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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1915
Page
8
Reports from the front describe rapid air raids on Dutch and French targets as France and Germany clash. Dutch vessels are sunk provoking Holland to threaten war while Russians push from the Carpathian foothills and French defenses claim several German counter-attacks were repelled.
Reports say French repelled German counterattacks at Notre Dame de Lorette and Les Eparges. French guns silenced three German batteries and blew up an ammunition depot in Montmare Forest. Russian destroyers sank four steamers off the Anatolian coast and engaged Sungulchnik batteries. In the Carpathians Russians captured two heights near Telepatch and Zuella as Austro Germans reinforced. French artillery brought down a German aircraft north of Ypres. Austrian artillery burned a Russian ammunition store on the Nida River and Russians were driven from trenches. Austro Germans took 400 Russian prisoners in wooded Carpathian fighting. Germans seized 1040 Russian prisoners and seven machine guns near Kalwarya. Allied aviators bombed targets behind the German front. Freiburg civilians killed or wounded. Allied destroyers and Belgian coast artillery clashed near Ostend and Nieuwport. A force of 15 000 Turks was defeated by British India troops near Shaiba with about 700 British casualties.
London reports two American oil steamers, the Llama and Muskogee, detained at Kirkwall since April 6 and 7, have been released and are heading to Copenhagen.
London reports its third hostile air raid within 48 hours this afternoon. As with the prior attacks, there was no loss of life and no serious damage to property.
Zeppelins or two German airships roaming over the coast dropped about 59 bombs across Kent and East Anglia. Four bombs fell near Faversham and Sittingbourne, with hits reported in Lowestoft, Southwold, Maldon and nearby towns. No major targets hit. officials call raids reconnaissance and warn of impending Allied retaliation as fine weather continues.
Russian war office reports success in the Carpathians with troops breaching barbed wire and taking two heights near Telepotch and Zuella, while Rostoki counterattacks fail. Roads everywhere thawed, rivers swollen, front largely unchanged otherwise. Destroyers sank four ships off Anatolia and exchanged fire with batteries.
The charity ball in Everett last night at the State Armory drew over 1500 attendees for the Whidden Memorial Hospital appeal. The armory appeared as a giant Japanese garden with elegant gowns under colored lights, and a cabaret number was staged between dances. Mayor Chambers chaired the reception committee.
An advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as a forty year proven remedy for bronchial coughs and bronchitis. It claims to drive out the cold, ease chest inflammation, and build strength while aiding mucous membranes. The notice is from Lott-Siett G&B Bowne in Bloomfield New Jersey.
Paris reports three German counterattacks at Notre Dame de Lorette and Les Eparges repelled. Montmare forest saw three batteries silenced and an ammunition depot blown. Aviators bombed Leopold Shoehout, Rottweil powder, Maizieres les Metz station, and pursued three German airmen returning unharmed despite shell fire.
News reports from The Hague cite ministerial talks over the sinking of the Katwyk from Baltimore to Rotterdam with grain cargo. German submarine suspected. newspapers question whether orders to avoid neutral ships were followed or changed. Rumor says 590 Belgians planned to cross to England. their fate remains unclear as they reportedly crossed safely.
The Amsterdam press publishes full details of the North Sea sinking by a German submarine. The Dutch steamer Katwyk from Baltimore to Rotterdam with grain for the Netherlands government was destroyed. The disclosure intensifies public indignation in leading papers.
The Algemein-Handelsblad denounces the sinking of the steamer as an unfriendly act and asserts the right to join Germany's enemies. It warns the German government that neutrality must be maintained and that attacks on Dutch subjects or property will not be endured.
British India troops inflicted another defeat on the Turks near Shaiba Mesopotamia with about 700 casualties to the British. The India office announced the official report late at night.
Paris reports Italy to have 1.2 million first line troops aged 20 to 26, well armed and equipped. General Zupelli lauds a transformed war machine with superior weapons readiness. Frontline eagerness is restrained to avoid border incidents as winter weather hampers Alpine passes. government weighs possible territorial aims with Austria.
British forces cleared Turks from positions north and west of Shaiba last Tuesday and pressed toward Zobeir on Wednesday. They assaulted a concealed trench system near Birjisiyeh wood, overrunning the trenches and capturing the line with bayonet attack. Turkish strength is placed at about 5000 men with six regular battalions and six guns. British casualties around 700. Turks retreated to Nakhailah, 19 miles northwest of Zobeir.
The communiqué from Poland near Blogie east of Piotrkow says Russian attacks were repulsed. A Russian ammunition store was set on fire by our artillery on the Lower Nida. In the Carpathians isolated fighting occurred with heavy losses to the Russians and 400 prisoners captured. In the Stry Valley we took 268 more prisoners.
Edward A. Dempsey a 47 year old real estate operator at 117 West Newton Street was arrested by Inspector McCarthy on a warrant charging him with the larceny of 75 from Mrs Ellen Cavanan of Newport Street Dorchester The alleged theft stems from a real estate deal Mrs Cavanan is a widow who works in a Broad Street restaurant.
Berlin reports artillery duels near Ostend Nieuwport with enemy destroyers silenced. Southern St Eloi sees house occupation and Lo Rette heights fighting. Meuse to Moselle sees only artillery duels. Bombs and gas usage by French rise daily. Aviators active. Freiburg bombardment injures civilians. Eastern front unchanged. near Khalwarya 1040 Russians captured and seven machine guns seized.
Harvard University's junior class approved serving beer at all functions by a vote of 108 in favor and 31 against at their monthly Union meeting. Freshman and sophomore classes have already voted in favor.
British cruiser Berwick sighted five miles off the Virginia Capes with a bluish gray and white hull to resemble the sea. The craft has a ragged dark to light wave effect and shows no name or flag as it waits for the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which was delayed by a broken steam pipe and will be docked for survey.
Paris April 16 Louis J Malvy minister of the interior told senators and deputies from Bordeaux that the government will support actively the Bordeaux initiative to create large schools to educate men mutilated in the war in professions and handi crafts so they can earn a living.
The Plymouth Theatre presented The Younger Generation a light comedy by Stanley Houghton replacing The Sin of David and drew a large Boston audience. Franklin Dyall and Philip Tonge led an ensemble as generations clash over tradition while a fetching parlor maid provides charm. The curtain raiser Romeo and Juliet scenes were shown by George Relph and Viva Birkett.
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