The War News.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 April 1915, Page 3

The War News.

FRIDAY German Air Raid — Zeppelin on English Coast — Turkey DisJ0 satisfied — Ministers Reproach Germany A Zeppelin flew over the Northumberland coast on Wednesday night, dropping incendiary bombs on several towns in / the vicinity of the Tyne. All v lights were at once extinguished along the coast. The bombs destroyed a few houses, some of the inmates being wounded. The fighting in the region of the Uszok Pass continues. The Russians progressed slightly, and repd^^repeated counter-attacks Atter^fc^by the enemy to assume /che offensive in the Eastern Carpathians failed. It is is estimated in Petrograd that the ' Austro-German armies' in the Carpathians number a million and a-quarter men. General yon der Goltz, who has returned from Berlin to Constantinople, met with a stormy reception from the Turkish Council of War on account of his report that Germany was unable to spure a single battalion to assist Turkey. A report from Sir John French describes in detail the battle at Neuve Chapelle. - The British casualties in three days totalled 572 officers and 12,239 men. SATURDAY Another Air Raid —Bombs ■ dropped on Lowestoft — French Fleet over Ostend—Allied Success in France A Zeppelin, accompanied by two ae*roplanes, reached the East Anglian coast. For three hours the airship cruised over Norfolk, Suffolk, and .Essex, apparently trying to find a way to London. ■ / A" French air fleet of 15 machines made a successful raid on the German military quarters at Ostend. A French avaitor also dropped five bombs on a German general's headquarters. The allies have achieved a brilliant "success north of Arras by the capture of a slope southeast of Notre Dame de Lorette. French troops carried the slope by bayonet assault, capturing several officers and guns. .s* The sinking of a Dutch steamer which was carrying a cargo consigned to the Dutch Government, and the seizure of four Dutch trawlers by the Germans, have caused a sensation in Holland. V MONDAY A Russian Success — Important Position Captured—Aid Raids in England—Allied Airmen Active Operations in the Carpathians are being hampered by the melting snow, which renders the roads impassable, and has transformed mountain streams into formidable torrents. Despite these new difficulties, the Eussians captured an important position a few miles from the Uszok Pass, on the railway leading into HungaryThe correspondent of the Daily Chronicle at Verona, in the north of Italy, reports great military activity on-the northeastern frontier of Italy. German efforts to regain their lost positions at Notre Dame de - Lorette and Eparges have been repulsed. In an artillery duel in the wood of Mort Mare, in the Woevre region, the allies silenced three German batteries and captured an ammunition store. More air raids on the English coast are reported. Three Zeppelins cruised over the East Anglian counties, dropping bombs on a camber of towns, but doing littlefl famage. Two aeroplanes are Asife reported to have flown ovejTgj 3nt. One, which appeared ovJLsfceerness, in tlie estuary of the Thames, was eventually driven off by anti-aircraft guns. An official message from Berlin claims that German airmen dropped bombs on Greenwich, near London. A number of successful raids have been accomplished by French airmen, bombs being dropped on a bomb factory near the Swiss frontier, and one on a powder factory in Baden. Bombs were also dropped on an \m electric station north of Metz, f which supplies the forts with power and light. TUESDAY Attacked Transport — Fifty Men " Drowne4 — British Submarine Lost — Fighting on Italian -"V1 Frontier A cable message from the High Commissioner states that 24 aboard the British transport JVTanitou, which was attacked by

THE WEEK'S SUMMARY.

j"a Turkish torpedo .boat in the JEgean Sea, are known to have been drowned, Twenty-seven are missing. An Athens message states that mine-sweeping in the Dardanelles continues, and that warships enter the straits daily to prevent the Turks repairing their forts* A German bayonet charge in the Valley of the Aisne was stopped by the allies' artillery, which inflicted serious losses on the enemy.' Germau attacks in Lorraine have been repulsed, and the allies have made progress in Alsace. Sixteen different attacks weremade in 24 hours on a Russian position in the Carpathians, but the enemy gained, nothing and suffered enormous losses. The Russians claim that during the past month they have taken 70,000 prisoners on the Oar-, pathian front. WEDNESDAY Two Allied Successes — Important Heights Won—Further Austrian Losses—Battalion Surrenders — British Progress in Afiica The allies have achieved important successes at both extremes of the western front. In Flanders the British captured and occupied a hill two miles south of Zillebeke, east of Ypres, which dominates the country to the north and nosth-west. Desperate efforts were made by theGermans to recover the hill, but without avail. In Alsace the French have gained several heights along the banks of the River Fecht, which rises in the Vosges and enters the River 111 north of Colmar. The Germans weore compelled to beat a precipitate retreat from one position, abandoning much material A further attack on the Russian positions on the heights of Telepoich, in the Carpathians, has resulted in great losses to the Austrians. A British trawler has been sunk by a German submarine, all the crew being drowned. Another trawler which endeavoured to rescue the crew was fired on. THURSDAY The Attack on Turkey—Troops Near Dardanelles —Advance of Botha's Forces An official message from Berlin states that 35,000 British and French troops have been landed at Mudros, in the Island of Lemnos, some 40 miles from the entrance to the Dardanelles. From Odessa it is reported that the allies are awaiting an expedition from the Black Sea to co-operate in the attack on the Dardanelles.