have been resumed. There
is nothing to Indicate, however. that
any move has been made toward AZ,
attack by the forces landed from the
Gulf of Saros, such as is expected
to accompany the next effort on q
large scale to win the Dardaneiles.
A German submarine torpedoed
and sank the Grimsby trawler st.
Lawrence in the North Sea yester-
day. Two of the crew were killed
and the skipper Of the trawIef
Queenstown, which brought seveH
survivors Of the st. Lawrence TO port
today, declares that the German urs-
dersea boat fired on his vessel wiaile
1t was engaged in the rescue work
Shipping Order Unexplained.
No official explanation Is forthcon1.
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
latter explained seems incona-
plete, however, in that if steps were
being taken to clear ships from .
marine shell zone vee1Nls running 70
Scandinavian ports also would be
held up.
Although Great Britain is silent.
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