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CONTINUED BRITISH PROGRESS.
LONDON, April ?.. Fick Marshal Sir Douglas Haig 12 perts:-
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
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ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
Loscos, April 7.
A Russia conmuniqué reports: ----- North Brapjany, after urtillery, - putation, the enemy attacked but were reputed.
To the south-west of Brzejany, our mine explosion · wrecked hostile tries which our patrils captured
We considembly progressed on front of 1,000 yamb to the north of | Louverval and entered the enemy's fines at a number of points, including to the south east of Ypres, taking prisoners,
Our aeroplanes carried out several and held, opising counter-attacks. yaf night bombing raids, dropping large quantities of explosives DD aerodromes, transport and a battery in action. They destroyed three hangup nad bit a group of buildings in the neighbourhood of an narodrume and uccessfully used their machine gnus on hostile trains. They also destroyal a kite balloon.
GERMANS THROW 1,500 SHELLS INTO RHEIMS.
Taisnos, April 7. A. brzih oficial, communiqué "
reports:---
There was lively artery activity. {piationinrly between the Scunne and the Oise and to the south of the Arreta,"river and to the north-west | of Rheins...
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The Germans yesterday and yes-- tenay night, they 7.500 shells into Rheins. Fiftyen civilian killed, and many wounded.
LONDON, April 8 A French official report states: There have been intermitent artillery and patrol encounters between the Somme uud the Aisne.
In the region of Lumbartzytle, our troops penetrated at two points the enemy positions and found numerous German corpses in the trenches wrecked by our fire..
Enemy surprise attacks in the regions of Cettes and Largitzen, Alice, were easily repulsed with losses.
GERMAN REPORT.
Losnos, April 8.
A German official message, trung mitted by wireless, reports:..
We attack, with gus, discharge," in the same region.
The enemy, to the west of Tom-. intsk, after strong artillery prepara- tion, entered our trenches but were inmmediately Usltxigenl.
Losos, April 8, Russian official message, transmitted by wireless, states:-
"We repulsed two attacks to the south east of Brzezany.
The Ramanians repelled an offensive | in the region of Monestirita Kachtaul
GOOD WORK BY RUSSIAN TORPEDO-BOAT.
LONDON, April 8. A Russian official message by” wirej
less, says:
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One of our torpedc-boats - landed
troops at the mouth of the River Terme, the cast of Samsun, and beint. O Turkish observation post..
The same torpedo beat captured tai schooners with valuable cargoes, and brought them to Trebizons.
Que of our submarines sank a schooner in the Bosphorus.
THE SUBMARINE WAR.
AN INTERVIEW WITH LORD ROBERT CECIL.
Pants, April 8. Le Petit Parisien publishes an interview with Lord Robert Creil, the Minister of Blockade, in connection. with the submarine war. Lord Cecil We repulsed strong recommeltring aid that this blockade is a complete detachments in hand-to-hand fighting avowal of Germany's weakness and to the south-east of Ypres..
proof that she has really abandoned There was lively artillery activity hope of ever obtaining a favourable against St Quentin, and several hits decision on land, and, furthermore, ?
anged the Cathedral.
it indicates that she fe aware of the impassibility of succesfully disputing the Allied mastery of the seus. admitted that the mercantile losses were important, but they were less serious than Gerthany had antici-
A fresh French attack near Laffans broke down with heavy losses.
We, destroyed, yesterday, thirteen enemy aeroplanes...
Our fire on the east bank of the
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to talk about the many victims, of Teutonie piracy... but they did not talks about the pirates' losses.
Vardar averted an English attack. puted. The Allied Were accustomed
Dur ehetnies lost, during Marelry; on all fronts,,161 aeroplanes and 19) balloons, of which our serial attacks destroyed 118 and 19 respectively We lost 45 aeroplanes.
TWO ENEMY DESTROYERS 'TORPEDOED.
LONDON, April 8. The Admiralty announces
Navel scaplaner on the night of April 7-8, bombed Zeebrugge Mola.
Naval and Military aeroplanes attack
Although, I am unable to give particulars of the enemy losses, I ean state that between February 21 and April 1, 40 engagements occurred between British ships and German pirates, while since February 1, the totul figlita numbered over 20."
THE POSITION OF HUNGARYZ
BERNE April
ed ammuition dips at Ghent and Count Tisk in the course of a Brogea. All returned safely.
The same night, of Zeebrugge, wo
Feararkable and outspoken article in the
newspaper Buday-wondo states
torpedoed two destroyers. Dae sank that the events in Russi bave awakened
the fate of the second ja uncertain: the bope that Hungary will receive bat it was severely damager
We aufered no casualties
FRESH TROUBLES IN GREECE.
LONDON, April 7 There are some indications.fiant fresli
a worthy recompenso for her deeds aid privations. Such a reward mast be a true and lasting pesos which we are always ready to realice-Nevertheless, the people must be prepared to suffer as they have done hitherto, since the last harvest in worse than ever c
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