New Britain herald., 1915-03-24

CARPATHIAn MOUNTAINS Belgian Army Makes Gains Along Yser-Ircnch Occupy Considerable
 Section of German Front in Vos-
 ges-Kaiscr's Forces Capture More
 Than 25,0OO Russians Northwcst of ostrolerla.
 What is described in Berlin as one campaign has developed in the Car pathians. For months the opposing, armies have been contending for the ' mountain passes, definite possession of which by the Russians would expose N Hungary to the danger of invasion. The Berlin reports state that the { present battle has not yet reached a stage where success is indicated for either side.
 a4ss The French war office announced that the Belgian army had made gains along the Yser. Aside from this move . nnent, the only change of note was in the Vosges, where the French claim ito have occupied a considerable sec tion of the German front.
 Raid Submarine Plant.
 The British admiralty announced that five aeroplanes had made a suc- cessful raid on the German subma- rine plant at Eoboken, near Antwerp. l1,Yoop ri n in nf rfr ton, as we'll as the works, are be- lieved to have been damaged con- sssiderably. sss The expected land attack on the 9Dardanelles notifications, in conjunc- sstion with the operations of the allied fleet, probably will be inaugurated Soon. It is reported from Athens < that troops conveyed to the Darda-a nel1es on transports were landed yes- \ terdavf on the Galiipoli peninsula and 44hat the general attack by land and xsea will be made on the arrival of the French and British Warships now on 1.-the way to reinforce the feet Bon- bardment of the Turkish forts is said to have been resumed yesterday. Germans Withdraw Batteries. ssssIt is announced officially at Petro- erad that the Germans in northern ssFo1and have virtually abandoned xxtneir attempt to capture Ossowetz, a4he fortress on which the invaders sAsHentered their efforts to break gBstI1rough the Russian chain of de- Afenses. It is said that all but four .ssf7leavy German batteries have been < withdrawn from before Ossowetz, after having failed in efforts to re- duce the Russian forts.
 Despatches from Austrian sources ;,gastale that war with Italy is now re- < Earded by Austria Hungary as prob able. According to these advices large numbers of Austrian troops are 7 being sent to the Italian border, sswhere elaborate preparations for de- fensive operations are under way. sss# A Rome newspaper says that every member of the chamber of deputies is convinced Italy must act ener- getically, even to the point of facing "A supreme struggle, to realize the < nations aspirations.
 British Raid Submarines.
 London, March "A, 4:2S p. m.-The British admiralty this afternoon ls- sued a statement saying that Brit ish raid had been successfully carried out today on German submarines at sHoboken, three miles outside of Ant werp..
 The text of the admiralty state nent was as follows:
 '"rhe following has been received from Wing Commander Longmore:
 T have to report that a success < s,lS air attack was carried out this morning by five machines of the Dun l kirk Squadron on the German sub- r., ,f,.,,r l ,f LJoI, o!y en, near Antwerp. Two of the pilots < had to return, owing to thick weather, { but Squadron Commander Ivor T. Courtney and Flight Lieutenant IT. Hoscher reached their objective and a.ter blaming down to 1000 feet. dropped four bon, bs each on the sub- marines.
 Considerable Damage Done.
 Ut is believed that conside blc damage has been done to both the works and two submarines.
 ':The works were observed to be on s firc. Tn all five submarines were ob- served on the slip.
 .I7light Lieutenant B. Crossley- Meates was obliged by engine trouble to dcscend in Holland. Owing to the mist the two pilots experienced con- siderable difficulty in finding their way, and they were subjected to heavy gun fire whilest delivering their attacks"
 London, March 24,. 4:40 D. m.-- Flight Commander Crossley-Meates, of the British aviation service, in con- sequence of engine trouble while en- route to make an attack on Antwerp,
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