, 1915-04-28
(Cene0red at Jamaica.1

(Ceneored ut Jamaica)
London, April 27th-A Paris Official com
muniqnG states: 'The battle north of Ypres
continues under conditions favourable for
the Allies. The Germans attacked ut several
points along the British front from various
directions, north, northeast and southeast,
but they were unable to gain ground and
we progressed on the right bank Of the
canal through vigorous counter-attacks"
A Belgian official communiquG states
"Lizerne was taken by the enemy on Friday
night, but was subsequently retnken by the
Franco Belgians. Our artillery replied sue
cessfully to the fire directed at the whole
length of our front by the German batteries.
Notwithstanding q very strong wind our
a~viatols were able to nuke useful recon
nQissances".
A Petrograd official communiqu6 says:
'On Saturday night a German force aggre-
eating from two companies to one battalion
made several attempts to attack our advanced
positions between Kalwnrya md Ludyinovo,
in Russian Poland, but all the attacks were
easily repulsed by our fire and the enemy
fed in disorder. In the Carpothians the
enemy has recently been increasing the vol
ume Of his artillery fire on our whole front,
having apparently brought up fresh units
and heavy artillery. On Saturday night
the enemy delivered u series of persistent
attacks IN the region Of the Uzsok Enss
which were repulsed with rifle fire aud hand
grenades, i~nhicting very great losses.
A Vienna official statement says Con
the Carpathian front, in the Orawa Valley,
near Koziowa, we have gained q new sue
cess. After Il sap attack had been executed
With the greatest doggedness or troops on
Saturday stormed the height Of OstIy, south
of Koziowa, aud simultaneously the Austro-
German troops succeeded in gaining ground
on and south of Road 652, which the Rus
slams had captured. With the capture of
the Ostry height and the Zwinen ridge,
which was taken in the beginning of April,
the reduction of the Russian positions which
had been stubbornIy defended for months on
both sides of the Orawa valley is now accom-
plished.
A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Copenhagen states that the
lending German papers, including the Ia
ges Zeittng" and the "Vossiche Zeitung"
declared that the German fleet is willing to
accept battle in the North Sen. The former
paper says that the Norwegian steamer
"Foedin' met the German feet on Sunday
off Heli9olard and that the German com
mander told the captain of the steamer that
the only desire of the German fleet was to
engage the British fleet.
Important happenings have been anticipa-
ted ever since Admin al Won Pohl took over the
command of the German high seas fleet from
Admiral Won Ingenohl. The latter favour
ed the Fabian policy of wearing down the
British naval forces which was to be accom-
plished through incessant attacks by sub
MARINES and destroyers, combined with
forays by the cruiser squadrons, and q
change of policy is Indicated by the change
of commands and announcements like the
foregoing. The inevitable deduction is that
either Admiral Won Phol is counting an en-
endeavouring to manmuvre the British feet
into u position Of his own choosing. The
Germans can make no move without the
knowledge Of the British feet, whose lnfor-
nation is ample through the contact Of its