Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-20
General Sweeping Movement
of Cars Troops Southwark
Through Enemy'S Country
Is Predicted,
Won HINDENBURG IS
ATTACKING STRONGLY
Negotiations Between Italy and
Austria Are Reported Broken
OFF, Demands on Dual Mon
arChy Too Strong,
Iey noRNlNo IoUaNAL srrel.l LrAnrn ulnrl


London, March 10 Q1.10 D. MI
Beyond the operations in the Darda-
helles, the most important news of
the day concerns the reported occu-
patton by the Russians of Momel
herman port on the Baltic. as an
nounced in the German official com
m nunlcation. Mcmel is a town of con
siderable importance in northeast
Prussia ana the presence there of
Russian force is taken by military OBJ
servers here To indicate that the
Russian generals have decided to at
tempt big sweep down through East
Prussia in an endeavOr to compel the
iermans to fan back from northern
Poland.
I'm Immense Bog.
Again north Poland has been trans-
formed into an immense hog by the
thaW which has set in just as Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg has started
his offensive against Prszasnysz II is
declared that it is impossible except
at widely separated high places, to
move, let alone fight
The Germans, however, have start
ed an offensive in central Poland
where they have commenced an at
tack on the Russians in the region of
the Pilica river There is also heavy
fighting in Galicia, the Carpathians
and Bukowina, despite the heavy
snow.
Little Doing in West.
On the western front no operations
IF great Importance have taken place,
although the French continue their
'ftorts to work their way forward in
he Champagne and Argonne regions
md the Belgians are active in the
title bit of their territory remaining
n their hands.
The political situation. as regards
Nustria and italy remains obscure,
nut there are persistent reports in
circulation in London that the nego-
iations for the cession of Austrian
erritory to Italy have broken down,
taly's demands having been consid
red excessive,
BattlCships Destroyed.
The British battlcships Irresistiblc1
md ocean and the French battle
hip Bouvct were blown up by float
ng mines while engaged with the re-
naindcr of the allied leet in attacking
he forts in the narrows Of the Oar !
anelles THURSDAY
The crews Of the two British ships (
we're virtually all saved, having been |
to other ships under hot I
ire. but an internal explosion took /
,lace on board the Bouyet after she .
lad foulel the mine and most of her /
rev were lost The Bouvet sank |
within three minutes of the time that /
he hit the mine
Drifting Mines LOOscd.
The waters i'm which the ships were .
ost had been swept Of mines but the /
British admiralty asserts that the /
turks and the Germans set floating |
containers Of explosives adrlft and I
hat these were carried down by the (
urrent onto the allied ships gath
red inside the entrance Of the straits.
Ships We're Old Ones.
All the ships that were sunk were
i'd ones. the Bouvet having been com
,letcd nearly twenty years ago and
he ocean and Irresistible in 1898
they were very useful, however, Tor I
he work in which they were engaged
n the Dardanelles. The sunken Brit
sh ships are being replaced by the
lattIeships Queen and Implacable,
cssels Of a similar type. They are
aid 20 have started some time ago for
ear eastern waters in anticipation OF
ust such losses as have occurred.
'wo other ships engaged in the fight
ng, the british cruiser lnflexible and
he French battleship Gaulois We're
lit bv shells and damaged The
british casualties, according to the
british official report, were not
eavy, considering the scale Of the op-
rations."
Forts Reply Strongly.
The damage done to the Turkish
orts bv the heavy bombardment as
ct has not been ascertained. The
orts attacked we're those on either
ide Of Kephez bay and on Kepez
oipt outside the narrows and those
n kiid Bahr and Chanak in the mar
oWs.
The Kephez forts replied strongly
hen the battleships advanced, firing
N the Dardanelles and all the ships
-ere hit It IS asserted that these
orte finally were silenced and hom-
ardment Of those In the narrOws waG
nder way when the three battleshiDs
truck mines The blowing up Of the
hips did not cause "a cessation Of the
iehting. which continued until dark
.ess intervened It is understood that
he engagement was resumed today
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