The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-18
British Admiralty An
nounces New Ship
Losses.
TEST BATTLES ON
On East And West Germans
Must Demonstrate Ability
To Gain Ground.

Darlanclles, Turkey-(vi Con-
stantinoplc and London)-Thc Brit
lsh met with II reverse today in AN
attempt to clear the Dardanclles of
mines. They lost three mine clear
ing ships and one sailing vessel. Com
siderable damage was inflicted on
one British cruiser, under whose pro-
lection the operations were under-
taken.
London, Eng gland.-An official an
nouncer' ent was made today that the
British steamers Atlanta and Fingal
have been torpedoed.
The standard shipping records con
tain no mention OF British sailing
ship named Atlanta They do, how
ever, mention the British steamer
Fingal This vessel was built in
1894 and was of 661 tons, $50 feet
long. She was owned in Scotland
and was engaged i'm the coastiug
trade.
Paris, France y British min
~weeper was blown up i'm the Dard
snelles yesterday with the loss o
several lives when mine exploded as
Il was being removed from the straits
says an official dispatch from Athens
SIX lLVeS Lost.
The text OF the communication fol
lows:
The British steamer Atlanta. OF
o19 tons, owned by a Glasgow firm,
was torpedoed by German subma-
rine off Inispurek on the west coast
of county Galway, Ireland about
noon March l4th. The crew was
landed on lnspurek Island, and the
The British steamer F'ingal, OF
500 gross tons. owned by the Lon
don Edinburg Shipping company, of
Leith, Scotland, MAS torpedoed and
sunk at 10: so the morning of March
18th, off northumberland coast.
Twenty-one members of the crew
landed at North Shields, but six
lives are reported lost, including the
chief mate and stewardess.
Lives Lost in Mater
North Shields. England The sur
vivors of the Fingal landed her. They
declare the casualties aboard were
due to the fact that the vessel went
down before the starboard boat could
he freed The Fingal as she sank
dragged this boat under with her,
leaving 'he occupants struggling in
The water.
AeropIane Attacks Vessel.
South Shields, England The Brit
sh steamship Blonde. arriving here
today reports she was attacked in
the North Sea by German aero
plane which dropped one bomb on
the deck of the vessel One member
of the crew was killed.
Important Battle Areas.
London. England. Neuve Chap
pelle and Steloi, in the west anf
Przemysl, in the East, are the pivots
OF battle areas in which struggles
are being fought that may mark i'm
portant milestones in the war
The outcome OF the fight fol
Neuve. Chappelle. from which the
British drove the Germans with 8
loss of nearly 10000 men, should
prove, in the opinion of the British
mass men and retrieve the ground.
lost by them with the same batterins
tactics as displayed last year On
the other hand, if the British hole
the positions gained by them. i
would go far toward attesting wha
may be expected when the Allies be
gin their spring advance
Can Germans Reach Warsaw:
The outcome OF the battle o
Przasnysz will demonstrate whethel
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg ha
again failed and if SO the Russian
will have virtually nullified all hi
costly efforts to reach Warsaw.
The lack of news concerning th'
attack on the Dardanelles is eN
planned in a dispatch from Constan
tinople. which says that only unim
portant operations have been at
tempted by the Allied fleet during
the last few days.
Think Przemysl Near Surrender.
A Petrograd dispatch says TIL
capture of the Austrian fortres
Przemysl is considered at Petrogral
a matter of a few days only.
Austrian soldiers captured by Rvs
slams during unsuccessful sorte
say the garrison is existing on fam