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position south OF S Elols. Tbs attack, how
ever. b,oke Gown beaore the mine craters
which we occupied. The position is firmly
IN our lands on the Whole front. The light
ing proceeded with great vlgour yesterday in
the regions both sides of the Meuse. All
French ~couAter attacks against the positions,
which We captured south of the FORCES rivu-
let. between Harcourt and Bethaucourt,
broke down with loss TO the enemy. The
total uumber OF prisoners taken amounted to
36 officers and ,23l men, while 2 cannon aud
81 machine guas We're also captured. AS u
result Ut further captuIe s among the block
houses W. made 222 more prisoners and took
another machine-guu, sonth of Bayens forest.
Enemy connter-attacks from the direction Of
Cpattuncourt we're checked by our hanklng
fire from the eastern banks of the river.
Southweat of fort Douaumont, the enemy's
losses compelled him to relinquish further
defensive positions, from which we took seve-
ral prisoners md three machine-g guns. Two
enemy eroplanes were brought down south
east Of Ypres.
Petrcgrad, April 11th-Oficial announce
mant: Along the Dviua front, artillery duels
continue. In the region Of IAskuII bridge
head, the Germans tried unsnccessfuIly to
assume he offensive. Iu the region Of Dvinsk
and southwark of the lake region, the euemy
manifested great hctlNl!j VIVID IS al tlIl6IJ III
many sectors On the Caucasus front south
west of Erzerum, our hoops continued to
occupy new ground.
London, April 12th-According to a de-
spatch received from Rome, the Kaiser is now
at Potsdam recovering from nervous shock as
a result of the explosion of a shell at VerduD,
which destroyed his motor car and killed sew
eral officers.
Pans, April l2h-The War Office this
morning gave out he following communicate:
On the left bank of the river Neuse, he
Germans delivered an attack on our positions
in The Caillette wood between Doa3mau's Hill
and Cumieres. The eu8Iny made use of fam
i g liquid, but in spite OF this was everywhere
repulsed. On the right bank of the river,
great artillery activity occurred between Dou'
uumont and Vaux last night, but there was
no infantry fighting at this point. 1t has
been confirmed chat a very violent offensive
action took place yesterday i'll this -ector,
which was repulsed at a cost TO The enemy
of very heavy losses.
Pals, April 12lh-A despatch received
from Salonica says that q violent cannonading
has been resumed along the Greek frontier
in the vicinity of Gievgeli and Dorian. The
report which lacks confirmation adds that the
Germauic allies have captured q fortified po-
sition at Devatepe.
London, April 12th-AccordIn8 to the
Giernale dItalia, commercial relations be-
tween Roumunia and Russia have been su9-
pended. According to another despatch from
Rome, the service Of freight trains from
Roumania to Hungary is TO be resumed and
the export of $50, 000 wagons Of Roumanian
grain to the Central Empires is Likely to be-
gin. In exchange Roumania VIII receive
German coal and machinery as well as other
industrial productions. The question of mu-
nitions for the Roumanian Army has not yet
been finally settled.
Lisbon, April 12th.-The Portuguese Min
istry has resigned as a result of differences
on the question of proposed amnesty for
political offances.
London, April 18th. The match manufac-
turers Of Great Britain AID ireland have
decided to suspend sales and deliveries.
They claim that the Government has taken
steps for fixing u match tax which became
effective last Wednesday ard which makes 1T
impracticable to fix prices.
Lisbon, April 12th-The Portuguese mill
tary commander AT Porto Amelia on the
east coast of Africa reports that he has oc-
cupied Kienga on the border of Portuguese
aud German East Africa which the Germans
seized In 1891.