, 1916-04-15
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION
Censored at Jamaica.0

the 8th inst was 5000 tons. Last year
l57, 900 tons.
London, April 11tb.-The following ON
munique was issued by General headqual-
tele last night Yesterday evening IN the
neighbouthood of S.. EIoi our troops attack
ed aud captured a mine crater which had
remained in German hands. We succeeded
IN establishing ourselves III the German
trenches running southwest of the above
creteI. To-day the artillery has been active
qboul La BoiseIle, Angras, Nierstraat, St. Eloi
ana lpres. Mining ACTIVITY continues hear
La B9isselle, RocliDcoult and GIvenchy.
Petrogfad, April 11tb.-Oficiai announce
meut On the western trout artillery dut}s
ana an infantry engagement occurred yes
to-day near Dviua. In several sectors the
Germans attempted to improve the cordi-
tor Of THEN trenches by pumping out he
d. wafer but everywhere ouI fire forced them
to discontinue this work. German aeyopianes
dropped bombs near Remerskof ana Dvlnsk
railway stations. North east of Lake Nlech-
nevskie the enemy artillery has shown lively
activity. On the Ofnski canal, enemy aero
planes droE PED bombs on our lines. In the
region of the lower Stripn we captured an
enemy trench and iook some prisoners. At
tempts by the enemy to launch attacks were
f~rultless and they suffered heavy losses. In
the direction Of D]abokr, We closed IN on the
enemy by way Of the region Of the Goinuboy
valley. In the region Bills, we lepulsed
several Turkish attacks. South OF Lake Uru-
nIiah we fought engagements with large
hordes d huIds supported by IulEIsb ~
fantry.
Berlin, April 10th.-The response of the
German Government 10 the inquiries OF the
American Government regarding the steam
.,c. GGGuccavD lu!,cbuaop Ehl ap.baStarn
"Engineer" Eagle Point" and"BerwindVale"
in the form of II Note will be transmitted to
the American Embassy tomorrow, Tuesday.
Paris, April 1lth.-The following official
announcement was given out by the War
Office last evening Ii the region Of Roye,
a strong enemy reconnaissance was dispersed
by our rife attack before it reached our wire
entquglements north Of Andechy. In the
Argonne, our artillery caused serious damage
to enemy organizations north OF La Harazee.
We scnergetically caunOnaded that section
OF the Avocourt wood occupied by the enc
my. West Of The river Meuse, in the course
OF the day the bombardment continued with
ever increasing intensity. At midday the
German launched an attack debouching
from their trenches in the regions of Hau-
court and Bethancourt upon our positions
south of the FORCES brook. NOtwithstand-
ing the great violence or Inc assaults, which
cost the enemy serious losses, our line WAS
unmoved along the whole front from Dead
mans Hill to Cumieres. Consecutive at
tempts to attack on the part of the enemy,
which were preceded by intense artillery
preparation, were arrested by our curtain of
fire. East Of the Meuse, in the neighbour
hood Of Cote de Poivre there was a very
violent bombardment. Our positions in the
Caillette wood were several times attacked
but each time the enemy was repulsed. In
the Woevre district, artillery activity Of a
quite pronounced character occurred, but ON
the rest of the front relative calm prevailed.
On the 9Th our air pilots brought down a Fox
ker in the region Of Verdun III the course of a
combat. The machine fell within our lines.
On the 9th another Fokker was brought
down by our special anti aircraft guns. The
machine fell in he Woerve district behind
the German lines. A third F'okker cam
to earth within our lines in Champagne. The
The machine was intact and the pilot was
arrested. On the same afternoon q German
aeropiane few over Nancy and dropped
bombs which did slight damage. Yesterdays
the Belgian official report is as follows:During
the night the German detachment succeeded