The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-04-24
ESTABLISHED 1870
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune


combatants, men. women and chill
dren. The most interesting and at
the same time the most horrifying
nbase of the war just now is the
hurling of bombs upon defenseless
people.
Renewed activity on the part of
German Zeppelins began last We'd
nesday. when two or three of the air.
ships sailed over northeastern Eng
land and dropped bombs. One of
the detectives was the naval ship
building yards on the Tyne. 1t is
nrobable that the towns mentioned
in the dispatches ashaving been bonn
barded contain military features of
some kind. The English, however,
assert that none of the towns bom-
barded has any military value. There
was no loss of life in England and
only few were wounded, all civil
ians.
The most destructive attack of the
week SO far as loss of life is con-
cerned was that at Amiens in France.
Seven men, women and children
were slain by bombs from German
Taubes. The airmen were aiming
at the church tower and made their
attack at a time when the worship
pers were going to mass. 1t is prob
able that the Germans suspected that
the French had established an obser-
walton station in the tower.
The French during the week drop
ped bombs on number of military
points behind the German lines.
Some of the aviators penetrated as
far as the province of Baden. On
Saturday Strassburg was ATTACKED.
This is the capital of Alsace-Lor-
raine, which was a French province
until the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.
Presumably it still contains many
French sympathizers.
The great battle in the Carpathians
appears to be a draw so far. The
Russians have not succeeded in fore
ing their way through the passes
and. according to German accounts,
have lost 100000 men in killed.
wounded and prisoners. The loss of
the Germans and Austrians is not
given.
The French claim to have driven
back the Germans for considerable
distance in the neighborhood of Arras
after a lively battle. The fighting in
the region of st. Mihiel continues,
but no noteworthy results have been
obtained by either side.
The English army operating from
the Persian gulf toward Bagdad has
again defeated the Turks. The Eng
lish troops are regulars from India
and therefore highly trained. They
inflicted severe losses upon the Turks,
who were compelled to retire to a
point 10 miles from the battle ground.
The English losses are said to have
been 700 killed and wounded.
French warships have been operat-
ing along the coast of Asia Minor
and have destroyed bridge and
have also shelled Turkish defenses.
An allied squadron bombarded a
Turkish camp from the gulf of Saros
and dispersed the assembled soldiers.
German submarines have continued
their attacks on English merchant
vessels with some success. Four or
five small ships have been sunk. The
most surprising exploit of a sub
marine was that which resulted in
the sinking of a Dutch government
steamer bound with a cargo of grain
from the United States to Amster-
oaIh. Inc snip was torpedoed with
out warning while at anchor in Dutch
waters. No reason for the attack
has been given by the German gov
ernment as yet.
Count Won Bernstorff, German en-
bassador in Washington. departed
from the canons of diplomacy for the
purpose of denouncing the sale and
shipment of arms by Americans to
foreign countries engaged in the
war. AS an ambassador is supposed
to confine his communications to the
ruler of the country to which he is
accredited or to that rulers duly
deleg ated representatives, the
counts action was in violation of Gus
tom and was evidently designed to