The state herald., 1915-09-10
1870 ENGLISH
TROOPS DROWN
BRITISH TRANSPORT STRIKES A
MINE AND is SUNK IN OAR
DANELlES.
600 BODIES RECOVERED
ITALIANS TAKE RoVERETo AND
BERLIN ANNOUNCES CAP.
TURE OF GRooNo.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rome, Sept. 4.-Telegrams from So
fla state that off the entrance to the
Dardanelles British transport struck
a mine and sank, with 800 officers,
1.25O soldiers and 300 members of the
crew, all of whom were drowned. Six
hundred bodies were recovered.
An important part of the Turkish
forces on the Gallipoli peninsula has
been surrounded by the allies and its
surrender is imminent, says an Athens
dispatch to the Fournier agency.
Rovereto, the largest Austrian city
to fall before the Italian armies, is be.
ing slowly occupied by the Kings
troops.
The Rovereto forts, which blocked
the Italian advance on Trent, only thir-
teen miles away, were blown up. and
the Austrians began to evacuate the
city, retreating northward up the Ad-
ige valley in the direction of Trent
Before retiring the enemy forces de-
molished the historic Italian monu.
mehts and set fire to the homes of
Italian residents.
Capture of Rovereto marks the
greatest single victory in the Italian
advance upon Trent. the goal OF Gen.
Cadorna's forces in the north.
Though the Austrians have con.
structed barricades across the valley
between Rovereto and Trent, military
men here believe the Italian troops
will approach Trent itself before win
ter halts military operations.
The early evacuation of Riva, at the
head OF Lake Di Garda. by the Austri.
ans, is expected to follow the fall OF
Royereto.
The army of Field Marshal Won Hin.
denburg has captured Grodno. the last
OF the strong Russian fortresses to
hold out.
The capture OF Grodno by the Ger
mans marks the fall of the twelfth
fortress under Teutonic attacks on the
eastern ,war.front within a month. be-
ginning with the fall of Warsaw on
august >. II was the last of the Rus.
sian fortresses In Poland to hold out
Grodno was regarded as a powerful
link in the Russian defenses against
invasion.
Berlin. - Germany. according to
Count Won Bernstorffs instructions,
offers TO submit the claims for com.
pensatlon arising out OF the Lusitania
~ha 10
adjudication.
London.-An Amsterdam dispatch TO
the Exchange Telegraph Company
says II is reported that Admiral Won
Tirpitz, the German minister of ma.
rine. will resign and will be succeeded
by Admiral Won POSI-. now chief OF the
admiralty staff and commander OF the
German battle fleet. The dispatch
adds: kilograms received here from
Berlin express fears that the German
governments decision to relax it's sub.
marine campaign will cause most Sc
rious Internal troubles. ms the chan.
cellor's action conflicts with the opin.
ion of all the maritime chiefs"
New York.-An officer OF the White
Star liner Adriatic. which arrived from
Liverpool. declared that the German
submarine which sunk the Arabic. had
been caught In steel net and the
u'boat's crew were now prisoners In
England. He added that within the
past sixty days the British have cap.
tured no less than fifty German sub.
marines In the nets.
London, Sept. 2.-The Russian fort. |
ress OF Lutsk has been captured by
Teutonio forces. II was officially an.
nounced by the Austrian war office.
Lu,sk IN located In the province OF
Vol Hynia. about sixty miles east OF
the river Bu. on branch OF the main |
line railway runnin. from southern |
Russia northward to BrostLitoysk, II |
iS one OF the triangle OF fortrcsseA
which lie about fifty miles from each |
other In this region. the other two |
being Dubno and Rovno. II has pop. |
ulation OF more than 10000.
so far ms official reports have indl. |
Gated Il Ii the most caaterly point on |
Russian territory reached by tho Teu.
tonic troops. Its capture marks the
fall Of the tenth fortress within a
month under Aurtro.Gcrmau attacks.
In the fighting since May .. 100. |
900 have been captured aud n mini |
mum Of 100000 wounded or killed" |
according TO n German report on the |
Inlicla campaign.