The War News.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 8 April 1915, Page 3

The War News.

FRIDAY No news is sometimes good news. Some amongst the censors must at least have been having a rest on account of the holidays! and, let us hope, many of our brave British soldiers also. SATURDAY Formenting Strikes - Three more Steamers Sunk — Raids by Allied Airmen—Bombs Dropped on Submarines . ?!► British Admiralty has obtained "conclusive proof that German aerents are fomenting strikes in Britain, particularly in Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, and Birkenhead. Three more merchant shipstwo British and one Frenchhave been sunk by German submarines. Seventeen of the crew of. the French steamer are missing. An oil-laden vessel was captured and brought to Newhaven on suspicion of supplying a submarine with oil. The captain was unable to produce his papers and the crew were mostly Germans. Allied airmen have executed a number of successful raids in France and Flanders, dropping bombs on the enemy's bivouacs and on the German avaition camp at Gits, Hoboken, four miles south of Antwerp, where a number of German submarines are under construction, has also been the scene of s raid, which is reported to have been successful. MONDAY Bulgarian Raiders — Terrorism in Austria — Peace Agitators Executed — More Submarine Piracy — Successful Allied Air Raid Two cablegrams are to hand reporting fighting between Bulgarians and Servians in Servian territory, near the frontier dividing the two countries. One from the Servian Legation in London describes a Bulgarian attack on a blockhouse at Valandovo, and the other from Servia, records an attach on the railway at Strumnitza* in the same locality. Wide spread dissatisfaction with the war in Austria is being suppressed by executions and imprisonment. A disaffected regiment was decimated. The Russians have captured an important range of heights in the Carpathians with the bayonet In the Niemen region the Germans have been driven back, losing heavily. A German submarine has sunk a British steamer off Cape Finisterre, on the north coast of Spain. Three trawlers have been sunk off Shields. A Norwegian barque carrying timber to Hull was stopped and the cargo ignited. A Dutch collier has struck a mine and foundered off the Humber. ( An Englishman from Antwerp says it is believed there that the recent air-raid on Hoboken resulted in the destruction of four submarines which were ready for launching. British warships have again bombarded Zeebrugge owing to submarines attempting to steal through the minefields. TUESDAY Another Balkan Raid — Bulgarians Invade Greece—Official Repudiation —Two Russian Surcesses — Turkish Cruiser Sunk l^garion irregulars attemptinfiSE cross the Gre^ek frontier havß been repulsed, many having been killed and wounded in the fighting. , Other bands are reported to be threatening the Greek town of Doiran, which is situated close to both the Servian and Greek frontiers. The battle proceeding between the East Prussian frontier and the River Niemen is roported from Petrograd to be developing in Russia's favour. Russian cavalry succeed in expelling the enemy from a portion of the Suwalki. region. The Austrians who attempted an invasion of Russian territory from Bukovina after being severely defeated have withdrawn from the frontier. A concentration of German troops near the Dutch frontier, and the transference of the German staff to Ecloo, northwest of Ghent, is interpreted as foreshadowing a change of front, in Flanders, the vicinity of trie coast having become less secure for the Germans. T& Turkish light cruiser Miijdeh, of 3330 tons, is semi-

THE WEEK'S SUMMARY.

officially reported from Petrograd to have been sunk by a mine off the Russian Black Sea coast. WEDNESDAY Fierce Battle Raging — Hand to hand Struggles —Ground Won and Held — Re-appeaaance of Goeben The Daily Chronicle reports that a fierce battle has been raging almost continuously for three weeks in the Champagne, the French taking the offensive. Fighting was particularly hot in the region of Mesnil les Hurles, between Rheims and the Forest of Argonne. Hand to hand struggles took place in the enemy's trenches, bayonets, pickaxes, and fists being used. Beyond the Meuse the French j are pressing on towards the German frontier. They have established, a footing beyond Regnieville, the capture of which was reported yesterday. A Petrograd message states that the Russian Fleet has exchanged shots at long range with the Goeben and Breslau, near the Crimean coast. The United states has despatched a friendly Note, which asserts that the barring of neutral ports as though they were ports of Britain's enemies is a.distinct invasion of sovereign rights. The British steamer Olivine was sunk off the Isle of Wight by a German submarine, which also sank a Russian barque in the locality. THURSDAY Moving towards Metz — Armed Liner Ordered to Leave Port The allies have made ["marked progress east of Verdum, occupying the village of Gussainville and the heights dominating the River Orne, which flows into German territory north of Metz. Further south the allies are advancing on Maizeray, which is only nine miles from the German frontier. German prisoners state that in the recent attack in the Woevre region, six battalions of Germans were destroyed, A telegram from Vienna states that the whole of the AustroGerman forces in the region of the Dukla Pass, in the Carpathians, are in retreat along a front of 40 miles. The German armed liner Princ Eitel Friedrich, which put into Newport on March 11 for repairs, has been ordered to leave.