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THE WAR.

GERMAN SUBMARINE

ACTIVITY.

EIGHT STEAMERS TORPEDOED.

AUXILIARY CRUISER

SUNK.

LATEST REPORTS FROM THE FRONT.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

THROUGH LEUTRE'S AGENDT.)

SEVEN BRITISH STEAMERS TORPEDOED:

LONDON, March 13th

11.45 p.m.

The Admiralty late to-night enNOUNCES that the following British steamers are reported to have been torpedoed since the parlior statement was issued:-

Indian City, off the Billy Jiles, sunk,

crew saved.

FRENCH LINER SUNK.

LONDON, March 13th A message from Buenos Aires states that the steamer Churchill has brought into Pernambuco the crew and 143 passengete of the French liner Guadeloupe, which was sunk by the Kron Prins Wilhelm of Fernando Noronha.

SWEDISH

STEAMER

TORPEDOED,

LONDON, March 13th.

A Swedish steamer has been torpedoed Invergyle, off Cresswell, sunk, crew off Scarborough. Six persons were

enved.

Adenwen, in the English Channel,

towed to Cherbourg, crew caved, Florazan, in the Bristol Channel, crew landed, excepting a fireman. The sinking of this ship is not confirmed. Headlands, off the Scilly Isles, not

Bunk, crew safe. Andalurian, off the Scilly Isles, crew. saved; the sinking of the ship not confirmed.

drowned.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT,

{THROUGH REUTER'S AÓZNOY]

FIELD-MARSHAL FRENCH'S

BULLETIN.

THE ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH

LONDON, March 12th.

6.45 p.m. Field-Marshel French's bulletin states: Hartdale, in the Irish Channel, not The situation from Armentieres to La

sunk two lives lost,

AN AUXILIAFY ÓRUISER. TORPEDOED,

200 LIVES LOST.

LONDON, March 12th.

Bassee is materially altered by our access ful initiative.

At eight in the morning of the 10th Inst. we carried the German trenches in the neighbourhood of Neave Chapelle The co-operation of the artillery and infantry was very good, and, conse

THE RONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 152, 1915

[THROUGH LEUTTY'S ACEROY.1

BRITISH AND FRENCH

SUCCESSES.

LONDON, March 13th.

1.25 m

The Paris evening communiqué states: Fast of Lombaertsyde we captured a German fortlet a hundred metres in front of our trenshoe. The British occupied the

RUSSIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REUTER'S 40T/TUT.]

GERMAN OFFENSIVE

WEAKENING

LONDON, March 13th. A Petrograd official announcement staten:

The bombardment of Ossowices is hamlet of Epinette, three kilometres east weakening. The Germans are liusbanding of Armentieres.

their shells. They fired for only two

The progress in the British sector at hours on the 11th Neure Chapelle is continued.

After repulsing two counter-attacks, the British seized a part of the German lines between the hamlet of Pietre Mill and Pietro They also took 400 prisoners,

including five officers.

In Champagne on Thursday evening we captured, before the ridge north-east of Mesnil, several of the enemy trenches, and took prisoners, including officers. We made slight progress on Friday in the same region and occupied several trenches further west, parallel to the Tahure Road. We repulsed & night counter attack at Beichackerkoff and advanced 200 yarda.

5.20 p.m.

To-day's Paris communiqué says:

The German ofensive on the Rusman positions at Prasoyez is most cautious The artillery is active but the infantry is entrenching.

GERMAN'S IN POLAND WELL HELD.

LONDON, March 18th.

1.20 p.m.

A Petrograd communiqué BAGS:- The enemy's offensive along the front formed by Armuloff, Orjitz, and Prasnysz

is kept well in hand.

IMPORTANT BUSSIAN SUCCESS IN CARPATHIANS,

LONDON, March 19th.

The British continue to progress, and

A Petrograd communique says have crossed the Brook of Layes, running

We made a series of vigorous counter, parallel with the road from Neure attacks between Gorlice and the Lupkow Chapelle to Flour Baix. Thos captured Pass on Austrians who had crossed the several tronches between this road and right bank of the Sedkouwka We attack Aubers, and reached at dusk the road cd with the bayonet three Companies, called the Street of Hell, running north which were surrounded and surrendered. Fost to south east, towards Aubers to a Our flank attack in the region of the principal Austrian offensive was most successful. We captured the villages of The British also carried several groups of houses to the south-west of Pietre, Smolnik and Lupkow, and the surround which had been organised for defensive ing heights. We also took two howitzers, purposes. The total prisoners captured two field-guns, seven quick-firers, and during the day, was 1,000. Several 4,000 prisoners. machine guns were also captured.

suburb of the "town";

The French troops to the right and left of the British supported the action by the heaviest artillery, machine-gun, and infantry fire

We continued to progress in Cham- pagne, and took 150 prisoners on the northern slopes of Mesnil ridge.

