Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-05-19
The European War Day by Day.
British Report Success.

official statement was issued by the
British war office Tonight:
The first army has made a sue
cessful attack between Richbourg
L'Avoue and Festubert, breaking the
enemy's line over the greater part
of a two-mile front.
The attack commenced at mid
night south OF Richbourg L'Avoue
where we carried two successive lines
Of German breast works on a front
Of 500 yards. A mile farther south
another attack at dawn carried 200
yards of German front line trenches
and was pushed rapidly on, extend
ing it's success 60 yards farther south
by bombing along the German
trenches. Here we crossed the Fes-
tubert-Quinque road and advanced
nearly mile into the German lines.
'"The fighting still continues in our
favor and throughout the day our
troops have fought splendidly.
AT Ypres all has been quiet for
the past As hours, and elsewhere on
the front there is nothing to report"
Goeben Damaged Again.
Petrograd, May 16.-This state
ment was issued to-day at the war
office:
"The Goeben, which fired 200
shells at the Russian fleet while it
was bombarding the Bosphorus,
without scoring a single hit, was her.
self obliged to return to the Golden
Horn, with a hole in her hull, stop
ped up with collision materials.
"A portion of her main deck was
torn away and a funnel was dam
aged. Many Of her crew were killed
or wounded"
(The warship referred to is the
turkish cruiser Sultan Selim, for
merly the German cruiser Goeben.
She has been in several battles with
the Russian fleet, and on half a dozen
damaged.)
German Account Differs.
Berlin, May 16.--Tne following re-
cital of events at the front was given
out to-day at the war office:
"Wcstern theater of war: Strong
enemy troops since yesterday after
noon have been attacking, north Of
Ypres, our positions east Of the ca
nal at Steenstraete and Het Sas,
without regard for their own losses.
All attacks were repulsed. The bat
tie at Steenstraete continues.
South of Lille the British made
infantry attacks, after strong artil-
lery preparations, which already
have been repulsed in most places,
but fighting continues at one or two
points.
Further south, on both sides of
the ridge Of Lorette Hills, and at
Souchez, and at Melville, north Of
Arras, renewed French attacks broke
down under fire. The French
suffered especially heavy losses in the
Lorette Hills.
''By an attack we took possession
of strong French vantage point eX-
tending ONv~ a width of 600 meters
and a depth Of 200 meters north Of
Suldhr TOu. pa, and held them, not
withStanding three enemy counter
attacks during the night, in which
our opponents suffered very heavy
losses. Much material and 60 pris-
oners fell into our hands.
Between the Meuse and the Mo-
selle there were lively artillery duels
along the entire front. The only in
fantry engagements took place on
the western border Of the forest Of
lie Pretre, where the battle has not
yet come to a conclusion.
eastern theater Of war: A Rus
sian advance in the region OF Shawl
Courland, was repulsed easily. The
number of prisoners taken there dur
ing the last few days is more than
800.
ION the Dubysa river, northeast Of
Ugiany, small division Of our
troops was compelled to retreat be-
fore strong Russian forces. losing
two cannon. Further south, at Ejar-
COLA, the Russians were repulsed
with the loss Of 100 prisoners On
both sides of the Omulew river (Rus-
sian Poland strong Russian night
attacks failed with heavy losses to
our opponents. who left 245 prison.
ers.
Between the Pilica and the Upper
ViStula and on the Sambor-Strvcto