New Britain herald., 1915-06-11
Several Other Vessels Victims of German Submarines -Ital-
 ianS Capture Ploeken,
ALLIES GAIN ON THE
 GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

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 Tllere-Teutonic Forces Driver,
 Back at Two Points on the Dneister Rivcr-Austrians Lose Between 5000 and 10000 Men at Gorizia. The official announcement was made 1 at Vienna of the sinking in the Adri- atic by an Austrian submarine of a British cruiser. The warship is de- scrihed as the type of the Liverpool, a light cruiser. .s
 l. The Italian invasion of Austria over the eastern frontier has made further heaoway, and according to a report from Innsbruck Austria, the Italians have captured the, town of Ploeken, near the border. A despatch from Udine, Italy says the Italian forces are advancing through Predil Pass, about six miles on the Austrian side of the line. XII }. ssl
 Allies Lose Heavily.
 Heavy fighting on the Gallipoli Pen- insula has followed the French and British offensive mo vement undertak- en :i week ago. It was announced Of f1cially in Paris today that additional territory had been won by the French. 4 message from Constantinop1e states that the French and British lost 2,OOO men killed on the night of June 5-6 and their losses all last week were enormous. se4
 No significant changes are record ed in today's official reports of the fighting in France or on the Russian front.
 Two Russian Ships Sunk.
 Two Russian vessels-the steamer Dania of 1,6s9 tons and the Bark Ton1asina, have been sunk by German submarines. There was no loss of life.
 Two British, fishing smacks in the sea were attacked and sunk by zeppe- lins. Submarines sank the British steamer Strathca1 ron, of 2,soo tons, and Russian bark. No loss of life was reported in any case. &
 Russians Claim Victory.
 Following their success in the Bal tic region, the Russians now claim a considerable victory in Galicia. The Ausiro- German forces which are at tempting to advance on Ienberg from the south are said by the Russian war office to have been defeated in bat .le along the Dniester near Zurawna, east of Stry.
 An unofficial despatch from Geneva states that the Teutonic forces were driven back at two points on the Dienster. ,fs SHs
 British Cruiser Sunk. :.
 Innsbruck, June II, by Courier to the Swiss Frontier and Geneva, 1O:45 a. m., and Paris42:5 D. m-Announce- ment has been made here by the Aus trians that Tore of their submarines yesterday sunk a British cruiser of the Liverpool type at a point thirty miles off sant Jean Medua in the Adriatic. {,s1Sfgf fg <. Esfs @@{r .E
 Glasgow Steamer Torpedo. Cardiff, via London, June II, 2:29 a. m.-The Glasgow steamship strathcarron was torpedoed yesterday without warning by tsepnan sub marine while outward, botnd from Barry The crew, which put off in ! boats was rescued by a rsteamer and landed here.g sF
 The. Strathcarron was a vessel of ?, scr tons built in 1912 at Greenock \ and was owned by the Stratcharron stsarnship corlpany of Glasgow. She sailed from 5Havre May 2S for Barry, where She arrived June 2sand was re- ported to have entered the govern ment service.
 Fishing Smacks Sunk.
 Maaslvis, Holland, June 10, via Lon- don. 7:15 p. m.-The British fishing snacks Welfare and Laurestina were attacked and sunk by Zeppelins in the North sea. The crews, which took to their boats, were picked up by a Dutch smack and brought here.
 Schooner Express Torpedoed. list fo ships torpedoed by German morning papers, contains the name of the schooner Express, the crew of which was landed at Liverpool.
 Russian Bark Sunk. London, June II, 12;53 p. m.-The Russian bark Thomasina has been i torpedoed and sunk by a German sub- l marine off the southwest coast of Ire l land. The members of the crew of 1 the sailing ship have reached Queens 1 town.
 Swedish steamer Blown Up.
 London, June II. 1:40 p. m.-The Swedish steamer Otago, bound for
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