Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
AS SEEN IN LONDON
General Summary Of War Activities
ALI Alona the Line.

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Glowing accounts Of the strength
and condition Of the British army
and of the great increase In the out
put Of munitions, which 1t Is xpect-
ed, e month will amount to 20
times what 1t was last September,
given by David Lloyd-George chancel-
lor Of the e%xchequer, and Harold j. Ten
nant, parliamentary secretary OF the
war office, In the house Of commons,
have increased enthusiasm and con-
fidence of the people Of England In the
war.
Supplementing the statement Of the
chancellor, that Great Britain has
more than thirty-six divisions Of
troops on the continent and that the
output Of munitions a increased
enormously, Mr.. Tenant, speaking on
behalf Of the secretary OF war, Lord
Kitchener, declared that recruiting
had been most satisfactory and graft
flying; that the health Of the troops
was splendid, and that the wounded
were In the London hospitals twenty
four hours after they were stricken in
France. He wished to impress on the
country the necessity Of increasing
the supplies Of artillery ammunition.
adding: There Is no limit to the
amount required"
The frankness Of the cabinet min
listers In making known the number Of
men al the front, n the reports that
reach London from various sources,
have convinced the people that at last
the big effort against Germany n
Turkey is about to commence. Both
in the Aegean and North seas there
are signs Of increasing activity. From
today all steamboat communication
with Holland Is stopped by order Of
the British government.
Taken in connection with the news
from Berlin that British submarines
have been in the Blight Of Heligoland,
where he German admiralty lays
claim to have sunk one, and perhaps
more, this is believed to foreshadow
while there Is no longer any endeavor
to hide the fact that a big Anglo
French force Is prepared to go, as
General O'Amande, the French COM
mander has said, ito any point where
1t Is required"
A German report says that part Of
this force which Is under command Of
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, has been land
ed at Enos, a Turkish town near the
Turko- Bulgarian border on the north
ern side Of the gulf Of Saros, under the
support Of the allied fleet. At the same
time there Is news Of transports load
ed with troops passing the island Of
Jutomos, not far from the entrance to
the Dardanelles, and Of others being
sighted off Smyrna on the coast Of
Asia Minor.
This makes 1t uncertain where the
blow Is to be struck. There are
A~nglo-French troops in the Aegean
sea, including S~enegalese, who were
transferred from France, and British
"Tommies" from the outposts Of the
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Of the last German raiders, are consid-
cred safe from attack.
Farther east, In M~esopotamia, the
Turkish army sent to bar the British
advance from the head Of the Persian
gulf, after having suffered 5000 casu-
alties, Is In full retreat, harrassed not
only by the British but by the Arab
tribesmen, whom they had enlisted on
their side, and who, now that the
Turks have been defeated, have turned
against them.
Nearer home the British are hold
ing tenaciously to Hill go, near the
Ypres, which they captured from the
Germans Saturday, and which the
Germans since have been trying to re-
take. The French are pressing hard
on the two sides Of h German tri-
angle in the Woevre.
The Russians, according to their ac-
counts, are repulsing repeated Austrf-
ar attacks southeast Of Lupkow pass
in the Carpathians and Are holding
their W against the Austro- German
efforts on their TANKS near Gorlice in
western Galacia and Stry, in the east
ern part Of the same province. These
attacks apparently n being made
with the object Of holding the Rus
slams where they are while the Ger
mans are preparing to strike at the
Russian lines at probably some other
dispatches Indicate that the tension
between Rome and Vienna has been
slackened but the belief Is general
that before many weeks both Italy
and some of the Balkan states will
assume a more definite attitude.