Arizona republican., 1916-03-21
WITH LIQUID FIRE
GERMANS FAIL TO
MOVE THE FRENCH
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northWard of Postavy. Nevertheless,
the results of this drum fire We're
remarkably slight.
Thereupon the Russian infantry
pushed forward in thick masses to
within range of the whitening fire of
the German machine guns which
played terrible havoc with them. The
Russians fell in heaps. None of them
lived to reach the German entangle-
ments, although the lines range only
between 80 and 400 yards
Southwark of Narocz, where the
German line bends making flank fire
possible, three thousand Russian dead
were counted. The Russians con-
tinued their attacks there all day but
made no further serious attack at
Postavy after their first repulse. Not
Withstanding this determined fighting,
the report says that the Russians are
showing less than their former reck-
lessress in sacrificing troops
The German losses are described as
astonishingly slight and the spirits of
The troops are excellent, there being
sense of relief in the serious work
after long period of inactivity
Germany apparently is immune
/ from the ammunition supply trouble
from which her opponents have been
suffering. number Of factories in
Berlin which have been making shells
now are without contracts, and work
in others is not proceeding with the
tension which marked the first
months of the war. Current needs Of
ammunition are being amply supplied
| by plants in the provinces.
| An official communication made
public tonight concerning the German
| air raid on the east coast of England
Sunday says:
"A German naval air squadron
abundantly bombarded the afternoon
of March 10, military establishments
| at Dover, Deal and Ramsgate, in
spite of a violent fire from land bat
teries and enemy fliers Numerous
| hits with excellent effects We're
noticed
"All the aeroplanes returned safely"
The British official communica ton
issued Sunday evening. said Flight
| Commander Bone of the royal naval
air service pursued one of the attack
| ing German air craft 80 miles to sea
AMI in an action lasting a quarter of
an hour forced it to descend. The
statement added that the German ma
chine was bit many times and that
| the observer was killed.
| Germans Lose Heavily
| PARIS, March 30, 1915 p. m.-An-
other powerful German attack, this
! time between AVocourt and Malan-
| court, west Of the Meuse, resulted to-
day in heavy losses to the Germans
| according to the official communica-
| ton issued by the French war office
tonight. A fresh division brought up
from distant point was used in This
| operation, which was characterized
by the employment of jets of liquid
| flame At one point east of the Ma
| lancourt wood, the Germans made
some slight progress.
| A German aviator has dropped sew
eral smoke bombs near a French bat
terry, it is reported from the front
This is the first time since the war
began thar such bombs have been
| used. Not in themselves dangerous,
the bombs give forth an intense
smoke which persists for long time
and serves as guide for the hostile
artillery
| The Turkish Statement
! CONSTANTINOPLE, Via London
March 21.-The Turkish official state
ment reads:
| "On the Irak front our aeroplanes
| dropped 4 few bombs on Kut FL
Amara. on March IS we captured
five Indian soldiers in an engagement
with the enemy on the Suez canal"