TWO HUNDRED SAVED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2349, 4 January 1915, Page 5

TWO HUNDRED SAVED

MILLING ACCOUNT OF THE RESCUE BRITISH WARSHIPS BOMBARD ZEEBRUGGE IfflGAfpS PANIC - STRICKEN (GERMANS SUFFER HEAVILY ON BOTH FRONTIERS 1 ALARM 1 CONSTANTINOPLE The battleship Formidable has been sunk in the Channel, by what agency is unknown, and' it is feared that a considerable proportion of her crew Las been drowned. As yet only about 140 are, reported to have been picked up. The destruction of the ship may have been due either to a torpedo, a German floating mine, or a British coast defence mine," detached from its anchorage by heavy weather. The Formidable was an old, but still useful, ship, built a dozen yearß ago, and carrying four 12-inch guns and a fairly heavy secondary armament. In Poland the Germans have suffered further reverses along a line running seventy miles south from the Lower Vistula, and .it is suggested that six German army corps in Central Poland are already in retreat. The Russians are preparing to cross the Lower Vistula at Plock, 48 miles from, tie Prussian frontier, in order to reach the Thorn-Lowicz railway. - Nothing i 6 added to the recent report that they were mounting heavy artillery at Wloclawek, 20 miles from tho frontier, to command railway. •In Galieia the Russians olaim victorious l progress. They are pushing on towards Cracow and one forco is closing in on the Dukla Pass, which affords ingress to Hungary. The inhabitants of tho Hungarian frontier districts are reported to bo hi panic flight towards tho interior. The"Neve Fxoio Brosso" of Vienna ■'? demanding publication of the documents which would prove that Austria sought to avert the war. Outstanding features of the position along the Western front are a strenuous sea and land attack upon the Germans on the coast of Flanders, an.advance further south hr Belgium, from the region of Zonnebeke, five miles east-north-east of Ypres, marked progress in the Champagne district, and some success in Alsace. Little is added to what has been said concerning the American Note,,but,the' 'American Ambassador in London (Mr. Page) has informed his Government, in effect, that a section of the British public does not regard ' the Note seriously. . The Turks, under Enver Bey,, have been heavily defeated in the Caucasus, and Enver Bey las resigned his command to a German officer. The Turks on the Egyptian frontier are stated to have risen againßt their officers and killed many of them, while another report declares that Djemal Pasha, coramandor of the Turkish forces in Syria, has been murdered at Damascus. Reports regarding , the reorganisation of tho British Army indicate that more than half ; a million men will shortly bo in tho field, The Pans "Temps" asserts that Prince von Bulow'6 mission to Italy has utterly failed. In Bulgaria the extreme anti-Russian political group has been defeated in j»n attempt to make its leader Foreign Minister. Some graphic accounts are given of the fashion in which British and German soldiers observed a brief Christmas truce.

"■ BjTelSErapl.—Press KssajiaUon-rOoirriEht ■ ACTIVITY OF;ENEMY'S/ARTILLERY .")"■ AmCKS AT SEVERAL POINTS ALLIES MAKE PROGRESS FOOT BY FOOT ; ParlSj January -1. A! communique states:_ "The enemy unsuccessfully, bombarded Saint Georges* also the Belgians' bridge-head defences south of Dixmude. There was a lively cannonade between La Basse© and Carency, and between 'Albert and Roye. It ended to our advantage. ; We demolished some works near Craonmelle. . '■■ ' * ' . "There were uninterrupted artillery duels throughout the whole of Thursday in the Perthes and Beausejour. regions. The enemy made a very violent attack along nearly the whole front" at Bois de la Grurie, and gained fifty yards at certain points. We repulsed sis violent attempts to recapture the trenches north-west of Flirey. ,''■'' - ••■ ■ _ "Between the Meuse.and Moselle we continue to progress foot by foot. 'At Steinbach the enemy's artillery was very active, but our batteries subsequently tad a clear/advantage'." ■■•._■■'.. ' • HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED ON THE GERMANS. -.'.'.. ■■"'':'.' (Rec. January 3, 8.3 p.m.) ,'■■'' Paris, January 2. .Official.—"We easily repulsed attacks at numerous pointe. On Thursday night there were artillcry'duels in the Arras, Albert, and Koye regions. There were particularly violent duels on the dunes at Nieuport and at Zannebeke, northeast of Ypres. The enemy blew up two cassions between Beaumetz and AcMcourt, south .of Arras. We wrecked the trenches between Parvilliers and 'Laboiselle, and silenced mine-throwers on the front at Fricourt. Our artillery, silenced .the enemy's artillery and dispersed several'bodios in the_Aisno re- ' gioh. We established ourselves in pits on the plateau at Nbuvron', despite several counter-attacks.' The enemy' violently bombarded the Reims region. We carried the wood north-east of. MesnUlsshurlus and regained the .ground lost at Bois do la Grurie! Wo progressed at Bois le Pretro and repelled an attack on Bremonilj north-east of Badonvilliers, in the Vosges. We carried three mora '• lines of houses at'Steinbach. The Germans lost heavily at Bremenil and ißteinbach." ■ • V .;.:■;.;•- . - OFFICIAL REPORT FROM BERLIN. . (Rec. January 3, 3.80 p.m.) ' i. ' Amsterdam, January 2. 'A' Berlin official message states: We'have not lost a single'house in Steinbach, but repulsed all attacks.' .We have given up the idea of retaking Saint Georges owing to.floods. '■'•.''.. , ■.'■•■ WARSHIPS SHELL ZEEBRUGGE. ' ' (Rec. January 3, 3.30 p.m.) "''.'■ _~.,.. ~ ':.;':' Rotterdam, January 2. . British warships from close to land shelled Zeebrugge on Thursday. The coast batteries replied unsuccessfully. The British Fleet also bombarded the coast on Friday. - BERLINERS ARE VERY DOWNHEARTED. (Rec. January 3. 3.20 p.m.) • _ ' ' ' ' Couotihagcn, January 2. Dr. George Wegener, in a letter to the "Cologne Gazette," says the Berliners'are very downhearted, and nervously excited. They are asking why there is no Hews from tho Western front, and why tho nation is kept in the dark. , ' • . HEAVY GERMAN RIFLE FIRE. ' (Rec. January 4, O.D a.nl.) Paris, Januarv 3. 'An official messag? mentions liMvy German rifle-fire against the trendies east, of Vermelles, north of Chaulones, and unsuccessful German attack* west of BniHtaeon K-od Senovox*" • '

HOSTILE .AIRMEN DROP, BOMBS ON GERMAN TOWN. .- (Rec. January 4, 0.5 a.m.) Paris, January 3. A telegram from Berlin states that two hostile airmen on Friday flew over Liesdbrff, near Saarlouis, and dropped several bombs. The damage done is not stated. ■ .