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March 13 1915,
(2857) 日九廿月正
Copyright, 1915 by the Proprietor.
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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
SUNDAY, MARCH 14,
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
THREE PRUSSIAN SQUADRONS EXTERMINATED.
BRITISH TROOPS MARKED PROGRESS.
Belgians Increasing Their Advantage.
SWEDISH STEAMER TORPEDOED OFF SCARBOROUGH,
[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
Denth of Count Witte.
March 13, 1.15 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Petrograd reports the death of the Russian statesman, Count Sergius Witte.
Passengers from the Guadeloupe, Router's Buenos Aires correspondoot states that the steamer Churchill has brought to Pernambuco 143 passengers from the Frenob liner Guadeloupe, which was sunk by tho Kronprinz Wilhelm off Fernando Noronha,
From Sir John French.
March 13, 3.40 p.m. Field Marshal Sir John French's Balletin of March 13 says: A little farther progress has been made to-day, by the Seventh Divi- sion, towards Aubers. The fighting was most severe, se the enemy was strongly re-inforced this morning, opposite my right, by at least -two divisione.
We captured 612 prisoners, and there are more to come in.
Activity of British Aircraft. Our aircraft have been most active and have destroyed the janctions at Don and Douai.
Russians Keeping the Enemy in Hand.
March 13, 1.20 p.m.
A Petrograd communique says:-The enemy's offensiva along the front Ormuloft-Orjitz-Praanysz, has been kept well in hand. We made a series of vigorous counter-attacks between Gorlice and the Lupkow Pase.
The Austrians who crossed the right bank of the Sedkouwke were bayonetted. Three companies were surrounded, and surrendered. Important Seizures by the Russians,
The communique proceeds-Onr flank attack in the region of the prinsipal Austrian offensive has been most successful. We captured the villages of Smolnik and Lapkow, and the surrounding heights, together with two howitzers, two field guns, seven quick- firers and four thousand prisoners,
Three Prussian Squadrons Exterminated.
The communique further states:-The Don Cossacks in East Galicia have exterminated three squadrons of Prussian hussars. Only thirty-five survived, who are prisonera,
The enemy made fresh desperate attacks in the regions of Rabbe and Koziouwka, but were ropulsed with immense losses.
Marked Progress by British."
March 13. 5.20 p.m. According to a Paris communique, the British continue to make progress. They have crossed the brook of Layes, running parallel to the road from Neuvechapelle to Fleurbaix They have captured everal trenches between the road and Aubers. At dusk they resobed the road called "The Street of Hell," running north west to south-east, towards Aubers, to a subarb of the latter.
British Make Important Captures.
The communique adds that the British also carried several groups of houses, south-westwards of Pietre, which had been organised for defensive purposes. The total number of prisonera captured during the day was a thousand. Several machine-guns were also taken.
"Allies' Continued Progress.
March 13, 5.26 p.m.
A communique says:-The French on the left, and the British on the right, supported an action by the heaviest artillery, machine- gun and infantry fire,
We continued our progress in Champagne, and took 150 prit- oners on the northern slopes of the Meenil ridge.
German Attack Prevented
The Germans, after a violent bombardment, attempted to attack Reichackerkopf, but were stopped dead by our fire.
Belgians Obtaining Good Results,
The communique also states that the Belgian army on the bond of the Yeer has consolidated, and has increased the results obtained on Thursday.
Swedish Steamer Torpedoed.
March 13, 6.55 p.m. A Swedish steamer has been torpedoed off Scarborough. perions were drowned.
-700 Germán Prisoners.
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March 12, 5,45 p.m. Field Marshal French, in bis bulletin, atates that the situation from Armentieres to Labassee has bean materially altered by a successful initiative made at 8 am, on the 10th., when we carried the German trenches in the neighbourhood of Neurechapelle.
The co-operation of the artillery and infantry was very good, opneequently the losses were not great in proportion with the results achieved.
We captured the whole village at noon and the infantry con firmed and extended the advantage gained.
750 prisoners were brought to headquarters during the day and there are probably more to follow.
The enemy on the 11th. repeated his counter-attacks but these were all repulsed with heavy loss68.
We continue to make steady progress, but hard fighting is proceeding.
The Germans' further counter-attacks last night wore easily repulsed by the Fourth and Indian Corps, with beavy losser, alio the
Third Corps in a night attack captured the village of Epinette, with slight loss.
Fog in bindering the operations to-day
Additions to Contraband List.
March 12, 0.5 p.m.
The Gazette" publishes the following addition to the list of articles which are absolute contraband: How wool, wool tops, soils, woollen and worsted yaras, tin, castor oil, paraffin wax, cop- per, iodide, lubricants, bides, skins, ammonia and compounds; and conditional contraband: - Tanning substances and all kinds of
oleaginous seede, nuts, kernels, "nimal and vegetable fats and oils.
