ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2438, 17 April 1915, Page 7

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID

EAST COAST TOWNS BOMBARDED ■ PIRATE OUTRAGE ON DUTCH' ! . SHIPPING FOUR TRAWLERS SEIZED BRILLIANT SUCCESS BY V ALLIES POSITION STORMED WITH ? THE BAYONET. ■ . • • To-day's news records a brilliant success by the Allies at Notre Dame de Lorette, which has been stormed at tlie bayonet point, and also further successes elsewhere. along the Western front. There is a. vivid story of . the recent French victory at , Les Eparges. Another Zeppelin raider has appeared' on" the English east coast, and dropped bombs. By way of for the German Taid on Nancy, the Allies' airmen have accomplished several successful flights, over the enemy's military positions. The German submarine pirates have provoked a storm of indignation in Holland by the sinking of another Dutch ' steamer and the seizure of 'four trawlers, which they have taken to Zeebrugge. Another British steamer has been sunk, this, time off ' North Hinder, soutih. of the Hook of Holland. There is not a, line of news from the Eastern theatre, npr from the Mediterranean and ' Near East. ' ' . 1 IMPORTANT POSITION STORMED BY THE 'ALLIES * BRILLIANT COUP NORTH OF ARRAS NOTRE DAME DE LORETTE CARRIED WITH THE BAYONET (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) •'The High Commissioner reports:— . . • 'London, April 15, 4.55 p.m. "At La Boisello the French heavy artillery destroyed the German trenches and shelters at Ovillers; "In the Argonne, near Fontaine Aux Charmes, a looal engagement between trenches resulted to the French advantage. The French ascendancy at Moren is more pronounced. , "On Sunday there was a bombardment at Les Eparges by the Germans, without an attack. "The extension on our front-at Bob d'Ailly has been maintained against all counter-attacks. The French have mastered a portion of the principal Gorman trench to the north, which gained them also ground of four hundred metres in lengthj and a hundred deep. ' "Near Fevenhey the Germans bombarded us without attacking. "In the wood of Le Pretre we won on Wednesday on part of the German line, arid the French yesterday maintained the gain,' and stopped a counterattack by machine guns. "In Alsace we progressed fifteen hundred yards in the direction of Schnepfennethkopf. • [Schnepfenriethkopf is a crest of the Vosges, six miles south-west of Munster, and twelve miles south-west of Colmar.] "North of Arras the Allies hare obtained a that of last month. The slope south-east of Notre Dame de Lorette was carried by the bayonet by the French, and several officers and guns were taken "In the Argonne the French artillery demolished the principal German ■ trench. ( ('At Les Epargee three attempts by the enemy on Wednesday right to recover the plateau were repulsed with heavy loss. ■ "A German aviator threw three bombs at the Hospital of Moyr Melon In reprisal for the bombardment of Nancy a French aviator threw five bombs on the German generals' headquarters, and the Allies also bombarded the rail way station at I'reyb6urg. • . ' "A small French fleet of fifteen aeroplanes threw bombs with creat success on the German military quarters at Ostend." • THE DAILY LIST OF BRITISH CASUALTIES. , Tha High Commissioner reports:— . • Killed. Wounded. Officers 1 i Men 88 220 . ™ _ London, April 15. Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Seoretary for War. speaking in the Home of Commons, said that the British casualties up to April 11 totalled 139,347. GERMAN FEELER TO BELGIUM. Amsterdam, April 15. The Rome correipondent of the Dutch newspaper "De Tijd" states that the German Embassy asked the Belgian, Legation whether, in the event of Germany evacuating Belgium, the- latter would remain neutral for the remainder of the war. Belgium's .answer is not known. PIRATE ATTACKS ON DUTCH SHIPPING FOUR TRAWLERS TAKEN TO ZEEBRUGGE GERMAN OFFICIAL DIFFERENCES OVER THE BLOCKADE London, April 15. . The Dutch steamer Katwijk, 2040 tons,, grain-laden, from Baltimore to Rotterdam, was torpedoed at North Hinder (south of the Hook of Holland). The crew, were saved. The Katwijk had dropped anchor six miles off Hinder, and an explosion a quarter of an hour later blew a hole in her side and a fire broke out. A second torpedo struck her, and she sank, blazing. ,i • The crew escaped ill the boats. They saw a submarine some distance away, but were unable to discern its nationality. The Katwijk's cargo was consigned to the Dutch Government. - ■ . HOLLAND INCENSED OVER CAPTURE OF DUTCH TRAWLERS. < ■ London, AprTl 15. German submarines took four Dutch trawlers to Zecbrugge. The outrages have caused a sensation in Holland. • ' ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED^ London, AprTl 15. The British steamer Ptarmigan was torpedoed off North Hinder Light. Eleven persons were drowned. [The Ptarmigan was a three-masted steamer of 78'f tons gross, built in 1891, and owned by the General Steam Navigation Company, Ltd.] (Rcc. April 16, S.'Jo p.m.) London, April 16. The Ptarmigan was bound for Rotterdam with h cargo of tea., milk, and susax. She was toipclontl without, notice, <M»d eight uttl of hsi' eteWti ■WCtt' l leeu wei'o drowned.

When the submarine was sighted, all hands wero called up, and rushed to the lifeboat. In the excitement someone dropped the painter, and the boat was overturned. While the crew were struggling in the water a torpedo was launched, shattering the other 'boat. The Ptarmigan began to sink, and the rest of the crew jumped into the. sea. It was all over, in three minutes, and' when the submarine departed the survivors righted and boarded tbo lifoboat, and, later, a Dutch boat picked them up. THE SINKING OF THE SOUTH POINT GREW JEERED AT BY THE PIRATES. London, April 15. . One of the crew of the steamer South Point states that two of the steamer's boats, containing thirty-six men, drifed for eleven hours. The Germans only jeered when asked to tow the boats. • They fired a torpedo and nine shots at the South Point, which was two hours sinking, as her cargo of clay plugged the holes. LThe British steamer South Point was sunk by the German submarine U2B sixty miles off Cape IMnisterro, at the north-western extremity of Spain. The ciew, thirty-six in number, were landed at Lisbon by another British vessel. The South Point was a vessel of 3837 tons gross, built in 1912, and owned by the Norfolk and North American Steam Shipping Company, Ltd, of which Messrs. Furness, Witty, and Co., Ltd., are the managers.] BLOCKADE CAUSES SERIOUS DIFFERENCES IN BERLIN KAISER RELUCTANTLY CONSENTED. London, 15The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent says there are serious differences in the German Government respecting the use of submarines against merchantmen. Admiral von Tirpitz (Minister of Marine) originated the use of submarines, but- Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg (the Imperial Chancellor) opposed the idea, to which the Kaiser assented, after a long struggle. THREE WEEKS' TOLL IN MERCHANT SHIPPING. The High Commissioner reports:— London, April 16, 2 a.m. The arrivals and sailings of steamers of all nationalities at and from United Kingdom ports for the week ended April 14 totalled 1432; sunk, two, with gross tonnage of 8596 tons, including the Harpalyce, which was under safe conduct from the German Government for the carriage of supplies for the Belgian Relief Commission.