, 1916-05-03
SUPPLEMENT TO ST. CROIX AVIS, No. So, BIRD MAY, 1916.

Cork, April 29th.-A OF Dub
lin Sim Feiners arrived here by auto on
Monday and held a secret conference with
local leaders. Later the Committee was ar
rested at Limerick before they had a chance
to confer with the leaders there.
Rome, April 29jh.-The following Off
cial communication was issued yester'
day: Along The whole front there have
been artillery actions, which were most
severe IN the region OF the TOnale gla-
ciers, Rovereto and the head OF the But,
In the Plezzo basin an enemy detachment
succeeded in breaking into one of our advanc-
ed positions on the slopes Of Monte Oukla,
but our reinforcements counter-attacked sue
cessful y and repulsed the enemy. On the
JavorrE sector the eremy's repeated attacks
failed with heavy losses.
London, April 30th.-The official statement
issued this evening says: Last night the
enemy showed some activity. Near Erie
court he made an unsuccessful raid against
our trenches. At!9i the explosion of q mine
and the heavy bombardment to the north of
the Messines. WuIverghem road he liberated
gas about 1 o'clock in the morning on a
front of about two thousand yards and fol-
lowed this with an infantry attack which
was broken up by our artillery fire. At one
point only did a hostile party enter our
trenches. This party was immediately bomb
ed out. Combined with this attack the enc
nv after a heavy bombardment% attempted an
attack with bombers near Holl and Sches-
chnur. This was equally unsuccessful against
our machine-guns and bombs. Several dead
were left lying in front of our wire, In
the Loos salient there has been active I'M
derground mine warfare. To-day we carried
out an effective bombardment Of hostile
works along the Ypres-Pilkem road.
London, April 3Oth.-Ihe official com
munication Of the campaign IN Belgium and
France issued Saturday says: There was
considerable hostile artillery activity to-day
against our trenches near f1ec0urt ana
Souchez and west of the Y~pres-Pilkem road.
Small mines were exploded during the day
on both sides of the front at Souchez, south
east of Cabaret Rouge and near Neu;ile st
Vast and the Hohenzollern Redonbt, Inst
night we rajded German front line trenches
about Crassier Redouot at Loos causing sew
eraI casualties among the enemy. On the
Belgium irons atler a heavy bombardment
and under the cover OF gas the enemy made
two smell attacks opposite HuIluch, but were
driven back. The gas broke back over the
enemy trenches and the Germans were seen
leaving their trenches and running to The rear
on % front of about seven hundred yards. Jud-
cling by the numher Of ambulances seen COM
ing to Huliuch the enemy must have suffer
ed considerable casualties from oar artillery
and his gas. The ground behind the enemy
lines was covered by gas on a front OF about
a thousand yards TO a depth of 5000 yards.
The fine weather yesterday resulted in much
successful air-work. There was a marked
decrease in the number of hostile machines
seen yesterday. Only four combats IN the
air occurred with no loss on our side. Two
German aeroplanes were brought down be-
hind our lines to-day.
London, April 3Oth-A British official
communication concerning the operations
against the Germans in East Africa, reads:
Liueutenant- General Jan Christian SHUTS,
Commander of the Expeditionary Forces,
telegraphs under date of April 29th. that
his mounted troops captured in the vicinity
of sKondoairangi various conveys of NUM-
tions including 200 slaughter-oxen, eighty
rifles, a large amount of ammunition, a herd
of mixed cattle and 200 donkeys with sad
dlery supplies.
Paris, April 30th-The official communica-
ton issued by the War Office tonight reads:
West of the Mouse, our first and second
lines in the region of Dead Mans Hill were
violently bombarded. North of Cumieres
our troops took possession of a German