The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-24
ALLIES AGAIN
BEGIN ATTACK
ON TURK FORTS
RUSSIAN AVIATORS DAMAGE
GERMAN TRENCHES AND
BOATS ON VlSTULA
GERMANS CONTINUE
ASSAULT ON YPRES
No Explanation Given For Sus-
pending Ensland-HoIland
Shipping.

LONDON. April 23.--Thc British,
forces. despite the repeated German
ruShcs. have held hill number 60.
near Ypres. The fighting In that To-
caiity' today shows signs OF develop
ing along wide front with Increasing
intensity. even rivalling the German
attempts To break through the Brit
ish lines last fall.
While there has been a luIl in the
German counter attacks, nucoriing to
the British official report today. Il IS
assumed that both sdes arc beng
strongly reinforced. The tone Of tile
British communication indicates that
the issue has not yet been finally
decided.
The city of Ypres. whose historic
structures were shattered by the Ger
man propectiles last October, is again
the target of heavy shells. Seven
teen-inch missiles are now being used.
Unless the civilian population has
fled, or has taken to the cellars the
losses among its people must be
heavy.
The assault on the Dardahelles has
been resumed. although 1t Is not ap-
ready tn begin the expected general
attack. Four British warships entered
the straits yesterday atid boinbarded
the Turkish forts, which also were
subjected to an indirect fire across
the peninsula from the gulf OF Saros
The result OF the fighting was not dis
closed. The bombardment OF the
Turkish Notifications at Smyrna in
oil tt, 1ols
Deen resumed. Nothing indicates,
however. that move has been made
toward an attack by the forces which
wre landed at the Gulf of Saros, such
as Is expected to accompany the next
effort on large scale to win the Dar-
daneiies. Although Great ijrtain is
silent, Germany is apparently expect
Ing extensive land operations near the
Dardanelles. =
A Petrogad dispatch says that Rus
sian aviators Inflicted considerable
damage on the German positions at
several. points. Bombs were dropped
on Plock and Miawa. In Russian Po-
land. Several German boats on the
Vistula river were struck Tie Cor
man trenches were damaged.
There is no official explanation
ioi ehSVihihb ot tlo StOppIRe OF Tram C.
between England and Holland. One
theory is that it is stroke at spies:
another. that an area Is being cleared
for naval action. The latter explana-
tion seems incomplete az the vessels
from Scandinavian ports are mot
held up. =.
LONDON. April 23.-Europe. is
highly cxpectatit. a big battle is de-
veloping near Ypres. there's a pros
pective naval engagement In the North
Sea. and preparations for naval and
military attack on the Dardanelics or
some other spot in Turkey.
OfiicialS reports confirm rumors of
severe battle ndar Tpres. Tho re-
ports are conflicting. The result of
preliminary fighting is unknown
Apparently the Germans. followIns
their loss OF Hill sixty ahti failure TO
regain 1t. have begun an offensive
from the northeast before Ypst ;. and
also against the BeiEians further
west. The Germans claim TO have
driven the allies to Ypres Canal, TAX
ing many prisoners and guns. The
French say the aiiies' counter at
tacks succeeded, and that the Bel
gians repulsed the Germans. The
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