New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-29
CONFLICTING REPORTS
Of LAND OPERATIONS
/. IN THE DARDANELLES
Turks Claim Ang|o-fIenGh Invasion
Has Resulted in Disaster
, for Allied Forces.
BRITISH CLAIM ALLIES
ARE STEADILY ADVANCING

AM OlLhUiLl nDtn"o'Ho
Paris Maintains That the French anu
Re,oian Forces Have Made Progress
!, FLANDERS and Berlin States Ger
mans Advanced More Than 100
Yards Southeast of Vcrdun.-Ncw
Battles Progressing in Poland.
S-Turkish and British reports of the
land operations in the Dardanelles
region again are in direct conhlct'
From the Turkish version 1t Wouid
appear that the Anglo-F'rench land
n invasion has resulted in disaster Tor
the allies. Further claims to victor
les are made in an official report from
.Constantinople today. 1t is said the
Forces which landed near kaba Tepeh
were forced back along the whole
front with heavy losses, four brigades
being driven into the sea and others
.surrendering. One transport is said
to have been sunk.
British official reports give no hint
of defeat. The latest statement from
London says the land forces have
succeeded in establishing line across
>ehe Gallipoli Peninsula, on the Eu-
ropean side of the straits, and are
advancing steadily. An unofficial des-
patch from Athens states that the
allies were victorious in battle on
the west side of the peninsula, in
hicting serious losses on the Turks and
capturing one battalion.
Battle Less Severe.
The battle of Flanders apparent
1y has passed the high point of in
tensity and is becoming less severe. An
official Belgian statement speaks mere
~ of the activity of artillery and avi-
ators along the part of the front held
by the Belgian forces. Field Marshal
Sir John French, the British COM
mander, has announced that the Ger
man advance has been checked def.
,einitely. Today's official statements
from Paris and Berlin do not indicate
that significant changes occurred in
yesterdays fighting. The French re-
port says that Belgian and French
troops made progress in Flanders,
while the German announcement as
II serts that attacks in the German po-
sitions on the west bank of the User
Canal failed. 1t is also said the Ger
mans advanced more than 100 yards
southeast of Verdun.
In the Russian campaign, capture
by the Germans of a Polish village is
claimed, as we'll as the occupation of
a Russian position near Sochaczew on
the Warsaw front. This is the first
indication for several weeks of fight
ing of consequence along this line,
where occurred some of the most Sc
~xere agements of tn war when the
Germans were attempting to capture
Warsaw.
tfg Russians Capture Loubnia.
4 Petrograd attaches Importance to
\ the Russians capture of Loubnia.
northeast of Uzsok Pass. Possession
4 of this town, it is said will enable the
Russians to interrupt the operation OF
the railroad on which the Austrians
have relied for moving troops along
the Beskid Mountains.
j In the Russian campaign new bat
! ties are developing in the north, along
-, the east Prussian border. PetrOgrad
dispatches speak of various indecisive
encounters, but make no mention of
the victory along a twelve mile front
(which the German war Office an
nounced yesterday. Neither has it
4 conceded the reported victory in
Bukowina, on the eastern end of the
'front.' which is said to have COM
PEELED the Russians to fall back to the
border.
Negotiations Proceeding.
Berlin news agency announces that
the Austro Italian negotiations are
proceeding toward a satisfactory adj
justment and that the most important
points have been settled. Rome adj
vices, however. say that Italy is un-
yielding and that a representative of
the government has admitted no
agreement is in sight. Austria is re-
ported to have stopped all ordinary
&raffic on railroads along the border
! for the purpose of rushing in large
numbers of troops.
1t is reported from Rome that Italy
has reached an agreement with Great
Britain and France that, if she enters
the war, it will be coincident with
concerted offensive movement against
Germany and Austria by oil their OPP
ponents. The agreement is said to
provide also for the territory which
%ztaly is to acquire in event of victory,
and for new and permanent alliance
between Italy and the powers of the
triple entente.
German Reports Framed.
London, April 80. 1885 p. m.--The
fighting at the tip of the Gallipoli
Peninsula, across which the British
have strung their forces, and the eff
forts to dislodge the Germans from
Steenstraate, the only point on the
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