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Franco-Belgian Front.
(THROUGH RETTER'S AGRNOY.]
DESTRUCTION OF FORTRESS TOWN.
́ENEMY ADMITS STRONG BRITISH Naval Activities.
PRESSURE
LONDON, March 30th.
A German official wireless message speaks of four Canadian attacks, and
says:-We withdrew before strong Eng- lish forces from both sides of the Peronne Fing high road to the line from Ruyaul | court to Sorel.'.
We repulsed French attacks to tho north-west of Soissons, inflicting losses.
KAISER VISITS BRITISH FRONT:
{THROUGH KNUTHE'S AGÜIVOT.]
BRITISH DANGER ZONI
LONDON. March 31 The Gazette notifies a change "in British danger area. The North Sea still begins off the coast of Denmark runs westward and southward, but turns charply to the East following limit of the Dutch territoriel, waters
THE ELUSIVE ENEMY
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LONDON, March 30th... Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspond-
forces cruised in the barred zone off south coast of England, but beyond armed British steniner Masentte, whi was encountered eight miles east of Low stoft and sunk by gunfire, neither enen
sighted, Seven men of the scotle wel mado prisoner.
There is reason to believe that the touch thonsond. British dead are lying before fighting forces, nor merchantmen. of a single finger fired a complete series Lipnicourt. In reality, our casultjes of mines in Coucy-le-Chatenu. It is there were few, and not a single corpsé understand that 99 tons of explosives was left on the ground.: ́s were expended on the Castle alone. The
Such lying is significant, as showing capture of the ruins, which the enemy the necessity of encouraging the German succeeded in using as a defensive point for people and troops, but the latter know. three days, was a most difficult piece of the strength of the position they have infantry work, which involved an advance alendoned and the fictitious strength of
BRITISH ADMIRALTY EXPLAINS
The Admiralty point out that the onl Britial steamer Maroffe is unarmed The above presumably refers to the patri trawler rot.
The Admiralty announce that during th
Lover a mile of sloping ground entirely the Hindenburg line, which runs through night of 28-29th. March firing was obseryl) swept by concealed machine-gun fire. The low, marshy ground completely obsering several miles off shore from Lowestof
French Bnally successfully night-ættacked.
FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS, March 31st.
by the British on the plateau above.
A MICROBE-CARRYING SPY.
LONDON, March 30th. A German spy has been caught in the British lines with microbes in his posses sion for spreading diepase among horses.
(THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENCY.]
A communiqué states-North of the Somme and between the Somme and the Oise there WFst reciprocal vigorous! artillerying on the first lines. We pro- Russian Pront. gressed in the Vregny-Margival sector. There was a vigorous counter-attack west of Moison-de-Champagne, which enabled as to eject the enemy from the trenches, in which we secured a footing on the 28i inst. We captured 63 prisoners.
BELGIAN ACTIVITY,
Loypos, March 31st.
A wireless Belgian official report states A Belgian detachment penetrated the first-lide
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
SITUATION SATISFACTORY.
The patrols proceeded at full-speed to t scene, bat nothing was seer of the enem who made off.
EXPLOITS OF THE "MOEWE. FOUGHT BY A BRITISH STEAMER
COPENHAGEN, March 30th.
A vivid story of the stout resistance offered by the British steamer Ozaki, when attacked by the German mider Mocue only the 10th inst., is told by released neutral- members of crews who have arrived here! from Berlin;
They state that a regular engagement was fought. The Hoewe was hit by seven shells: one of which struck two feet below the saloon, where a number of neutral prisoners was congregated, killing two German soldiers. The More caught fire, and it took three days to extinguish the outbreak. Ultimately the Otaki sur- M. Rodzianko has informed the Dama the More The Crak. Captain, First rendered and her crew was placed aboard
PETROGRAD, March 30th
that the situation at the front is most Officer, Chief Engineer and two of the satisfactory. Owing to the thaw, no decrow, as well as two of the crew of the cisive operation is expected at present, were killed
Moere and also two Indian prisoners, but the enemy is concentrating forces
Steenstraat Bridge after a various points.
lively fight. There were severe enemy losses and some were made prisoner.
BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, March 30th,
at
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During the fight, the British prisoners, already aboard the fore forced the iron: doors of their quarters but Ger man soldiers armed with hud - grenader prevented them from reaching the deck,
The face on one cecasion was cruising
A Russian official wireless message states:We attacked with asphyxiating, gas to the south-east of Baranovitchi, onontside Capetown and on another occasion artillery simultaneously bombarding with chemical shells.
A counter-attack dislodged the enemy from our trenches on the Odynsky Canal,
ĮTAKÓUUHKAVIKS's ADENCY.]
