, 1916-04-01
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamaica.)

London, March ZtiQ-Ih0 WAr OUlco
made public tue following statement to-day:
This morning, after exploding several mines
our infantry made an assault on the German
salient at St. Eioi, and succeeded in taking
their first and seauud line trenches on Il front
extending over 600 y4Ids and inaicting henvy
losses on the enemy. We took prisoners 2
officers and 1853 men. Artillery activity has
been confined to the neighbourhood of An
gres, Wulverghem. St. Eloi and Wieltje.
Last night and also to-day there has been
much mining activity along the entire front.
AT La Boiselle we successfully exploded q
mine. South of Melville St. Vast and in
the vicinity of the HoheHzollern redoubt
there has been crater fighting in which we
have been successful. Opposite Hullach The
enemy exploded a mine last night which
damaged our trenches and caused some cas-
u~alties. We are now firmly established in
the crater formed by the explosion.
Berlin, Marcn 27th-The following state
ment was issued from Army Headquarters
to-day: Western theatre of war: By extern
sive mine explosions this morning the British
damaged our positions near 81. Eloi to the
south of Ypres. Over a hundred yards of
trenches were blown up. Some casualties
were caused among the companies occupying
this position. In the districts north east and
east of Vernelles our mine fighting was sue
cessful and we were able to luke some pris-
oners. Near La Boiselle, to the northeast of
Albert, some English detachments attempted
10 make an advance, but were successfully
repulsed. During the past few days the
British artillery again SHIELDED Lens.
Paris, March 27th-The War Office pub
lished the following communique to-day:
Between the Somme and the Avre, in the
4 1l II II :~ - -. 4o,.o
bombardment the Germans attempted to
make an attack on our first line of trenches
but this attempt completely failed. In the
Argcnne district the activity of our artillery
continued at various points along the enemy's
front, especially in the sector of the Cheppy
wood: Our long range artillery shelled
troops moving in the direction of ExermOnt
Chatel and exploded a munitions depot. To
the west Of he river Meuse the artillery bonn
bardment is intense along our front, compris-
ing Bethincourt, L'homme Mort and Gunner
es, and also 10 the east of the Meuse in the
regions of Vaux and D%ouaumont. To thenorth-
east of St. Mihiel we bombarded the railway
station and enemy establishments at Houdi-
court. A number of wagons were demol-
iehed and the building took fire.
Pc trograd, March 27th--The follow
ilg is the official statement from Gen
eral Headquarters: Western Russian front
The lighting continues to the west and
south of the Augustinhof front and in
the Jncobstadt region. German aeropl0nes
have been making frequent fights along
the entire Dvinsk trout. Twenty bombs
were dropped. in the town of Dvinsk.
Our troops succeeded in capturing two lines
of the enemy trenches after desperate fight
ing in the region north west of PosIuvy.
Our offensive, in the district between lakes
Narocz and Vichnovskdie, has encountered
obstinate resistance on the part Of the ene-
my. The enemy has bombarded the Stol-
btzi station and Koidanove southwest OF
Bl.iusk. Along the remainder of the front
the fighting is developing. In the Black
Sea one of our submarines, while under
fire from the ~Zunguldak batteries, sunk
a steamer that was towing several
barges laden with coal. On the Caucasus
front in the coast region, our troops have
dislodged the Turks an have succeeded IN
CT ossing to the left bank of the river Bal-
tatchi Dal ASST. On other sectors we con-
time to make progress.
London, March 9th. AT a meeting acid
here to-day in connection with the Shack
Teton Antarctic Expedition, it was decided
to take immediate steps for the organization