, 1916-03-08

1Utnnt Navarro bruu9ht UpWh yesterday III
the region Of Doununont his sixth aproplane,
a craft of The Albatross type. The passen-
gers who were wounded were taken prison.
ers. The Belgian communication issued to-
night SAYS The day has been quiet on The
whole front except in the region of Steen-
straete where the struggle by means Of bombs
has been violent.
Petrograd, March 3rd.-It is officially an
nounced that the Russians have captured
Bitlis, Turkish Nrmenia, about IL miles south
east OF Erzefum near the south western eN-
ire nifty of lake Van. The city was taken by
assault.
London, March 9rd-The official commu-
nication issued this evening says: On the eve
mug of the 2ud we exploded five mines
near the Hohenzollern Iedouht and occu-
pied the craters, one Of which contolned the
enemy's main mining shaft. A hostile bomb
ing fttack was rerulsed. There hns been
considerable artillery a@ctiyi y ON both sides
III this uej4hbourhood today. On the 4pres-
Confines Canal we have consolidated the
positions taken Yesterday which include some
two hundred yards of the euemy's original
trench. The prisoners now amount to hVe
officers and 249 men of other ranks.
London, March. 3rd-A German seaplaue
returning from England was yesterday
picked up by the French three miles north
OF Middplkerke bank off the Belgian coast,
it was announced in an %otcinl =, port issued
this evening. One of the Observers ofthe
machine was drowned and one was made
prisoner. The seuplaue dropped on We'd
nes&ay The official statement adds.
New York, March 3rd-A News Agency
despatch published here to-day says: Two
Zoppelins were wrecked in Belgium on Feby.
Dist, according to the Exchange Telegraph
dispatches from Amsterdam to-day. Ont Of
the Zeppelins returning from the front evi-
denly was bit by enemy artillery. It fell
al Ezhezce damaging a house ond IN juriuG
eighteen children. Another fell at Mails
nanlt. Tue debris was londed on a train
bound for Cologne.
Cain, Egypt, March 3rd-Sidi Bnrani, a
town il western Egypf, was reoccupied With
out opposition by British forces yesterday
after being for three months in the heuds
of tribesmen commanded by Turkish officers.
London,~ March 4th-The morning news
papers feature dispatches from Athens, which
declare that agitation in Coustantiuople in
favour of peace is becoming so pronounced
that it would surprise no one if Turkey sud-
denly capitulated to the Entente Allies. 1T
is reported also that Rachmi Bey, Governor
Of the Vilayet of Smyrna, is trying to ar
range separate peace terms with the Entente.
Paris, March 3rd-lt was announced at
the French Ministry of Marine to-day that
there we're nearly 1000 men on beard he
French auxiliary cruiser ''Provence" when
she was sunk in the Mediterranean on Febv.
26th. 1t was stated that on board he
'Provence' were the Staff If the 3rd Coloni-
al infantry Regiment, the Bird Battalion, the
2nd Company\of the LIST Ba TALON, the End
Mnchiue-gun Company and one extra COM
pauy, in all nearly 1000 men. AS the Min
is!ry of Marine on Feby. 29th announced
that the number of survivors of the "Pro-
vence'' disaster was estimated at $40, it is
indicated by the foregoing despatch that
upwards of 3, 100 lives We're lost. This loss
in the sinking of the provence" is the great
est ocean disaster of modern tines. Up to
the present the largest number of lives ever
lost in one wreck was when the White Star
Liner 'sTitanic'' struck an iceberg off the
Newfoundland Banks on April 14th, 1912, and
sank with u death toll OF 1,595.
Washington, March 3rd-By n vote of
68 to IA the Senate to-day, at President
Wilson's wish, Defeated Senator Cores
resolution to warn Americans off armed belli-
gerent ships. III a turbulent scene such as
seldom is witnessed in the Senate the voting
proceeded, with Senator'S shouting objections
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