The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-04-29
FRENCH.CRU|SER
WAS TORPEDOED
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SINKS
THE BIG LEoNI eAM5ETTA.
RUSSIAN CLAIMS ARE DENIED
London Says AdvIces From the Front
Along the Battle Line in North
ern France Declare the German
Lines Are Wavering.

| Lines are WaVerin9.
Paris, April 2S.-The big French
armored cruiser Leoni Gambetta of
| 1920 tons displacement has been
ltorpedoed and sunk, presumably by
an Austrian submarine, in the Adri-
attic off Otranto
II is not known as yet how many
! of the crew we're drowned, but the
| ministry of marines believes some
were saved.
The report of the sinking of the
cruiser was contained In the official
bulletins made public today. 1t is
stated the warship was torpedoed
Monday night
The Gambetta was built at Brest in
1901, was 476 feet long, with a
draught of 1853 feet and carried a
crew of 725 men.
The armament consisted of four rs
inch guns, sixteen Alb inch guns,
ltwenty-four 3-pounders, and two tor
pedo tubes.
Russ Claims Denied.
Vienna (By way of Berlin and
wireless through Sayville, l.. -, April
28.-Russian claims of success in
their attacks upon Uzsok pass and
the Austrian positions to the east
ward are emphatically denied.
The Austrian bulletin today cover
ing the events up to last night says.
''On the whole front, no import
| ant developments have taken
place. In some sections there
have been artillery exchanges,
but no troop movements. In the
Carpathians the Russians have
made no attacks against the
Austrio-Hungarian forces"
German Lines Wavering.
London, April 2S.-The offensive in
France and Belgium has passed into
the hands of the allies. Advices
| from half a dozen points today indi-
Gated that despite the strength of
the German line 1t is wagering under
the repeated assaults at certain
points.
The weight of the Belgian French-
British combined forces In northern
France is being thrown against the
elbow in the German new line around
| st. Julian and it is believed General
French has determined that this must
be captured.
The Germans have not been able
to do more than dig themselves in
| in their new positions, their engin-
GERS having been unable to construct
permanent entanglements and mill
tary experts declare it will be posi-
BILE to recapture all the lost territory
without too enormous a loss of life.
Prepare for Four Years.
London, April ga telegram to
4 hn Inn Frn. ,I,os
quotes the German counselor of state,
Herr Gottschalk as saying that syste-
matte efforts were being instituted in
Germany for the purchase of sufficient
lfoodstuffs for four years supply.
This is being done, it is said, on in
structions to German chambers of
Hollweg, the imperial chancellor, on
the ground that Germany must be
prepared for at least this length"
| Herr Gottschalk is on the way to
Sweden and Norway to organize a
system of making these purchases.
Kaiser is Confident.
London, April 2S.-A Reuter- dis
patch from Sofia says that the Ger
man emperor recently sent to his
sister, the queen of Greece, a tele-
gram in plain language, describing
| the German successes both on the
western and eastern fronts and ar
! tirming his conviction of eventual
Victory for Germany and Austria,
adding that this will serve as a
warning to any countries venturing
to join Germany's enemies"
Russ Now Down Opponents.
Petrograd, tvia London, April 2S.
The official communication from gem
eral headquarters was issued tonight.
| Near Ossowetz (Poland) there has
been an intermittent artillery duel.
On the left bank of the Yistula. south
west OF RadoscZice, skirmishes on
April % ended in our favor.
in the Carpathians, on the 18th.
the enemy. after long artillery prep
laration, assaulted the heights to the
northeast of Oroszepatah. The
Istorming parties got as far as the
barbed wire entanglements, where
they were moved down by our fire.
On the night of April 25-26 the enc
my delivered fruitless attacks in the
region to the northwest and to the
least of the Uzsok pass
"In the direction of Stry stubborn
lighting continues A complete Aus
trian battalion surrendered yester-
lday.
Our air craft have successfully
dropped bombs on German aero
: planes at an aerodrome near the viii
lage of Sanniki. During the day we
J damaged and captured two German
, and Austrian aeroplaups