The Germans, after a violent bombard

COSSACKS MEET PRUSSIAN HUSSARS.

THREE SQUADRONS OF HUSSARS EXTERMINATED,

LONDON, March 13th.

A Petrograd communiqué, DAYS Cossacks in East Galicia exterminated three Squadrons of Prussian Hussars,

The Admiralty announces that the quently, our losses were not great in proment, attempted to attack at Reichacker Only 35 survived the attack, and these

auxiliary cruiser Bayana has been lost while patrolling.

portion to the results achieved.

kopf, but they were stopped dead by our

fire.

We captured the whole village at noon,

The Belgian Army, on the bend of the Wreckage and bodies were found on the and the infantry confirmed and extended Yser, consolidated and increased the re 11th inst

the advantage gained. 760 prisoners were sults obtained on Thursday, The circumstances point to the Bayano brought to headquarters during the day, having been torpedoed.

and probably there are more to follow..

Four officers and 22 men were rescued. The remainder have been probably lost. The Belfast steamer Castlereagh reports passing wreckage and bodies at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning. She was provent ed from searching by an enemy submarine, which chased her for twenty minutes.

LATER. Unofficial details state that the Bayano was torpedoed at nine o'clock in the morn ing, off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire, and sank almost immediately. hundred men perished.

Two

A Belfast collier landed survivors al Ayr on Thursday evening.

The Castlereagh took refuge from the submarine at Ballantrae.

THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.

FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

READY.

LONDON, March 12th.

The enemy on the 11th inst. made re-f poated counter-attacks, but all were repulsed with heavy losses. We continus to make steady progress. Hard fighting is proceeding.

The Germans made further counter attacks last night which were easily re pulsed by the 4th and Indian Corps with heavy losses. Also, the 3rd Corps, by t night attack, captured the villago of L'Epinette with slight loss.

"ALMOST COMPLETE CALM.”

LONDON, March 14th. 1:30 am.

The Paris. evening communique

states:

After the hively engagements of the preceding days, alinost completo calm prevailed to-day on both sides along the entire front, with the exception of a few artillery actions.

We consolidated our positions every whare. At Epaenges, the clearing up of

were taken prisoners

The enemy made fresh desperate attacks in the regions of Rable and Koziomoka, and these were repulsed with mense losses

LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS.

LONDON March 14th. 1:50 am:

GENERAL

(THROUGH BLUTER'S AGENCY.]

JAPAN AND CHINA.

THE BRITISH ATTITUDE.

London, March 13th.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

EYE-WITNESS REPORT

BRILLIANT MACHINE GUNNERS,

LONDON, March 3rd. Eye-witness, writing on February 26th, says:—The past three days have boon quiet. As already reported, on the morn- In the House of Commons, Mr. Neiling of the 21st, the enemy blow up a short forty yards. His efforts to advance word length of trench cast of Xpres and occupied

prevented only by the coolness and daring enemy's onslaught, & machine gun detach of our officers and men, To check the

ment dashed forward into the open under action at point-blank range almost on the a terrific fire, and brought their guns into

brink of the cavity caused by the explo sion. A machine-gun also prevented the enemy's supports advancing

Primrose, replying to Mr. Molteno, said that the Japanese demands on China fell under two categorica. The larger con stituted an attempt to settle questions that had been outstanding for years, and the smaller was an attempt to accertsin what would be China's attitude if Japan formulated certain demands to be made on Germany at the end of the war The latter, as contingent demands, cannot be described as violating the principle of the treaty between the Allies that none would formulate domands till the end of the war. Generally speaking, the British Government had no objection to the expansion of Japanese interests provided that the expansion did not pre- indics British interests in China. We

had admitted that we would not apply

for concessions from China which would affect the South Manchurian Railway, and we naturally expect that Japan will show reciprocity and not apply for concessions which would affect British interests. It there was any reason to suppose that the Chino Japanese negotiations cannot be settied by diplomatic methods, and if there was any prospect of developments that might impair the independeries and integrity of China, then no doubt, con- sultations would take place to see how what was due to Japan could be secured without impairing the independence and integrity of China, which is one of the

so objects of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. It was impossible to enter into the details of the Japanese demands, because they had been communicated confidentiafly. He could, however, assure Mr. Molteno that the Government were fully alive to the

Se pa ga importance of British commercial inter- ests in China, and would do their utmost

to secure them intact,

CONTRABAND.

