New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-01
|SEvENTY-SIX ARE
RAID
WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS
IN kAisER's NEW CAMPAIGN
OF TERROR.
TO SINK MERCY SHIPS
ITALIANS CLOSING IN ON TRi-
ESTE CAPTURE $4,000 PRIs-
oNERs IN TEN DAYS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Petrograd. - During the last few
days German aircraft have dropped
bombs on towns situated in the Dant
ube region, inflicting many casual
ties. A raid on the town of Inmail,
B~essarabia. was particularly destruc-
tive, a large number of women and
children being killed and wounded.
The raid, which claimed the lives OF
seventy-six persons and caused injury
to IT'S others, proved more deadly
than any raid that the Zeppelins have
made on England since the war began.
London.-The intention of the Ger.
man government to sink all entente
hospital ships in the entire barred
zone" with the exception of certain
ships from Saloniki to Gibraltar is
semi-officially announced in Berlin.
Rome, May 2S.-Italians smash Aus
trian lines on Carso plateau and north
of Gorilla, making substantial gains.
In assault between Jamiano and Tri-
este gulf, Italian troops cut Monfal-
cOne-Duilo railroad northeast of San
Giovanni and carry strong hill south
west of Madezza. More than 1900
prisoners taken, making a total of owe
"a. 900 since May 14th. Near PLAYA Ca
dorna's men carry by storm heights at
head Of Palliova valley. connecting up
their lines to Mount Cucco.
British make local gains northwest
Of st. Quentin and near ~Fontaine-les.
Coisilles, on south end of Arras bat
tie line.
Crown princes forces penetrate
French lines in Champagne, but are
later repulsed. North of Aisne river
Germans repulsed in attack on LAT,
faux mill.
Forty-eight passengers and eighty
five members of the crew of the Span
ish steamer c. de Eizaguirre are be-
lieved to have persisted as a result Of
the sinking of the steamer.
Marquis Prieto, the Spanish pre-
mier, announced that the Spanish
steamship Begona,, 2.8G2 tons gross,
had been sunk.
Rome, May 26.-Italian troops en-
gagged in the offensive movement
south of Gorilla have captured the
fortified heights north Of Jamiano.
The Italian positions have been FIX
tended still further. the nounc
nlent adds. South of Jamiano to the
sea the Italians also gained ground,
driving forward south of the Jamiano-
Brestovizza road. The battle Is still
raging from the sea as far north as
PLAYA. The Italians in two days took
a total of 10,425 prisoners and much
war material.
Paris.-Eight thousand six huhdred
German prisoners have been taken by
French troops since May / in their Of
fensive between Scissors and Auber'
i've, the official statement asserted,
detailing further heavy losses inflict'
ed on the enemy in repulse of violent
attack on the Vauclerc plateau.
The Vauclerc attack was a bloody
check to the Germans. Their troops
were literally thrown back to the
starting point of the counter-thrust.
Prisoners captured we're identified as
belonging to four different German
divisions, indicating that the enemy
attack was by a force of not less than
10000 men.
Lon on.-TLe British transport
Pennsylvania was torpedoed on May
4, with the loss of Alb persons, in the
Mediterranean. The following official
statement was given out: THE Brit
ish transport Pennsylvania, with
troops aboard in the Mediterranean
on May 4, resulting in the following
losses: Twenty-nine officers and 373
of other ranks, also the ships captain.
Lieut.. S. Brenell, and one officer and
nine men of the crew."
Paris.-The French destroyer Bou-
tefeu was mined and sunk in a naval
engagement between Austrian and
French, British and Italian naval
craft. There were forty-two survivors
of the Boutefeu rescued.
Paris.-It is officially announced
that the French liner Sontay, 7,247
tons, bound for Marseilles, from Sa-
lcniki, with 344 passengers, was tor
pedoed on April 16 with a loss Of for
ty-five lives. Captain Mages went
down with the ship.