Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
THE WAR TODAY

L0westOft, on the English east
coast this morning. The warshIps
remained in the vicinity for about
twenty mintes. getting away clear
after bombarding the shore and
landing hits on two British light
cruisers and a destroyer which
engaged them.
According to the British official
statement on the raid, the mater
ial damage was insignificant. The
casualties reported are two men,
one woman and a child killed. The
British warships that were struck
by German shells were not sunk,
the press bureau announcement
declares.
The Germans, after heavily
bombarding the position, drove
home three successive assaults
last night in the region Of Dead
Mans hill, northwest Of Verdun.
The complete repulse of the first
two attacks Is cIatTrpt ~ Paris,
which declares that the third at
tack, although assisted by the use
of gas, also broke down, the Ger
mans suffering severe losses In
their sustained, but fruitless Ell.
fort to advance.
Further to the west the German
effort, an attempt to carry an
advanced post at the Ayocourt
redoubt, failed.
The German bombardment OF
Dunkirk was resumed this morn
ing, six bombs being dropped. A
woman was killed and three men
wounded.
Russia has sent additional
troops to the western front. Anoth.
er contingent arrived at Marseilles
this morning. The first contingent
reached MarseilIes last Thursday
and was sent north almost at
once, presumably to the battle
front.
Coustantinople reports virtual
cessation of the fighting along the
Tigris following the defeat OF the
latest British attempt to advance
toward Kut-El-Amara.
A raid by eight British aero.
n,anes on hostile camp al
ouatia in Egypt, near the snez
canal. is announced by the British
authorities, who declare that the
camp was destroyed.
Bulgaria has lost $1,000 men
t,lled and $1,000 wounded or cap
tured in her war operations, ac'
cording to Bulgarian newspaper
estimates.
bombardment Of German posi-
tions on the Belgian coast by BTU,
isb varships, described as one %
the heaviest in this region durihe
tbe war, is reported in news
agency dispatch from Amsterdam
The scenes Of greatest acl'it!
IN the French and Belgian front'
ora In the region of lie Nor
Momme and In the Argonne FOREST
with the Germans the aggression :,
IN the former and the French il
.ho latter sector. In these wv
sactors the fighting has been con
sned mostly to the heavy art1ller!
the infantry being inactive
French aviators in squadron
formation have dropped great nun,
Us of shells on German pes'
tons. .,o sch,,n
hotween the Russians and IN
i Germans and Austrians continue
hut no advantage in positions ma
been reported. The same coma l
lions prevail on the l'ai'ah'A",
i NV nha Aus,rians are highly IN
i censed at the italian aeropiane al
/ ta.l last Sunday on the city
Triest In which nine civilians Wer
tu,ed five of them being children
vienna report says that becaus
nf this attack, "the enemy mas loi
Sei,ed every right to have nj
towns spared
Sir Roger Easement. leader
the Irish seperatlst party, who
said TO have negotiated with Gel
MANY concerning an invasion
Ireland, has been captured from
| German ship which was sun
while trying TO land arms In lr'
land