Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-31

TORPEDO TWO
MORE SHIPS
British Steamer FIamif1ian
Sent to Bottom by
the U-28.
CROWN OF CASTLE SUNK
OFF THE SCMLY ISLANDS
French Believe That Cruiser
Rammed and Sank Submerg-
ibIe Off Dieppe.
GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY.
SAYS PETRocRAD REPORT
Entire Divisions Trapped and
AnnihiIated in Niemen Dis
trict, It's Said.

been torpedoed and sunk by German
submarines. The steamer FIa1ninian
was sunk in the English Channel by
the submarine U-2e, according 70 an
official statement by the British ad-
miralty today. Her crew took to The
boats and was saved.
London press dispatches this after
noon announced the torpedoing Of the
Glasgow steamer Crown of -castils
near the scene Of the recent disaster
to the Falaba. which COST the lives
of III passengers. While the adnai+
rally has not officially confirmed the
loss of the Crown OF CASTLE. fh6
owners OF the vessel say that slas
has undoubtedly been sunk.
According to an official French STATES
ment today, a German submarine
may have been sunk by Frencf
light cruiser off Dieppa The belief
is based on the feet that large quan-
titles of oil rose to the surface of tl1e
water after the cruiser charged eves
the spot where the submarine disapA
peared.
Claim German Losses Hesvy-
A defeat of German forces ft
northern Poland, attended With 1p
usually heavy losses. is reported IN
officially from Petrograd- This in
formation is to the effect that <17a
Germans fell back in the Niene1
river district, expecting that tbs
Russians would pursue them and b.
crushed by a Ranking movement.
Petrograd states that the maneuv er
failed and that entire divisions. cf
Germans. themselves caught in
trap, were annihilsted. The Gerrnzt
official statement Of today. while
making no specific reference TO such
an engagement, announces that this
Russians have suffered reverssls ~
various points near the PrdasigN
frontier.
Concerning the western front fh<
Berlin communication states that
French assaults were beaten back
with heavy losses to the attacking
forces. The French war Office says
the situation is unchanged
After a brief lull in tho fight for
possession of Dulxla Pass In the Car
pathians the Russians have brought
up reinforcements and resumed the
attack. At Vienna, it is said, thar
Russians have not been able to gain
their objective at any point along the
Carpathian front for the Invasion of
Hungary, and that they we're defeat
ed in Bukowina yesterday.
Reports Heavy Austrian Losses.
Dispatches to Swiss newspapers
however, say the Austrians have SUI
fered enormous losses In northeastern
Hungary. It is estimated that they
lost 5000 men on Sunday and thar
the Russians are credited with anr1f-
hilating a column of 1900 Austri2ns
in an hour.
The increasing pressure OF Russiaus
on this front, together with the fal3|
of Przemysl, may have an influences
on the operations in the west. The re-
port is being spread in Holland that
the Germans are contemplating ti1@
abandonment of their present line ii
Belgium in favor of a less extendcc
front running slightly west OF Brue-
sells, and that withdrawal of German
cavalry from the User line already
has begun.
A Russian victory In the campaign
against Turkey is announced from the
headquarters of the Caucasian army
In the fighting in Turkish Armenia
along the coast Of the Black sea t1e
Russians captured the town ~
Artvin.