, 1916-03-08

AihOb AAHICu - H." ! Ie Culcl Vi OliC0
to-day reported hat BuIgn an soldiers had
attacked the Greek frontier guards in the
neighbourhood Of Nachikova. Tue result
of the attack has not been reported.
Geneva, Swi' zerland, March 6tb.-Accord-
ing to information received from Innsbruck,
cholera has again broken ont in thirty-seven
Austrian villages and towns.
Berlin, March Chit is officially announc-
ed that theGernlnn raider"Moewe",
under command OF Count Won DONNA SchIo-
der, arrived at a German port to-day with
1923 prisoners, the crews of captured vessels
OIL board after o successful cruise extending
over several mouths. During this time she
is reported to have sunk twelve steamers
and sent several to Deutral ports. The COM
lnnnder and crew have been decorated with
the Iron Cross. 1t is also reported hat the
raider had on board one million marks in
gold bars, and that during her cruise she laid
mines which caused the sinking of vessels
including 1t. Nj. S. 'Kirg Edwmd'.
Paris, March 4;h.-The official cnmmuDi-
cation, issued by the War Office this after
noon, reads rs follows: North of Scissors
our batteries carried ont a destructive fire
on the enemyIs works. In the Argonne we
bombarded German organizations near the
road TO BenarvilIe, north of Harazee. North
of Verdun there was a violent bombardment,
particularly between the Raudremont wOud
and Fort Douaumont. The enemy, however,
was unable to renew bis attack in this re-
!" gion. In the Woevre IL spirited bombar l.
ment occurred III the region of Flesnes and
to the east of Haudremont. Our artillery
was very active on the whole of the enemy
front. Our aeroplanes last night dropped
bombs on the railway station at Conlnns.
London, March 6th.-Twelve persons
were killed and thirty-three injured in an
air raid on Sunday night, in which three
Zoppellns took part according to an official
announcement to-day. The area visited in
cluded Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland,
Huntingdon, Caubridgeshire, Norfolk, and
Kent. Forty bombs in all were dropped,
but very little material damage was done.
London, March 6th-Despatches received
from the Verdun trout Indicate that the
Germans are making vigorous efforts to cap
ture Fort de Tavannes. The French are
successfully resisting all attacks, their posi-
tions being generally maintained and they
are iufictIng very heavy losses on the enc
my. Ten thousand Germans attacked the
French positions in Vaux but were repulsed
with heavy losses. 1t is reported that TWEEN
ty-seven train loads OF wounded left for Ger
many.
Paris, March 5th-The Italian steamer
'<Giava" was torpedoed and sunk by an Aus
trian submarine without warning. Accord
ing to survivors the "Giuva'' offered no resis-
lance.
London, March 6lh.-Important move
ments of German troops i'll Belgium are re-
ported III dispatches to the Hague. It is
stated that 10000 cavalrymen are on their
way to the Ypres front.
London, March 61b.-An Amsterdam des-
patch says that since Feby. Dist heavy fight
ing has been in progress between the relief
forces of General Aylmer and Turkish troops
in Mesopotamia. Especially severe fight
ing has taken place near the town of Nas,ie.
A large force of British troops was recent
ly moved up to proceed TO the relief of Gen
eral Townshend at Kut-el-Amara.
Petrograd, March 6th-Russian torpedo
boat destroyers to-day bombarded the Turk
ish seaport of Trebizond sinking several
vessels, the Turkish batteries replied but
without success. Trebizond on the Black
Sea, is one of the goals of the Russian inva-
sion of that section.
Rome, March 6th.-The Pope again made
o plea for peace in q special Lenten letter
to-day. In it he said he cannot sit silently
aud indiffereotly to the terrible conflict now
rending Enrope.
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