The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-04-14
The latest WAR NEWS .
FROM ALL EUROPE.
LAUNCHING A STRONG ATTACK
THE TEUToNS DUST BRITISH
NEAR ST. ELOi.
TURKS GIVEN NO REST
Russians Continue Their Offensive
Against the Turks and Have Swept
Aside All OppositIon-French
Gain In France.
Latest War News From Front.

NOL Only nave Lu6 HGl ulduA DCCu Gil
gagged in heavy fighting with the
French around Verdun, but they have
launched a strong attack against the
new British positions near st. EIoi,
which lies a few miles south Of Ypres,
In an. endeavor to regain 600 yards of
trenches which the British won from
them ten days ago.
There have been gains on both Ger.
man and French sides. The Germans
captured the village Of HauCourt,
which lies In the AvoCourt BethlnCourt
sector, northwest Of Verdun. This is
considered by the Germans as an i'm
portant strategic point, for while the
French held it the Germans could not
cross the FORCES Brook.
The French war office officially an.
nounces that during the month Of
March a total Of thirty-fiye German
aerOplanes were destroyed and that
| the French aerial losses amounted to
only thirteen aeroplanes. 1t is doubt
less in reply to the German statement
recently issued to the effect that in
March the British and French lost for
ty-four aerOplanes.
Although there has been no recent
official news concerning the develop
ments on the Caucasus front, 1t has
been learned from private sources
that the Russian armies beyond Ere
rum and in Persia are progressing
swiftly and that the Turkish forces
are offering only occasional resistance.
! A Zeppelin attacked the northeast
coast of England Wednesday night,
but was driven off by the anti-aircraft
| defenses.
The Italians and Austrians are con-
tinuing their operations along the Aus
tro-Italian front, but no important
changes In position have occurred.
The British In MesOpotamia have
captured an important Turkish posi-
tion at Umm-elHenna, on the 4lgris
river twenty miles below Kut-el-
Amara. This victory is considered in
London as giving hope for the early
release of the British forces which
have been besieged In Kut-elAmara
since last December.
Berlin reports the loss during March
of fourteen German aer0planes and of
forty.four British and French ma.
chimes. Thirty-eight of the latter we're
brought to earth In air combats. &C.
cOrding to Berlin.
Spain has sent a note to Germany
protesting against the torpedoing OF
the Sussex, In which several Span
iards lost their lives.
A British patrol boat has picked up
off the Orkney Islands, Scotland, the
Brazilian steamer Sandanda de Cana,
bound from Para, Brazil, for New York
with cargo Of rubber AS the steam,
er was several thousand miles out of
her course the British are inclined to
the belief that she was attempting to
run the blockade.
All attempts by the Germans tC
press further south against the French
In the region Of Douaumont, north
east Of Cerdun, has met with repulse
and considerable losses. In the same
sector, north of the Caillette Wood
the French have continued their prog
ress in driving back the Teutons.
The German attack south of Douau
mont was launched against the French
first lines Of defense, but the French
raked the advancing Teutons with
their curtain Of fire, machine guns
and infantry fire, forcing them to re
treat In disorder northwest toward the
Chauffor Wood.
Another Zeppelin air raid was made
on England Monday night, the fourth
In as many days. Berlin says the for
tiflcations near Yarmouth was attack
ed. A British official statement as
serts that no casualties resulted an(
| that no damage was done.
} The announcement says; "a Zeppe
lin raid took place Sunday night, whel
the coast Of Scotland and the north
] ern and southeastern counties of En-
{ gland were attacked Bombs wer,
dropped at various places"
a The raid was the third in as man,
+ successive nights. Raiders reaChe,
/ the coast of Scotland-the first tim
3 they had been over that country an
the farthest north zeppelins had We
|. Travelled. Other raiders visited north
! ern and southeastern counties of En-
/ gland. Many bombs were dropped.
! With the exception Of the big al
I raid Of January 81, when the casua
5 tiss we're sixty-sevar persons kille
} and 1T injured, the Zeppelin raids 0
Friday and Saturday nights cause
greater loss Of life than any preyiou
aerial attack this year.
Great Britain has declined to releas
thirty-eight Germans, AusTians an
Turks removed by British warship
from the American steamer China OF
the Chinese coast. The right Of tn
British government to seize subject
Of enemy countries returning home t