The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
BRITISH SLAY
10000 TURKS
ENGLISH SOLDIERS DRIVE FOES
AFTER CAPTURING 5000
PRISONERS.
War SUPPLIES TAKEN
BRITISH FOOD BLOCKADE sUc-
CESS ANNOUNCED BY LORD
ROBERT CECIL.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-The British troops in their
forward movement in the AncYe area
in France have made another advance
east of Gommecourt along a two-mile
front of about two-thirds of a mile,
according to the official report from
headquarters. Nearly 200 prisoners
were captured.
Berlin. = Lieutenant General Won
Stein. the Prussian minister of war,
announced in the reichstag that re-
prisals had been taken against what
the minister termed the mistreatment
of Germans taken prisoner by the en-
tente allies.
British troops have made additional
progress northwest OF Puisieux-au-
Mont, north Of the Ancre. and In the
region of Warlencourt. south of the
Ancre and toward Bapaume.
In the fighting in the Ancre region
the British on Friday captured 1928
prisoners. Berlin reports the repulse
of local attacks near Souchez and in
the Ancre region.
On. the east bank of Narayuvka
river. in Galicia. German storming de-
tachments blew up Russian positions
and took 40 prisoners.
In the Val Putna. Berlin records the
Russians made five fruitless attacks
against Austro-G G. -man positions on
the heights north Of the valley. Petro-
grad says the fighting continues north
of the Jacobeni-Kimpolung high road.
Rumanian detachments were forced
to withdraw. Petrograd says. from a
height north OF the river laval.
Turkish forces in their retreat from
Kut-el-Amara on Tuesday had reached
Aziziyah, about fifty-two miles north
west of Kut,
Berne, Switzerland.-The recent re-
ports that the eAustro-Hungarian gov
ernment has determined to make ev-
cry effort to maintain diplomatic re-
lations with the United States is cor
roborated by Information reaching
here from Vienna. The impression
prevails that Austria-Hungary will
make every sacrifice regarded as rea-
sonable to avoid a rupture, even II
such action apparently would mean
flying in the face of Germany.
Berlin.-The admiralty made the
following announcement Friday: ION
March LIST expired the final period of
grace allotted for sailing ships in the
Atlantic. From this date no special
warning will be given to any boats by
submarines"
London, March 2-The remnants of
the Turkish force retreating from
Kut-El-Amara have been shattered
completely, according to information
given out in the House OF Commons.
The Turks, 1t was said. would reach
Bagdad only as disorderly mob. 1t
was announced that more than $500
prisoners had been taken by the Brit
ish since Feb. "a and that since the
commencement of the offensive of
Dec. 80 some 5000 Turkish prisoners
had been taken. The total Turkish
casualties in killed and wounded was
estimated by Ger. Maude at more
than 10000.
Queenstown. = The British bark
Galgorm. Castle has been sunk by a
German submarine. The survivors in
clude two Americans, Harry Merret
of Beaver Falls. Pa, and Harry Rich
ardson Of Boston. They were thirteen
hours in the boats. One boat is miss
ing. and 1t is feared it has been
swamped. This boat also contained
two Americans, named Jackson and
David Walker.
Paris.-The sinking of the following
vessels was announced officially here
Thursday:
Clan Farquhar. British steamship,
$3.50 tons gross, Feb. 26.
Galgorm Castle, British sailing
ship, 1896 tons, Feb. 81.
Marie Joseph. French schooner OF
| Fecamp, 1872 tons, Feb. 2S.
Sjostad, Norwegian steamship, 155
tons, Feb. IS.
| War Fails to Halt Fair.