Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-05-05

British steamer. Fulgent. the cap.
tam of tie latter vessel being
shot.
There haa been no further bonn.
bardment of Dunkirk, which
would seem to indicate that the
Germans only had one big gun
in position and that the French
airmen have made it 30 uncom.
Portable for the gun crew that it
has been withdrawn. As reply
to this bombardment the French
have brought one of their bIg guns
to bear on Que of the forts at the
south entrance to the Metz.
1t appears that the turkish re-.
port that the AsiAtic part of the
Dardanelles is free of the Invaders
was correct, the French having
gone ashore there only to make
she landing of the British on the
other side easier, and this accom-.
plished, have been Withdrawn,
doubtless to land at some other
point. News of these operations
ls awaited with the greatest inter-
est as for the moment they are
copsldered among the most impor.
tant of thr war.
London, May 8 According to
Berlin and Vienna, the German
aud Austrian armies have achieved
a notable victory in West Galacia,
SIN sshing the entire Russian along
a front of many miles, or as the
Berlin official STATE ment puts it,
across the whole Western tip of
dalacia, from near the Hungarian
border to the point where the
River Dunajec joins the VistuIa,
right at the frontier of Poland.
Though the 5000 prisoners the
Teutonic Allies say they have
taken does not compare with the
which some of Field Mar
shall Won Hinderbufg's rushes
netted him in the North, the
if So bsequent reports
bear~it- esS.=ill mean at least q
semporary check to the Russians
ham mmering their way westward
since the fall of Przemysl.
Berlin Is celebrating the victory
tonight, though it is admitted
flags have been flown before full
details are at hand.
England and France make no
claim to gains in the West, the
British merely saying that
the German attacks on Hill 80
in Flanders have been beaten
back; the French confirm this.
The Germans maintain they are
pushing forward to the northwest
of Ypres and toward St. Julien,
which they captured after the at
tack following their extensive use
of gas, but which they were forced
to yield under counter. attacks.
In the fighting 6 in the Baltic
provinces also Berlin fnds cause
to rel oice. Rejecting the Rus.
sian contention that it 10 only a
sporadic cavalry raid, Berlin wire.
less com msnt received tonight
says it seriously threatens the Rus.
sian right and the fact that troops
could be moved so far northeast
before they enc unte1ed rs-assist.
ance is considered reflection on
the Russian Intelligence system.
So far as claims 50. 1T was an
Austro. German day A namber
of vessels, neutral and otherwise,
have fallen victims to German
Submarines, Norway being par
ticular heavy loser
London, May 3-One Swedish
aud t b Norwegian freight
steamers aid two British trawlers
have been sunk in the North Sea
by German submarines, according
to dispatches received In London
today. The crews of all of the
vessels were rescued and have been
landed.
The Norwegian steamers sent
down were the I.aila, America and
Baldwin. The Swedish steamer
sunk was the Ellida. The loca-
tions of the sinking of these YES
sells we're not given in the dis.
patches but reports from Aber-
deem, Scotland, were that the
srawlers were sent to the bottom
50 miles off that port.