The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-04-30
SEVEN DAYS
OF NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
War News.

posed in the matter of the outcome
of the battle for Hill No. 60, south
east of Ypres and near the northern
extremity of the British lines, the
facts at hand indicate that this en-
gagement was the most important
along the British front since the
battle of Neuye Chappelle.
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It is announced officially that the
capture of Lieut.. Roland Garros, ia
nous aviator was due to the stop
page Of his motor while he was recon
noitering over the German lines in
his monoplane. He tried to volplane
into the French lines but was unable
to do so, landing directly behind one
of the chief German trenches.
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Hill No. 60, dominating an area to
the southeast of .Ypres, continues to
be the storm center Of the western
war front, with the British clinging
tenaciously to the ground taken by
assault recently Counter attack after
counter attack has been SO far sue
cessfully repulsed.
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The Turks have intrenched them
selves strongly along the coast of the
Gulf of Saros from point near Enos,
on the mainland, with particularly for
midable works opposite Bulair on the
peninsula of Galliopi.
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The elder son Of King Albert of
Belgium, the young Prince Leopold,
after three months spent in training
with the Belgian army, has been given
a commission with the infantry regi-
ment, which was most prominent in
the defense of Dixmude.
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A dispatch from Constantinople by
way of Berlin says the British sub
marine ELS had run ashore in the
Dardanelles while accommodating. She
was shelled by a Turkish battery,
some of her crew killed or wounded
and others taken prisoners by the
Turks.
While the British are forcing the
fighting on the extreme northwest of
the long battle line the French are
also very active at the other extrem-
ity, in Alsace, where the drive toward
the Rhine is gaining impetus every
day The weather conditions have
materially improved.
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From a point near the sea in Bel
GUM to the vicinity of Lille British
troops are attempting to force the Ger
man intrenched line back. The cen
ter of the attack is to the east of
Ypres and the main strength of the
British force is believed to extend
northward beyond Pike.
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Two Turkish torpedo boat destroy
ers were blown up while passing
through mine belt which the Rus
sian ships had succeeded in laying
across the entrance to the Bosporus
while the Turkish fleet was cruising
in the Black Sea.
The French have been successful
on both banks of the River Fecht, in
Alsace, and their advance is being
pressed forward on the north bank.
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Washington.
The American Red Cross has sixty
three surgeons and 217 nurses and
twelve sanitary commissions in Eu-
rope, The units are distributed as
follows: England 2, France 8, Rus
STA 2, Germany g. Austria 2, Servia
3, Belgium 2. There are a total of
nineteen motor ambulances in use. A
total of $1,415,0S2 has been subscribed
to the fund.
General Obregon's occupation of Ira
puato has been announced by the Car
rama junta in Washington. The
junta also confirmed reports OF Quad
alajara's capture by Carranzists I'M
der General Dieguez, who, it was said,
would act as Obregon's rear guard on
the northward movement.
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Two hundred million dollars is what
this country will receive from the Eu-
ropean belligerents for purchases of
war supplies here should the war con-
tune until September of this year,
diplomats declare.
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DR.. Paul Retter, the Swiss minister,
has presented to the state department
copy of a protest his government
has made to the allies against inter-
ference with shipping of products into
Switzerland
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The Western Union Telegraph
Companys standard message rates be-
tween New York and San Francisco
and its cable rates from New York to
points in England have been pro-
nounced not unreasonable by the in
terstate commerce commission.
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