The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-04-07
DESPERATE FIGHTING ON
ALL THE WAR FRONTS
GRENADE THRoWERs SUCCEED
IN GAINING A PORTION OF
TRENCHES OF BRITISH.
AIR RAIDS NUMEROUS
Russians in Untold Numbers Are Max
ing Gains Against the Germans and
Turks-Greece Offended at Air
Raid on Saioniki. Etc.
Latest War News From Front.


Fighting Is still going on between
the British and Germans along the
British end of the French line, in
France, particularly near St ElOi
where German grenade throwerS have
succeeded In reaching a portion OF q
mine crater held by the British. Near
Boesinghe the British put down an at,
tack by the Germans.
Strong forces of Austrians and Ital.
ians are aligned against each other in
the Gorilla sector Of the AustroItal-
Ian front. On the heights of Seilz
spirited fighting is taking place for
the possession Of trenches. Elsewhere
along the front the artillery dueIs con-
.tinue.
Great Britain has put in effect an
order in council under which neither
a vessel nor her cargo is immune from
capture for a breach of the blockade
on the sole ground that the vessel at
the moment Is on her way to a non
bloCkaded port.
Great aerial activity IS reported In
the latest official communication rs.
sued by the French war office. Five
German aerOplanes were brought down
in the region of Verdun, two in the
Champagne district and one west of
Louyain, in the Somme district.
The French machines were hit many
times, but all the French pilots, the
war office says, returned safely.
Heavy German attacks were deliver
ed around Fort Douaumont. Liquid
flames were employed in these as.
saultS, but the Germans were repulsed
with considerable losses. West Of the
Meuse, where much fighting has taken
place recently, the infantry actions
ceased temporarily, but the lombard
ment Of the artillery continued In the
region of Malancourt.
The Germans to the northwest of
Verdun Thursday, in an infantry at.
tack launched with huge electives,
gained additional ground against the
, French north of Malancourt and have
even penetrated the northwest corner
Of the village.
The attempts of the Teutons to
carry their advance further, however,
were stopped oy the French fire, as
also were three counterattacks against
the positions in the Avocourt wood,
south of Malancourt, which had pre-
viously been taken from them by
French infantry attack. The German
official communication says that the
advance of the Germans north of Ma
lancourt was over a front of more
than a mile.
During the German offensive on
MalancOurt the French heavy guns
from the Argonne were directing their
fire on the MalanCourt and AVocourt
woods.
The Greek government has protest.
ed to the central powers against the
air raid made over Saloniki last Mon.
day, in which twenty persons were
killed. SalOniH says the Teutons lost
four of the seven machines which de-
liyered the attack, together with their
crews.
The Turks turned to the offensive
against the Russians in the coastal
sectors of the Caucasus, but the Rus.
slams beat them off with heavy casual
ties and forced them to retreat.
The Russian war minister, General
Polivanoff, who has held office for the
last nine months, has retired at bis
own request, according to an unof.
ficial dispatch from Petrograd, which
adds that General Chouvaieff of the
war office has succeeded him.
Every agency open to the state de-
partment at Washington is being en-
ployed to gather an unimpeachable ar
ray OF facts regarding the explosion
which damaged the British channel
steamer Sussex, the sinking of the
British ships Manchester Engineer,
EngHshman and Eagle Point the
Dutch steamer Tubantia and the alleg-
ed firing Of a torpedo at The French
passenger ship Patria. All of these
ships carried American citizens. and
all apparently were attacked in viola.
tion OF Germany's recently renewed
assurances to the United States.
A German air squadron has dropped
bombs on the harbor works at Saloniki
and the entente allies encampment
north of Saloliki
The unity and solidarity of the en-.
tente allies and the decision to "con.
tinue the struggle to victory for the
common cause" were reaffirmed in
resolutions passed by the conference
1f the allies in Paris, France, Tuesday.
iSainmen's Demands With Manauers.
New York.-The demands of nearly
100000 locomotive engineers firanor