, 1916-02-23

" Lt'N 'N''' o-
a huge quantity Vi artillery ammunition ana
arms, several dozen motor cars, wireless
apparatus and a ponioOn park. The number
of other troops taken and Turkish soldiers
captured III The vast region Of Etzclum are
being tubulated. The troops OF tue Can
cusinn army, Notwithstanding the supreme
efforts demanded of them III the ced,eieas
lighting for over a month under most ditfl-
cult geographical conditions, have suffered
bur slight losses. Black Sea: Our wnrFhips
have continued their operations IN the coast
region. West OF Trebizond permanent
bridges have been demulished and 10 sailing
ships destroyed, In the Caucasus coast re-
gion. our troops have disiodged the enemy
from a series OF positions and captured prl-
sonerS, arms, munitions, aud engineering
material. Euemy Zeppelin and aeropllne
ruids are becoming more frequent above the
sectors of Riga. Bombs have been dtopped
in many places in both regions. In the
Jacobstadt district the Germans sent clouds
of asphyxiutin9 gas upon our trenches. In
GuIicla on the 10th our airmen threw bombs
ON BucZacZ. On the Dnlester after pr0lOug-
ed artillery preparations the enemy launched
au attack against our trenches near USclecz-
ko which we repulsed. Northwest of Ger
nowiiz (Bukowina) our heavy artillery de-
stroyed an enemy bnttery.
London, Ftby. 18lh-The British official
statement tonight says: sour artillery bonn
barded enemy positions north of Ypres aud
the Confines canal. The artillery on both
ST les generally has been active above the
Ypres front. On the rest OF the front there
have been minor artillery bombardments at
various points.
Rome, Feby. 18Th. The following official
communication was issued to day Enemy
...,1Io,, 10, cbnIol OD,,a iuhohiipH niarpS
Crossano in the Lngarlna valley and RDnceB-
no and Borgo in the Sugana valley. have sus-
tanned some damage. Our artillery dispersed
enemy detachments on The Lusern road and
groups OF workers in the Assure region. In
fantry encounters have taken place III The SUI
gaua valley. Our infantry here I pulsed the
enemy taking some prisoners. "Ou the MD
die I,onzo near Canale we fired on salIhoats
which the enemy had secretly collected near
BY" On the Casso front, east Of VermpI'ano,
one of our detnchments rushed an enemy
trench ~infIcting some losses.
Berlin. Feb. 1Sfh-The official statement
saws: "Western theatre: The English again
attempted to recaptured their positions to
the south of Ypres but were repulsed with
sanguinary losses. 70 the northwest OF
Lens and to the north of Arras we carried
out successful mining operations. A small
German 06idCuIn6uC Ieluiue y u H'StOi
nal expedition against English positions near
Ronquevillers, north of Arras, with a few
prisoners. Directly south of the Somme an
attack by fresh French troops broke down
under our fire. On the remainder of the
front there were more or less ilVely
artillery duels but no incidents OF es-
pecial Importance. Enemy aerial attacks III
flanders were Immediately returned by our
a|vlators with the aerial commandment OF
Poperinghe. Eastern theatre: The situa-
ton is unchanged. Balkan theatre: Enemy
a|viators attacked the railway station ut
Hidova in the Vardar valley south OF Strum-
nitza."
Berlin, Feby. 18th The official report
from Austro- Hungarian Headquarters re-
ceived here to-day is as follows: Austro-Hun-
gnrian troops reinforced by Austrians have
occupied Kavnya. The garrison there was
composed of Essad Pasha's gendarmes who
escaped capture by flight on board a ship.
On the italian front the artillery in general
has been less active, Malborgeth again has
been shelled by the enemy. While cleaning
up the foreground of the Rombon district,
the ustro-Hungarians took 81 prisoners
and one machine-gun. An attack by several
companies of Italians was repulsed. Since
tbe last combat near OSIavia, seven machine