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THE PURSUIT · IN MESOPOTAMIA.
GREAT CAPTURES OF MËN 179
GUNS.
LONDON, March 2. An official message from Mesopotamia
1378:
SUBMARINE PIRACY.
SHIPPING LOSSES.
LONDON, March, $. The steamer Headley and two small emft,all British, have been sunk. Total over 5,000 tons.
The burque Galgorm Castic was
The puranit was continued on surik olx February 27. Sba Was Wednesday.
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The Turks, in great confusion, on Tuesday passed through Aziziye.
shelled for two hours. The Captain
| and his wife and crew, including four
We are systematically clearing the Americans, entered two boats at battlefield and bringing in booty hourly.ightfall. The Captain's"bost drift- Our captures since February 23rded for 134 hours in the ocean before inclurie 4,300 prisoners
it was 'sighted. The second boat
Since December the totals are: 7,000 with twelve men, including two prisoners, 28 guns, 19 trench-mortars, 3Americans, is missing. It is feared Turkish hips, tugs, 10 barges and 30 they are lost as the weather was
bol. pon toons.
INCIDENTS OF THE GERMAN RETREAT.
THE TORPEDOED DUTCH SHIPK
GERMAN INSURANCE
LONDON, March 5. LONDON, March 3..
The owners of the torpedood Dutch "Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters describing the German steamers declined the offer of London retreat says the enemy were char- underwriter of 10 giriness per cent war"
risk, but accepted eight guiness from acteristically destructive, setting fire German underwriters. Hence they to supplies, blocking trenches, retsailed with lights ablaze." ". dering roads impussable and explod A telegma from Amsterdam states ing munition dumps. Hence there that the Dutch Government has was little bority falling to our protested to Berlin regarding the bands. Only an old machine gun attacks on Dutch liners. was found intact." "At Sere, snipers,
on whom the Germans were relying. HOIST BY. THEIR OWN-PETERD." to obstruct our pursuit, were posted
at a proportion of ten to every 400 GERMAN BOAT SINKS GERMAN
yards of front.
CARGO
As an instance of the Bosche
AMSTERDAM, March. J. tricks, some Australians encountered it is understood that the cargo of a short clíain acrósa à gully. They the Boniseng (a Dutch steamer regarded were about to lift it when an as having been sunk by a German **Anzac veteran shouted instruc) aubmarine) consisted of Borneo tobiero
from tions not to touch it. Investigatiori
a German: plantation. It was showed that the chain was attached insured in Hamburg, Ita loss there to a mine big enough to annihilate for only affects Cormary
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u regiment.
MR. GERARD'S DEPARTURE FROM There was little fighting for the!
SPAIN possession of Serry. As the British wers warily advancing 14 Germana emerged from the ruins holding up their hands. They were soon follow,
A WARNING IGNORED.
CORUNNA, March 3... The whole population of a certain ed by 50 others who had been ordered Spanish port turned out to watch the to resist till death, but they preferred embarcation of Mr. Gerard and his to surrender
party of forty; in addition to a crowd of Our neroplanes profited by the of American refugees from Berlín. bright sunshine and clear atmosphere Mr. Gerard was specifically warned on the 1st-irst. They were able to while in Berlin not to risk a voyage observe the extent and direction of from Spain, but he ignored the the German retirement" despite warning- counter-activity by hostile adro planes.
Official reports show that the enemy moved mostly at night-time. GERMAN REPORT.
A German official report, received hy wireless, states:
We repulsed strong English de tachmente estward and south-east- ward of Bouchez
The steamer takes 700 Spanish emigrants to Cuba.
GERMANY'S COMPENSATION TO THE DUTCH.
HOLLAND WILL ASK FOR SHIPS
** IN DUTCH INDIES.
AMSTERDAM, March 1.
The Tyd says if Germany offers com- pensation for torpedoing seven. Dutcht There have been many encounters ships she will be asked to Head over a
in the Anore region.
ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.
LONDON, March 1.
A French coramuniqué reports:-- There has been fairly violent artil- lory on the Chambrettes Bezonvaux
KITA Pe Entrance, front.
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TERMS VERT MODERATE Consultation Fron
A French communiqué says:
number of German mercbantaneu which took refuge in the Dutch Indies.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.-
MERCHANTMEN TO EE ARMED.
WASHINGTOS, Mar. 2. The House of Representatives,
We repulsed with lose two German after a ten hours debate, passed by raids west of Soissons and raided a 408 to 18. Bill empowering the German trench near Vauquois, bring
President to or merchantinen, but wwah did not authorise him to use ing back prisoners.
other instrumentalities which President Wilson spacífically desires
THE IMPERIAL TAR CABINET,
Two German aeroplanes bombed Mont Didier, killing one and injuring three other persons.
· Eleven, French acroplanes bombed hutmedta a at Guiscard and railway stations at Appilly Baboeur and Oise, cousing a fire at the last named place."
*M THE SILVER MARKETING
LONDON, March 35% Eurolces and ntend".
LONDON, Marsh The Press Bureau states that fo presentatives of the Overseas Dominions attended today's War Cabinet special Imper War Cabineti been postponed pro tem.