, 1916-03-29
Censored at Jamaica.A

NFSitI'HN dIlelbOOh. III III AISODue region,
following The explosion Of one of our mines
at Vauquois, the enemy made an attack and
succeeded in gaining a footing in one Of our
first line trenches. We, however, expelled
them after making counter-attacks and took 80
prisoners. Our artillery continues It's intense
bombnrdment of the German lines of com
municatiOn IN eastern Argonne and also Of
the woods of Maloncourt and Avocuurt. In
the region north Of Verdun, nothing OF any
importance occurred durng the day. North
east Of 81. Mihiel We successfully lombard
cd Vigneulles station with large range
pieces. A warehouse was demolished and a
train blown up.
Petrcgrud, March 25th.-The following
bulletin was issued from Headquarters yes
teIday: On the western (Russian) front,
our ruiding parties captured an enemy gun
in the Friedrichstadt d strict. In the Jncob-
stadt sections several German counter
attacks in the vicinity Of Augusnpbop
we've successfully Iepulsed. Northeast of
Lake Vargunek our offensive is develop
ing successfully. In The Dvipsk re-
giou our d~etachmenta are advancing after
having repulsed several oupter-attacks
Southwark OF the Dylnsk region the battle
continues. Fighting OF q very desperate
character took place on Wednesday night
to The n%orthWord Of the town Of Niusy and
il the Mischkete sector, north OF Lake Soiky.
Despite the intensity Of the eremA's hre cur
troops forced all the adveIsary's lines and
barbados in the sector OF olga and all Ger
man counter-attacks were repulsed. Our
artillery is keeping many parts Of the enc
my's positions under its fire. Between
Lakes NaIocz and NichnovskOie he fighting
continues. Our troops are steadily dIsIodg-
ing the enemy from The woods IN the vicin-
ity of BLINK and Mokr;tza, although they
are strongly defended and thIckly surround
ed with wire entGpgIements. In tbe course
of the fighting between the 18th and DIST
inst. We took as prisoners III The region
north of Povavy two officers and 1870 men,
and in the region Of Lake Narocz Is officers
and 1855 men, We also captured IS ma
chine guns, sc field motora,l0 trench mortals,
2 mine t~Lrowers, l howitzer, 4 search
lights, 637 rifles, one case Of bombs, 800
grenades and - carloads of shells. In the
southern region, in the sector OF Sylvestie
and in Galicia, lively artillery dueIs have talk
en- place at some points. On the Caucasus
front we continued our progress. III Persia,
south of lake Ulpmiah, we dispersed several
detaclments Of kurds.
London, March ~25th-Lloyds publish the
following list of steamers sunk i in the course
Of the last few days: SIS. sEnglishman" of
the DOMINION Lime, reported sunk with he
loss of several lives. 68 of her crew were
rescued. SIS. "Christianssand", a Danish
steamer of LOTT tons. sunk. crew saved.
IS, "Fulmor",a British steamer of 1870
tons, sunk, IS of her crew rescued.
London, March 25th-Advices have just
been received that the C~ross-Channel steamer
Sussex" was damaged by an explosion in
the English Channel last evening but has
been towed in safety to a ] rench port.
Washington, March. 25th-Replying indi-
vidually to Mr.. Lansing's suggestion that
they should disarm all their merchant ships,
the Entente Allies have without exception
declined the proposal.
London, March 25tb-The following Off
cial statement has been given out: The mill
tary position III Egypt being now satisfactory,
owing to the failure of the attempts by he
Turks on the western frontier, our organiza-
tion of forces in that country has been
effected. General Murray has now assumed
sole command in Egypt and General Max
well has left for England.
Rome, March 25th-Oficial communique:
Our artillery effectively shelled enemy col
umns moving in the Alto Astice zone. They
also bombarded a train loading war stores
standing in the station of Culponazzo. In
the Cordevole valley during o blizzard our