ADDITIONS TO THE LIST.

LONDON, March 12th..

The Landon Gazette gives additions to the list of articles coming under the head

of absolute contraband. These are:-Raw wool, wool tops, nails, woollens, worsted, yarns, Lin, castor oil, parrafin wax, copper iodido, lubricants, nides, skins, aminonia and compounds. To the list of conditional contraband has been added tanning substances, and all kinds of oleaginous seeds, auts, kernels, vegetable fats and oils.

HAVAS TELEGRAM.]

Germans attempted to advance down tho of these narrow passages a sergeant and communication trenches. At a turn of one

a private took their stand and held the trench alone and unaided, shooting and bayonetting the Germans one after another as they turned the corner.

On the night of the 21st an accident apparently caused a series of explosions in the magazines of the German trenches their line was enveloped in flames. There north of Armentieres and a portion of is special danger of such accidents, owing to the large stores of high explosive bombs and grenades which in this fighting it is necessary to keep in the forward trenches.

STAR-LIGHTED ENTENCHMENTS,

On the night of the 23rd par batteries on the right ignited some starlights and rockets over he German trenches, The Germans endeavouring to extinguish them were brightly illuminated and a tremendous artillery and rifle firo was opened upon them and must have caused considerable loss.

AN AWFUL ZONE OF DEAD."'

The aspect of the narrow strip between the lines in the wood round Ypres is almost indescribable. Imagine a wood with most of the tres felled, or half-fellod, and lying tops on ground, Imagine a soft muddy clay soil honey-combed with pits several feet deep crory few yards. Farther imagine this tangle of dead vegetation, mud and deep pits heaped from end to end with thousands of German corpses the majority of which have lain there since November Then one may gain some idea of the appearance of this awful zone of dead between us and the onemy.

SUBMARINE SHELLED BY A YACHT

LONDON, March 3rd. The German Legation at The Hague announces that a German submarine was shelled by a yacht in St. George's Channel, The yacht opened at a range of five thou sand yards with two small guns. Tho Bubmarine was the famous U21.

MORE GERMAN MISCHIEF.

LONDON, March 3rd. German papers state that Count Von Kanitz, Captain Reservite of second Uhlans, has been appointed oxtraordinary military attaché to the German Legation at Teheran. Three Turkish Princes have been admitted to service in the German army.

WELSH GUARDS.

LONDON, March 3rd. The Press Bureau states that the King has approved the leak as a badgo for the Welsh Guards and that a dragon be emblazoned on the King's colour. The motto will be "Cymru am Byth ' (Wales for ever). The leading company of the first battalion will be denominated the and Prince of Walea' Company.

A Petrograd communique saYS ---- There have been no important collisions anywhere to-day. There have been a few locall engagements westward of Grodno.

Our cavalry routed a detachment north THE FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY ward of Simno, taking prisoners and

guns.

Our artillery ambushed two hostile

FORCE.

PARIS, March 13th. General Damade, Commander-in-Chief-

the ground won by us brought to light columns near Lake Kopciowo and inflict of the Expeditionary Corps to be som

A fog is hindering the operations to-day additional German machine guns, making

the number captured four..

BRITISH ENGAGE IN SEVERE FIGHTING.

LONDON, March 13th. Field-Marshal Sir John French, in his bi-weekly bulletin of the 13th inst., says: A little further progress has been made to-day by the 7th Division towards Aubers The fighting was very severe, as the enemy was strongly reinforced this morning opposite my Right by at least two Divi sions. We captured 612 prisoners, and there are more to come in.

A Paris official message states that the Our aircraft have been mos active, and Dardanelles expeditionary force, which shave destroyed the junctions at Don and concentrated in North Africa, will

will be Douai. commanded by General Damade, and con- sists partly of Algerians and partly of troops from France. A portion of the force is already en route.

LONDON, March 13th.

FRENCH GENERALS

WOUNDED

LONDON, March 13th.

3.95 4.

