The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-03-16
AUSTRIA DECLARES
WAR ON PORTUGAL;
SECOND|NC BERLIN
Seizure of German
Merchant Ships Re-
suits in Action.
MEUSE RIVER is
Scene ofViolent Engagements
Between French and leu
tons.-Goeben Free.

London, ngland-Dispatche
from Rome say that Austria has
declared war on Portugal.
French Retake Trenches.
Paris, France.-Tile Germans last
might made no further aggressive
movement to the west of the river
Meuse, according to the announce
ment today by the French war office.
French counter-attacks between
Bethincourt and Cumieres resulted
in the re-occupation of certain
trenches captured by the Germans
yesterday.
French troops still hold the height
of La Mort Homme. Artillery ex-
changes have been active between
Bethincourt and Cumieres, but else
where the night passed with relative
quiet.
Germans in Denial.
Berlin, Germany.-Importa gains
for the Germans in the Verdun fight
ing west of the Meuse were announc-
ed today by the war office. 1t is
said the Germans pushed forward
their lines west of Corbeaux wood,
on the height of La Mort Homme
capturing more than 1000 prisoners.
Artillery More Violent
Paris, France,-The Violence or
the German bombardment OF tho
French positions between Bethin-
court and Cumieres, to the northwest
of Verdun, was redoubled yesterday
after which the German infantry
fiercely attacked in this sector. They
We're repulsed along the whole front
with serious losses, according to the
official statement issued last night by
the French war office. The Germans
succeeded in taking footholds in
French trenches AT two points be-
TWEEN Rethincourt and LIE Morte
Homme.
Breaking Up Tribesmen.
London. gland.-The British
are breaking up the opposition Of the
Senussi tribesmen. led by Turkish Of
ficers in western Egypt.
On official report received from
Major General Puyeton, commander
of the British forces. says the occu-
patton of Sollum on the Egyptian
Trpoli frontier is imminent. that
the Shiek Harum has come in the
British camp and that the head men
of Aulad Ali tribe are asking for par
don.
The Russians are still harrassing
the Turks on the Caucasus front
and have made further progress
against the Teutons in east Ga1icla.
Italians Take Positions
The Italians are keeping up their
strong infantry attacks on the Izzon-
"a fronts.
The fighting on the San Martina
front has been exceedingly fierce.
Here the Italians have taken Dante
del Croviglio. the pivot in the Aus
trian defences and in the same re-
glon stormed two other places and
took Austrian trenches.
Vienna on the other hand, saws that
the Italians seven times tried to
storm Austrian positions but were re-
pulsed with heavy losses
Gocben Eludes Squadron,
Athens, Greece.-Turkish cruiser
Sultan Selim, formerly the German
cruiser Goeben, according to Nea
Heallis. has succeeded in eluding the
Russian Black Sea fleet and has
landed number of German officers
and guns at Trebizond.
Rumania Next Entrant?
London. England Rumanian neu-
trality is daily taking far more fa-
vorable attitude toward the allies.
says the Bucharest correspondent of
the Daily Chronicle "a significant
fact is the constant increase in the
army personnel and equipment in
spite of recent Austro-German re-
guests for Rumanian rehabilitation
Perhaps more significant is the
vigorous action taken in Silstra,
which was ceded to Rumania by Bull
garia after the Balkan war in 1912.
Here, owing to allegations of the ac-
tivity of pro-Bulgarian propagandists.
the Rumanian government has wiped
out the whole proGerman system. in
Guiding the police and administrative
officers. A further measure has been
the suddenly enforced requisitioning
of all cattle on the border to prevent
their being smuggled out of the
country