Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-10
GERMANS RAID
KENT|SH COAST
WITH SEAPLAN[S
Two Planes Make a Successful
Raid in Broad Daylight; Two
Women Killed.
FURIOUS COMBAT ON
WESTERN BATTLE FRONT
Teutons Take French Positions
Over Length of 800 Yards;
Grenade Fighting.


London, Feb. 9.-Two women and
one child were injured this afternoon
when two German seaplanes raided
the Kentish coast, dropping bombs.
Three missiles fell on the outskirts Of
Ramsgate, four near a school at
Broadstairs, the material damage is
said by the war department to have
been confined to the shattering Of
glass.
The attack was made in broad day
light. At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
two seaplanes were reported ap.
preaching the Kentish coast, and a
few minutes later they few over
Ramsgate and Broadstairs.
A number of naval and military
aeroplanes and seaplanes ascended to
attack the Germans, but they immed-
lately retreated. AS no engagement
between the airmen has been report
ed, it is presumed that the Germans
made good their escape.
Germans Take Trenches.
The French and Germans have been
engaged in furious combats on the
sector of the wesern battle front be.
tween Lens and Arras. where recent.
ly there has been great activity.
Berlin reports that to the west of
the town of Vimy, the Germans cap
tured French positions over a length
OF 800 yards. n ~
Paris admits that the Germans a.
ter the explosion Of two heavily charg-
ed mines, got a foothold in portions
of French crater, but say they were
driven out by hand grenade attacks.
Paris also. reports that the French,
i'll grenade attack, drove the Ger.
mans from small post, between Sois.
sons and Rheims, and that the
French batteries have badly damaged
German organizations in the forest of
Apremont, southeast of st. Maihiel.
Russians Repulsed.
On the Russian fronts, Berlin re-
cords the repulse of Russian infantry
attacks at several points in the Riga
region. A Petrograd dispatch says
severe fighting is developing in this
district, the preliminary artillery
duels having changed into lombard
ments of great intensity. =.
Answer Delayed.
Great Britain's reply to the. Ameri.
can governments protest against the
British blockade has been delayed
and probably will not be sent to
Washington during the present
month. .
Change Of Commanders.
General Sir Horace Lockwood
Smith-Dorrien has relinQuished the
command of the British forces operat.
ing in East Africa; owing to- III. health.
it was officially announced tonight.
General John A. Christian SHUTS.
the minister of the interior, mines
and defenses, of the Unit of South
Africa, has accepted the vacancy,
with the rank of temporary lieutenant
general. the announcement added.
Work For crippies.
AT the convention of the German
Orthopedic society, which is now in
session in Berlin, many inventions Of
methods for repairing the wastes OF
war have been exhibited or discussed.
DR.. Ferdinand Sauerbruch, profes-
sor Of surgery at Zurich university.
showed the delegates an artificial
hand which was able to grasp OBJ
jects of all forms and to lift weights
up to 200 pounds. An entirely novel
feature of the hand is that it and the
fingers are controlled by muscular ac-
tion in the upper arm, which is pre-
pared for such work by two oper-
ations. The muscular power, after
wards, is transmitted to the hand
through a system of wires and pull
leys to which all the fingers respond.
Woman to Prison.
Ely Rauss, a woman missionary at
Cologne, the head of small section
Of Seventh Day Adventists, who
preached the practical application Of
the commandment, "Thou shalt not
kill" was sentenced today by court
martial to nine months imprisonment
in a fortress, on the charge Of At
treason, by melting soldiers
to insubordination. She is "a years
old. The woman had advocated In
speech and print that soldiers must
not slay on the Sabbath.
Wounds Not Serious. 4
The German newspapers state that
Prince Oscars wounds recently re-
ceived in the eastern war theatre are
not serious, but that as he suffers
from a weak heart, he win not be
able to take further part in the war.
The German emperor and and EN-.
press have received thousands Of tel.
egrams congratulating them on
Prince Oscars escape.
German Peace Plan.
The Koelnische vogxeitung, discus.
sing peace possibilities, asserts that
Germany will never consent to enter
/ general peace conference, but WIN
only consent to negotiate win eaeA
Individual enemy. Germany tAkGu ~
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