, 1916-04-26
TFLEGRAM MS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamnica.)

statement from Army Headquarters was is
sued to-day: Last night, atler a very heavy
commandment, the enemy attacked our line
above Ypfes, at tour points, namely st. Eloi,
the Bluff, Wieltje and along the Ypres-
Langemarck road. The enemy's infantry Pc
netrated our line, bu' has been ejecled every
where except at ST. Eloi, where he captured
two craters, and on the Ypres- Langemarck
road where they retain one trench. Near
Mametz a hostile raid which was attempted
failed to reach our trenches, being checked
by our fire. There has been some mining
activity to-day about the quarries and to the
south of Giveuchy- en- Gohelle, ia which we
had the advantage.
Paris, April 2Orh-The War Office COM
munique issued to-day is as follows: In the
Argonue, our artillery cHnnonaded the roads
of communication behind the enemy front
and their positions IN the Malancourt wood.
West of the Mouse, great artillery activity
prevailed throughout yesterday I'D the sec
tors of Hill 304 and Avocourt. An attack
launched by us in the region Of LHomIne
Mort enabled US to drive the enemy out of
some sectiors of The trench occupied by him
on the 10th. East of the Meuee, a violent
commandment occurred III the region Of DOu-
aumont and Vuux. There was slight artil-
lery activity in the Woevre district. The
day was comparatively Calm on the rest OF
The front. The Belgian official statement
is as follows: The day was marked 10y Il vio-
lent bombardmeut on both sides ut various
points especially in the sector of Dlxmude.
P~etrogrnd, April 20th.-The following
official communication was published to day
The enemy artillery has cannonaded the TX
skull bridgehead. There has been a spirited
o,f1lorv J,,ol oo,,tb ~ To1yn nriouinfv On
the Caucasus front along the coast our hoops
are in pursuit of the enemy who retroated
rapidly, our reconnoitring party succeeding
in capturing 7 Turkish officers and 1910 men.
AT Trebizond we captured some six inch guns.
this town did not suffer any damage from
0eroplanes. Before the arrival of our
troops the Turkish population fed but
the Christians remained and received
the Russians with acclamations. South
of Bitlis our detachments disIoGg4d the
Turks from q series of mountain positions
end have advanced in tho direction of
S5hert, repelIing all enemy counter-attacks.
The enemy left several hundred killed on the
battlefield and we made many prisoners.
London, April 20th.-Regarding opera
ti0ns in Mesopotamia, the War Office issued
the following statement to-day: Further
dotails of the fighting along the right bank
OF the river Tigris on the 10th and 17th,
previous to the Turkish counter-attacks,
show that the enemy left 800 dead in the
captured trenches, and we took 2 field guns,
5 machine-guns and $50 prisoners. Our
losses were comparatively small An aero
plane reconnaissance, made after the enemy's
counter attack, disclosed the fact that "a large
number of Turkish ambulances we're busy
all day removing wounded from the field.
Berlin, April 2Oth-OficiaI statement
Western front: German patrols succeeded
at several points i'll penetrating the English
trenches. Between Lsngemarck and Ypres
they occupied about 600 metres of the enc
my's positions and firmly maintained them
against several grenade attacks. At :his
point near Wieltje and south of Ypres we
took 100 prisoners and captured two mach
ine guns. In the Meuee sector, the enemy
directed a lively artillery fire against posi-
tions captured on the east bank of the river.
In the Caillette wood the preparatory artil-
lery fire developed towards evening into a
strong attack. In the salient at the corner
of the wood the attack reached our trenches,
otherwise it was repulsed with sanguinary
losses to the French. A few prisoners were
taken. On the Woevre plain and the hills
south east of Verdun an artillery battle is be-
ing continued with great violence by both
sides. but there has been no infantry activity