LosDOR, March 31st. General Sir Douglas Haig reports We occupied, the villages of Ruyaul court, Sorel-le-grand and Fins. We gain The Balkans. ground after sharp fighting in the neigh- bourhood of Hendicourt, and we drove off an attack soatliward of Neuvillebour juval, inflicting loss. We raided enemy lines at two points eastward of Nouville St. Vaast.
Our heavy artillery obtained several hits at a German train eastward of Vermelles
THE GERMAN RETREAT.
· COMPARATIVELY QUIET,
LONDON, March 30th.
A French cummuniqué states: -Between the Somme and the Oise, the day has
comparatively quiet.
BALKANS FRONT.
LONDON, March 30th. A French communiqué states that there has been reciprocal artillery activity at Monastir,
The Near East.
(THEDDON EEUTER'S AGENOT:]
TURKEY'S LATE-T BLOW.
GENERAL MURRAY'S VICTORY.
outside Rio de Janeiro. She turned bome ward a Newfoundland and the Nort Atlantic, and when. lir con was running short the British prisoners were placed under close surveilliner and flåted from the others
The Moore carried four big guns and five torpedo-tubek, and she was fitted with high masts which could be removed as well as with dummy funnels, which could be unshipped. She was repeatedly repainted with different colours, and also had a sham steering wheel. At night-time her masts were sey like those of a cruiser- and she went full speed abind. During day-time she steamed slowly
The Morire posed Elsinore on the 21st inst, and entered the Sound. On arrival at Kiel, the British officer prisoners were sent to Karlsruhe, and the men to West- phalin
THE WAR ON BRITISH SUIPS
FIGURES FOR THREE MONTHS.
LOKUN. March 30th Dr. Macnamarates that the British ships submarined and mined during the first eighteen days rear months were. respectively:-Die rolour, January,
20 February: 66: Masky 35. liese de not include, fishing erat nor the victims of the Moere.
FRENCH SHIPPING. S
PARIS, March 31st.
Two above 1,800 tons were mak and five under 1,000. One was unsuccessfully at tacked and seven fishing boats were aurk
LONDON, March 20th, There have been active artillery due's
General Murray's brilliant victory is, in the Margival sector, at Maison de hailed as a New Cravade, opening up the prospect of ejecting the Turks from the Champagne, at Hill 304 and in the Em whole of Palestine, It is considered cer- tain that Judea will fall within British Ermeuil region, Lorraine.
It is officially announced that during haads this summer. The papers already ENEMY SIGNS OF NERVOUSNESS.speculate on the possibility of the estab- the week ending 24th inst., 874 merchant Router's correspondent at the Britishlishment of a Zionist State in Palestine ships entered French ports and 783 left.
under British protection, Headquarters, writing on March 30th, says:-Owing to the necessity for caution in consolidating our gains, and the abominable weather, the pace has dis tincting stackened during the last two days. Our infantry is now contacting the new German front all the way from Arras to six miles, south-west of St. the British from Baghdad and the Rus Quentin.
The progress of the British is largely due to the remarkable construction of roads and railways along the desert. When the enemy crushed Romani in August, Komuni was a railhead. It now appears that the railway has been carried hundred miles farther east Already the Turkish position on the Beersheba Railway, which is their solo line of communication with Syria, is untenablo. The victory also indirectly supports
sians from Kermanshah, and makes Egypt absolutely secure, while the lesson
A SUBMARINE OUTRAGE,
COWARDLY SHELLING OF
NORWEGIAN BOAT
LONDON, March 30th. Survivors from the German submarine 39, which was recently sunk in the North Ben, state that on February 8th th submarine fired on the
stopped, and
The Getmana show many signs of ner-which has been taught the Turks will da. The Ida immerwegian steamer
vousness They violently bombarded the resound throughtong the East. northern parte of the new line yesterday afternoon, but at remendous concentration by our counter battery-fire silenced their guns,'
GRENADE FIGHTING.
PARIS, March 30th,
TURKS CLAIM VICTORY.
AMSTERDAM, March 31st.
The Turkish communiqué gives an im- aginative description of the fighting on À communiqué satates There is no the 26-27th March at Gare. After claim thing to report, except lively grenadering a brilliant victory, it states that the fighting in the sector of Maisons de Cham-British left numbers of dead on the
ground, and retired pursued. pagne,
the submarine gunlayer asked "par", mission to cease fire, but was ordered to continue till he had red twenty rounds. Then three men from the marine rowed to the Ida and found the mate and the steward lead on deck, they having been killed while lowering a boat.
It was then sunk hy bombs,
The inhumanity of the outrage appears to have impressed even the submarine crew, one of whom, wrote to his parents declaring that the sight of the poor dead Norwegians would be engraved on his memory in letters of blood