Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-02-16
Germans Smash Brtkl Trench
Front Of About 800 Yards is Captured by
The TeutoDs,

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The Teutons.
Fab. Is. Switching their ofen~
sive from the Artois and Cham
payne regions in France. to the
Belgian sector are uld Ypres held
by the British, the Germans have
smashed their way by an artillery
bC mbardment and infantry at
sacks into a British front line
tranch over a distance of between
800 and 800 yards. Berlin gives
the distance as 800 yards and the
British official c ommunlcstion in
admitting the gain, asserts that it
vas On a front OF aoout 600 yards
Berlin says that a majority of the
defenders of the trench were killed
and that one officer and several
dozens of soldiers we're taken pris.
oner.
In the Artois region between
Lens and Bethune, the crater of a
mine blown up by the Germans
was occupied by them. while the
French guns have been buey shell.
n:g German organ .zation in She
eighborhood Of the r,tsd to Lille,
Tho French also bomeardad Gr.
man positions north of V.e SUI
Aisne and to the northeast of
scissors, and in the Arganne ex j..
plod4d a mine a: d occupied the
crater.
In Champagne. B4r!u asserts,
French infantry attempts to re.
gain lost positions north OF Tahure
we're repulsed, as likewise was 3
similar attack il the Vosg-s near
Ober Sept.
There has been q oonsideraf le
rene val Of activity oa the Rus
sian frost around Dvinsk, TO the
south Of thu PEipet river and along
the upper snd middle Ssripa river
bu@ M imporsant changes have
occurred.
The Italians are still usiug their
guns and infantry i'll attempts to
retake from!the Austro-Huugari-
ans tte positions recentlv cap
Sursd on Monts.Rem ,o1 but all
attempts have been repulsed with
heavy Losses, according to Vienna
B 2ta sides of Sissera occupied by
ths Aust ians and Positions in,the
Ssbaoh Valley and Oh the Aus
srisn front between she F.lla Val
ley aud Nisch Mountain also have
been heavily bombarded by the
Italians.
The Russians are still! on the
ofeniive against the Turks in the
Caucasus region. but Constant
nopls reports their attacks have
been halted Ky cou; ter.astacks
In Mesopotamls thu situation
arOuld Kut'el-Amara and Fsls-
HE, where the British ara orerat-
ing against the Turks, is uuchsDe.
cd.
At the re opening Of the British
Parllament, both Premier Asquifh
ana Secretary cf war Kitchener
made speeches in which they 70.
viewed the situation al | 4xpTess.
ed confidence in ultimg to victory
for the Entente allies.
Premier Asquith inform.d the
House Of Commcls shat tn. 4,v.
-rnme-s was t3kluG stock 81 all
ITS mn:Gltlons, men, hualce and
Industrial reserve, SO as to b, in q
position to put forth its maximum
strength. II (. ntlmsted that
snother credit of he large amount
you'd Do asked for ut an early
late, and announcsd that a gen.
ara co%nfersDce OF the Eutn.te al.
lies ia to he held il. Paris at which
.ll the strsg, tieal a d political
.spests of the war will be ccnsld.
cred.
The Germat. reply, accepting
one of the two changes sugg -sted
by Secretary of State Lsnsing,
Wish respect to the Luz. tania's
controversy but proposing a new
wording for the other. has been
forwarded to Washington.
DIR. Bells pIna. Tar.hnnev