The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-18

Germans Bombard Nieuport.
Paris France THE enemy is
again furiously bombarding Nieupor,
this time with 16-inch howitzers,
says an undated message from the
Petit parisien's war correspondent,
adds
Thirty shells have fallen in the
town, making enormous holes and
demolishing several buildings. but
no one was hurt Belgian troops.
protiting by a slight cessation of the
waters in the district they occupy,
carried TWO German advanced posi-
tions. The first was on kloosterhoek
farm near Stuvekenskerke, while the
second was a line of trenches on the
road from Pervyse to Schoorbakke.
The warships and monitors of the
Allies have vigorously bombarded
Westende
smyrna Holds Out.
London, England The Central
News publishes an Athens dispatch
to the effect that the vail of Smyrn
went aboard the British flagship al
ter the bombard1 ent of that TURK
ish port and held 4 conference wi,h
the British commander. d,lrin :
which the Smelling was suspeGleG
No agreement was reached ana Tie
Vail, on landing, save out a procla-
nation, saying he would resist tc
the end.
All subjects in Mmyrna of coun-
tries hostile TO Turkey nave been
interned. the correspondent says.
Driven Back from }aIdanel!eS.
Two new attempts by cruisers and
destroyers to approach the outer for
tifications of the Dardanelless to
clear the channels OF mines, says q
Constantinople dispatch, were re
ported futile because OF effective fire
from the defenders
The dispatch adds that the civil
ian population OF Ccnstantinop,e ap-
pears quite calm and almost ind l.
ferent to the eli9rt' which are he
iHg made to force = passage OF The
DardaneileS
Spring Campai2n On in Russia.
Petrograd. Russia. Active en-
counters of considerable strategic i'm
portance along six hundred miles of
trent constitute. in the opinion ct
military authorities here the begin
ming of the spring campaign. These
enga gements are spread along line
from the river Niemen in the north.
through Russian Poland and east
ward through Galcia to the river
Dneister. Never before in the his
tory of The war in the eastern
theatre has there lcep such con
tinuous activity along the wholl
line.
In the Carpathians, the Russians
appear TO have cen successful IN
turning the Austrian right flank
south of Stanislau, IN a spectacular
battle. Half buried IN saow, which
in places was over 1he heads of
oombatants. the Pussiaas rushed
fortilications near the village OF Tar
novice Abandoning The customary
military formations ,hev scrambled
as best they could through the drifts
some times strung out iii Indian file,
sometimes almost losing touch With
each other They succeed however
in reaching the fortiIications in su'ti-
GENTLY good order TO take the Aus
trianss by surprise and possess them
selves of the stronghold in a short
time, capturing a large numbe of
prisoners and guns.
Want TO Clean Gaiacia.
This movement was followed by a
drove the Austrians from the Deint-
ser The Russians now hope 10 eNpel
their opponents from east Galacia.
An encounter of equal startegic
importance occurred between Uzok
Pass and Turka, Galacia, to the
north of the pass. in which the Rus
slams captured trenches and seized
railroad communications
German Invasion Checked.
In the North, between Grodno and
Seiny, Russian cavalry, which has
been operating in this district for
several days. has been supplemented
by several infantry divisions. Along
the river Orzyo. which has been one
of the principal routes of German
advance from East Prussia, the in
vasion appears to have been checked
, effectively by Russian capture o.
/ an important and heavily fortified
! German position at Yednorozec.
| The bombardment of Ossowetz b,
German guns continues. Heavy ar
tllery fire along the Bzura indicate!
reawakening of German activity OF
/ the Warsaw front.