A telegram from Paris states that Gen- eral Mannowry, an Army Commander, and General Villaret, & Corps Comman-

A Paris communiqué states:-In un- favourable weather, on Wednesday the British battleships bombarded the Bulair defences and light batteries command der, while inspecting the first line of ing Morto Bay at the entrance to the Dardanelles. The French squadron continued operations on Thursday.

trenches, thirty yards from the enemy, were wounded by a bullet, while examín ing the Germans through a loophole.

ed serious losses..

to the Dardanelles, has left to join the We repulsed the enemy in sectors of the naval forces in the Near East.

At Bois-le-Pretre, an attempted attack wood nearest to Augustowo. by the Germans was checked..

NOTABLE BELGIAN

SUCCESSES.

LONDON, March 12th.

$4.30 p.m. Today's Paris communique states:-- Two divisions of the Belgian Army pro gressed, at various points, from 400 to 500 metres, notably in the direction of Schoordukke, south-east of Nieuport.

here is nothing to report from the rest of the front.

2,000 PRISONERS PROCEEDING TO ENGLAND,

HAVRE, March 14th. Two thousand German prisoners have arrived here on their way to England.

[HAVAS TELEGRAM)

THE NEW FRENCH ARMY,

Paris, March 12th The Chamber of Deputies has passed the incorporation of the 1976 class under

the ralours.

Our artillery at Ossowiece continues to operate successfully against the suge batteries,

The German offensive northward of Praenes withdrew before our fire, leaving quantities of rifles and ammunition,

A fierce snowstorm is reported from the Carpathia and Galicia,

RUSSIANS DEFEAT THE TURKS.

LONDON, March 14th. A Petrograd communiqué states that ju

the Transchorokh region on the 12th irst. fighting cecurred over a wide front. The Turks were everywhere repulsed.

The Russian engaged the Kurds in the valley of Alachkert and reposed them southwardi ?

Tho Tempa gays that Flight Commander Sampson has done wonders in recon- noitring the German positions, and when unable to go by aeroplanë he has gone by motor car practically into the enemy's bullets and with ter disregard of death. lines with admirable temerity in facing His men follow him in the most hazardous exploits, persuaded that with him success

in certain.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-].

DEATH OF COUNT WITTE.

A GREAT RUSSIAN STATESMAN.

PETROGRAD, March 13th. The death is announced of the great Russian statesman, Count Witte

AMERICAN MURDERED IN

MEXICO.

LONDON, March 13th. Zapetiates have murdered an American named McManus in his house in Mexico City where the American flag was flying. The United States Government has demanded punishment and compensation,

THE PRESIDENT'S SONS, The fourth and fifth sons of President Yuan are now studying in the President's Palace under the supervision of Mr. Yen the son of Mr. Yen Siu, ex-Minister of Education. The President exercises a very strict control over his two, young boys, and he has fixed certain recitation hours during the day. After 10 o'clock at night, the doors of the school are locked and the two youths are kept in until the next morning, when the keeper of the key who is no other person than the super The two bright sons of the President visor Mr. Yen, comes to open the door. return to London to resume their studies as soon the war in Europe is over, Beking Daily News.

GERMAN COMMENT

LONDO, March 3rd. The Frens Zeitung, commenting on Mr. Asquith's speech, rejoices that there is no chance of American proposals being coented. The Cologne Gazette save that if England wishes war to the knife sho shall have it,

HARD ON NEUTRALS.

LONDON, February 24th. The American steamer Carib was sunk yesterday off the Gorman coast with 4,800 beles of cation, insurer to the Govern ment Bureen for 8235,850 The Bureair. Jately lost $650.000, equalling the total premiums to date:

NATIVE REVOLT IN PORTUGUESE.

COLONY

The following semi-oficial statement was issued in Lisbon - It appears that Nanila (Portuguese West Africa) is now fres of Germans, who have evacuated. Portuguese territory,

The natives on both sides of the Cunere River have shown themselves hostilo do Portugal, while those of Pungo Andongo and Liboldo have revolted, plandered the uses of Europeans, and killed the administrator and postmaster at Mussen-

de and the latter's wife and sons

"The Governor of Artola is organising forces to sto the rebellion

Further reinforcements of artillery, cav are staff have left for Angels, the Portu alry infantry, and a Red Cross ambu- guex West African Colony. In view of the importance of the contingents now in Angola, General Pereira Eca, the late finister of War, is going to take com round there,

The Dutch State Council is consider- ing, new bills having for their object tho strengthening of Dutch military power.

uneasiness, but the newspapers point out The decision to call up 1916 recruits earlier than usual has caused some that the measures are necessary for the defence at all times of the country's neutrality.