March, 12, 6,5 p.m.
The French Expeditionary Force.
Reuters' correspondent at Paris says an official report, states that the Dardanelles expeditionary force concentrated in North Africa will be commanded by General Damade. It consists partly of Algerians and partly of troops from Fracce. A portion of it in already en routs.
A Small German Fort Captured:
March 13, 1.25 am, A Paris evening communique states that east of Lombaarizyde we captured a German fort a hundred metres in front of our trenches. The British occupied the hamlet of Epinette, three kilometres east of Armentieres."
after repulsing two strong counter-attacks.
Progress of the British sector at Neuvechapelle was continped,
The British seized part of the Germon lines between the hamlet; of Pietre Mill and Pietre, and took 400 prisonere, including are
officere.
March 13, 1.30 am."
A later communique states: In the Champagne district on Thursday evening we captured before the ridge, north-east of Mesnil, overal of the onemy's trenches and took prisonere, including some officers.
occupied several trenches further west, parallel with the Tahore road. We made alight progress on Triday in the same region and
We repulsed a night counter-attack at Reichackerkopf and advanced 200 yards.
1915.
March 19, 1914
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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
Auxiliary Cruiser Bayano Sunk.
March, 13, 2.15 a.m. The Admiralty reports that the auxiliary cruiser Bayano was lost while patrolling.
Wreckage and bodies were found on the 11th., the aircamatances pointing to the Bayano having been torpedoed. Eight officere.and
•18 men were rescued, the remainder wore probably lost.
The Belfast steamer, Castlereagh, reports passing wreckage and searching by the enemy's sabmarine, which chased the vessel for bodies at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning, but was prevented from twenty minutes.
An Unofficial Report.
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March 13, 3.25 a.. The Admiralty reports that four officers and 22 men were rescued.
Unofficial reporte state that the Bayano was torpedoed at nine o'clock in the morning off Crosewell Point, Wigtownshire. She sank almost immediately sad two hundred perished.
A Belfast collier landed the survivors at Ayr on Thursday evening.
The s.a. Castlereagh took refuge from a submarine at Ballintrae
Germans. Husbanding their Shell.
near Portrush.
March 13, 3.50,8.m. An official telegram from Petrograd announces that the bom- bardment of Ossowieca is weakening. The Germans are husbanding their shell and fired only for two hours on the 11th.
The German offensive on the Rassian positions at Prosnysz is of the most cautious character.
The artillery is sotive but the infantry is entrenching.
The Dardenelles. Bombardment?
March 13, 12.10 p.m...
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A Paris official message states that during unfavourable weather on Wednesday the British battleships bombarded the Balair defences and light batteries commanding Morto Bay at the entrance of the Dardanelles.
The French squadron continued its operations on Thursday,
China and Japan,
March 13, 4,35.p.m.
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In the House of Commons, the Hon. Neil Primrose, replying to Mr. P. A. Moltono said that the Japanese demands in China fill two categories. The larger constituted an attempt to settle
which questions
been outstanding for years, the formulated certain demands on Germany at the end of the war. smaller one was an attempt to ascertain China's attitude if Japan The latter, as contingent demands, cannot be described as viclating the principle of the treaty between the Allies, that none should formulate demands till the end of the war. Generally speaking, thei British Government had no objection to the expansion of Japanese interests in China provided that the expansion did not prejudice. British interests. We admitted that would Bot apply to any concessions in Chins which would affect the Boath Manoharian Railway, and we naturally expect that Japan British intoreste. If there is any reason to suppose that the Chinc will show reciprocity and not apply for concessions which affect Japanese negotiations cannot be settled by diplomatic methods, and if there was a prospect of developments that might impair the inde Pendence and integrity of Chins, then no doubt consultations would take place to see how and what was due to Japan ould be secured without impairing the independence and integrity of China, which is one of the objects of the Anglo-Japanese alliance
It was impossible to enter into the details of the Japanese demands because they were communicated confidentially, but the hon. member could, however, assure Mr. Molteno that the Govern ment was fully alive to the importance of British commercial interests in China and would do their utmost to escure them intact.
(Havas Telegram ) » Allies Progress in Belgium, French stook now stands at 71:55... Yesterday a dense fog hampered the operations at numerous points. In Belgium the situation of the Allies is of the beat. We progressed sensibly, West of Perthes, in spite of stabborn resistance by the Germans,
The Chamber of Deputies passed the incorporation of the 1916 class under the colours. The Senste has passed the bill authorizing the Government to withdraw the naturalization duties conferred on peoples who are subjects of Enemy Powere.
General Damade, commander in chief of the Expeditionary corps, left to join Naval Forces in the Near Eset.
No Special Edition of the Telegraph was issued this morning, ane telegrams arrived over night to Justify our ea doing.]
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