Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-11
ITALIANS TAKE 2
AUSTRIAN TOWNS
Bio Guns Hammer Their Way
to Victory in Mountainous
Region of Gallo.
VICIOUS FIGHTING IN FRANCE
Germans Succeed in Capturing 500
Yards of Trenches Along the
Meuse-Evacuatinq Trebizond-


London, Feb. 23.-The Italians, aft
er weeks of hammering at the Aus
TRAN positions with their big guns,
have captured the mountainous re-
giOn of Gallo (Collo). in the Sugana
valley, and also have occupied the
towns of Roncegno and Ronchi. By
their new acquisitions of terrain, the
Italians now are almost within strik-
ing distance of one of their chief OBJ
iectives of the war-the city of Trent
which lies, protected on the north,
east and south by a line of forts, fif-
teen miles west of the captured re-
gion-
Hard Fighting in France.
Again there has been vicious fight
ing in the Artois region of France, in
Champagne and along both banks of
the Mouse above Dun To the east of
Souchez, after heavy bombardment,
the Germans attacked and captured
800 meters of French trenches and
took seven officers and 319 men pris-
oners.
So powerful was the attack that the
Germans, seven battalions strong, not
alone occupied first line trenches, but
at points gained access to some of the
communicating trenches.
The French, by a counter attack, it
is officially announced by Paris, sue
ceeded in driving out the Germans
from all but a few of these positions,
the Germans suffering heavy casual
ties.
Turks Leaving Trebizond.
According to special dispatches
be evacuating Trebizond, the Russian
advance along the Black Sea having
reached to within a single days march
of the port of Rich considerable
force of Turks from Erzerum is has
tening toward Rich, in the hope of
finding the coast road open to Trebi-
zond. The Russians are moving rap
idly to cut off this force
The only route now left open to the
Turks retreating westward is to Khar-
put, the dispatches say, from where
they might strike southeastward and
join the Turkish Bagdad forces by
way of Diarbekir.
French Wreck a Zeppelin.
Paris. Feb. pa Zeppelin airship
was brought down by French guns in
the vicinity of Brabant-Le-Roi, in the
announcement made this evening.
The Zeppelin was flying from ST.
Menehould toward the south, and was
attacked by cannon from Revigny. Hit
by an incendiary shell, the Zeppelin
fell in flames in the vicinity of Bra
bant-Le-Roi.
The official statement issued by the
war office tonight. reads as follows:
Sent Enkker m the
THE day was marked by number
OF air fights. Over Tagsdorff, east of
Altkirch. one of our aeroplanes, at
lacking a Fokker at close quarters,
fired fifteen shots at him. The enemy
machine slipped over on its right wing,
then fell.
"In the region of Epino1 an Alba
tross machine was brought down by
our artillery fire. In the region of
Bures, north of the forest of Parroy,
4 German machine, attacked by two
of our machines, was brought to earth
in our lines. The pilot and passenger
were killed.
"a squadron of seven French aero
planes gave combat to four enemy
aeropIanes in the region of Vigneulles-
Les-Hattonchatel. Two of the latter
were forced to make a landing; the
other two took flight"
German Attack RepuIsed.
London, Feb. 22.-The Germans
near Lihons, to the south of the
Somme River, have met with repulse
at the hands of the French in an in
tended attack extending over about
four and one-third miles. The often
sive movement was preceded by a
heavy bombardment and loads of as
phyxiating gas. When the German in
fantry endeavored to come out of
their trenches for the attack, however,
the barrier fire and the fire of the
French rifiemen stopped them every
where, according to Paris dispatches
The Germans in Artois were pre-
vented from occupying the crater of a
mine by strong counter offensive of
the French In Champagne, the For
est of the Argonne and. in the entire
region of Verdun there has been much
artillery activity, in which Paris
claims that considerable execution was
accomplished by the French gunners.