Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-16
THE WAR AT A
-GLANCE-

Il NTREMELY heavy fighting has
IL taken place northwest of Ner-
dun and on the outskirts of the Bois
des Buttes to the north of the Aisne,
with the Germans in both regions the
aggrcssors. Elsewhere along the line
artillery duels of great proportions
are under way.
In the sector between Bethincourt
and Cumicres, northwest of Nerdun,
the intense artillery bombardment
of the Germans was followed by an
infantry attack, but over the entire
front of three miles ii was repulsed
by the French with serious losses.
except between Bcthincourt and lie
Morte Homme. where the Germans
gained a footing at two points in the
French trenches.
The Germans three times north of
the Aisne threw their troops against
the French positions northwest Of
the Bois des Buttes but none of the
attacks proved successful.
Several Air Fights.
In the forest of Argonne the
French guns effectively shelled Ger
man positions. North and east Of
Verdun the artillery duels continue.
North of st. Mihiel, in Lorraine and
in the Vosges the guns Of both sides
have been active. A large number
of fights in the air have taken place
around Verdun. In these four Ger
man aircraft have been brought
down, French aviators have again
bombarded the station of Brieullcs
behind the German lines north Of
Verdun.
The British evidently are breaking
up the opposition of the Senussi
trbesmen led by Turkish officers in
! western Egypt An official report
received from Major General Peyton.
commander of the British forces,
says the occupation of Sollum on the
Egyptian Tripoli frontier is immi-
nent, that the Sheik Harun has sur
rendered and is in the British camp
and that the head men of Aulad Ali
| tribe are asking for pardons.
The Russians are still harassing
| the Turks on the Caucasus front and
have made further progress against
the Teutons in east Galicia. They
entered German trenches in the re-
gion of Riga, killed the occupants
and returned to their own positions
without suffering any loss.
The Ittnans are keeping up their
strong ilIantry offensive begun sew
cral days ago on the lsonzo front.
I -
tacks around San Martino. Here,
Rome says, the Italians captured
| Dante Del Croviglio, the pivot in the
| Austrian defenses and in the same
region stormed two other places and
seized Austrian trenches.
| Vienna, on the other hand, de-
clares that at San Martino the Ital-
ians seven times attempted to storm
1.-The Austrian positions, but were re-
pulsed with heavy casualties.
The Austrian embassy in Berlin
accuses an entente submarine with
having attempted in the Adriatic sea
| off the coast of Dalmatia to torpedo
without warning two Austrian pas
senger steamers The steamers es-
capped only by skillful maneuvering.
In explaining the entry of Portu-
I gal into the war the British secre-
tary for foreign affairs. Sir Edward
Grey, informed the house Of commons
| that the British government had
urged Portugal to rcquisition the
German ships-a right inherent in
every foreign state and one that
could not be challenged by any for
eign power, he declared. Portugal
promised to indemnify the owners of
| the vessels but, said the foreign sec
retary. Germany saw fit to declare
war thus altering the whole position
with respect to the payment of COM
pensation.