Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-19

fenced. the ieet was well inside OF IN.
strait. and the prospect was 30 favor
able by the middle Of March that the
British admiral promised TO be in the
Turkish capital on Easter day. April 4
But the ships OF the allies were rough
ly handled when they faced the forts
at the Narrows.
Here on the 18th OF March the Brit
ish battleshlps Irresistible and Ocean
and the French battleshlp Bouvet were
sunk by Turkish mines or shells from
the forts. Two British battleships were
put out OF action. This disaster acted
as stop TO naval operations at the
Dardanelles. When the Easter month
passed the allies had merely secured
landing of troops on the Gallipoli pen
insula.
Among the striking naval events OF
the year, aside from the submarine war
fare and attack on the Dardanelles
forts, three are especially worth re-
counting In November. 1914, British
squadron was defeated OF Chile by
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Admiral CradOck with LOO men lost
A week later the raider German cruis-
er Emden was sunk In the Indian ocean
by the Australian cruiser Sydney. In
December Sturdee's British squadron
destroyed Won Specs feet or the Fax
land islands, sinking four out Of five
cruisers.
While the blow at Constantinople held
the attention OF the world by reason OF
its holiness the allies In northern |
France resumed the attacks which had
been suspended all winter. March 10
the British broke the German line at
Neuve Chapelle, capturing the village, |
and for three days the battle ragged
back and forth, the Germans, Eng
lish and French all losing heavily.
The allies were defeated In their at
tempt to take La Bassee and push east
to Lille. The capture Of Hartmanns-
weilerkopf mountain. southern Alsace,
by the French was the only other event
Of Importance ON the whole western
front.
Russians Strike at Hungary.
On the east front the winter weather
Interfered with movements on q grand
scale March opened with the Russians
on the defensive. The
German column In East Prussia and
northern Poland forced the enemy back
behind the Niemen, Bobr and Narew
'ivers. In Galicia the Russians were
ust able to check the Austrian attempt
o recapture Lemberg by the BukOvina
cute and to hold their own against
he Austrian advance northward down
he 22d of March the war in the east
apparently took ON new phase with
he advantage wholly on the side of
he allies.
The fortress of Przemysl, central Ga
Icia, which had resisted the Russians
or seven months, capitulated. Over
10000 Austrian prisoners were claim
d by the captors, who quickly an
lounced a new drive over the Carpa-
hans to Hungary with the force set
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roke down almost in its inception be-
ause the Austrians kept a firm front I
II along the east and west line in the ]
arpathians and at the same time scor- O
decisively in a lunge eastward from c
le CracOw base.
The Russians were driven across
'unajec river, where their line pro-
,cted the west flank Of the column ON b
le Carpathian slopes. BY the end Of k
pril the military men realized that t.
My a calamity to the Austrian-Ger- d
ian forces could obviate the collapse +
the badly placed Russian column in Il
alicia, foes in front and on both the
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