Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-22
German Attacks in BeIgium|
and France RepuISed Heavy
Artillery ENGAGEMENTS Are
in Progress,
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
PURSUIT OF TURKS
Little Activity Is Reported
From Austro-ItaIian Front
Ddrazzo Completely Sur
rounded, Is Belief,

Another Of Gcrmanys big Zeppelin
airships has come to grief and II 70
probable that some If not all of its
crew pctished, as it was envclopcd
in FLAMES as II fell to earth. a victim
of an inccndiary shell fired from a
French anti-aircraft gun. Tho Paris
official communication reports that
the airship was southwark hound
from the region Of st. Menehoul
when the French guns at RevienN
began sheling IT, At last one of the
missiles found its mark and the huge
aircraft took fire ana fell in the Vi
cinlty of Brabant-Le-RoL
Gelmans Are Rcpulsed.
The Germans near Lihones, to tho
south of the Somme river, have met
with repulse at the hands of the
French in an intended attack extend
ing over about I l-3 miles. The of
fensive movement was preceded by T.
heavy bombardmcnt and clouds OF
asphyxiaing gases. when the Ger
man infantry ondeavorcd to come out
of their trenches for the attack, how
ever the barrier fire and the fire Of
the French riflemen stopped them
everywhere according TO Paris
Heavy Artillery Fire.
The Germans in Artois were pre-
vented from occupying the crater Of
ia mine by strong counter-offcnsive
of the French in ChampaEne the
forest Of the Arsome. and in the ell
/ tire region of Nerdun. there has beeh
much artillery activity in which
i Paris claims that considerable eXeeu-
ton was accomplished hy the French
gunners. The Germans report addi-
tional ropulses Of British grenade at
/ tacks against captured positions along
the User canal and also the putting
down of an entente allied offensive
along the Lens-Arras road.
Many Air Battles.
/ Numerous fights in the air between
German ana French aviators have
taken place. paris reports that sew
eral of the German machines were
F! brought down by the fire of the
| French airmen. Aeroplane raids
have been carried out by French and
/ British acroplane squadrons, notably
on the German aviation field at Hab-
shcim and Mulhqusen aud on a mun-
tonA factory at Pagny-Sur- Mosellc.
i British aircraft bombed the town OF
/ Don. southwest of Lille.
/ Dumxxo surrounded.
| There has been little fighting On
| the eastern ana Austro- Italian fronts.
| The Albanans fighting for the Teu-
tons. are reported to have reached
! the Adratic sea west of kavaya. This
would indicate that the Austro-H Hun
garlans ana their allies have COM
plctely surrounded Durazzo.
/ In Asia Minor the Russians are
pcrsistently fighting the Turks who
| fled from Erzcrum, and also are push
/ ing their way northward from the
captured fortress to the Black sea,
with the purpose of establishing "a
/ base there for their warshps and
! transports. Bitlis on Lake Van hls
been captured by the Russians.
I A Turkish power station on the
ottoman front east of the Sucz canal
! has been blown up by "a British ayi-
ator
Again Constautinoplc has been
thrown into a state Of CONSERVATION
over the presence Of an entente al
! lied submarine IN the Bosphorus, ae-
| cording to an unofficial report The
underwater boat is said to have tor
pcdoed six transports loaded with mu-
nitions and one tug.