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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1916
Page
2
A Reuters dispatch from Athens reports Turkish forces in formidable numbers are being sent to Mesopotamia. Troops released from the Dardanelles are already en route and small contingents have also departed from Thrace.
Rome via London Feb 14 General headquarters says yesterday a lively artillery duel occurred in the upper Isonzo zone with intense activity. Movements of many troops and increased defence preparations and road making were observed.
London reports heavy fighting along the western front with incessant artillery, hand-to-hand combat, grenade fighting and mining. Air combat above the lines continues as anti aircraft guns shell opposing forces.
German forces extend trench gains around Tahure and push into French positions near Massiges and Navarin. French retaliate with bombardments and counterfire as fighting rages north of Soissons and along the Somme front. Allied reports flag air combats and mine explosions south of La Bassée canal with limited gains.
Austro-Hungarian wireless statement from Berlin notes no major Russian front events. It reports violent artillery actions in the Isonzo zone with shifts near Monte Rombon in the Monte Rom bon district as Austrian forces press in the Italian front.
London reports British light cruiser Arethusa struck a mine off the east coast and likely wrecked. About 10 sailors dead. Arethusa, nicknamed the Saucy Arethusa, had a storied war record including actions in Helgoland and Mainz engagement, and was built at Chatham in 1918.
Berlin reports major gains in two engagements with 700 yards captured northwest of Tahore and about 400 yards taken near Abersept on the French frontier. The war office notes continued artillery fights along the front, prisoner takings, machine guns and mine throwers seized, and aerial strikes on railway targets. Western theatre sees intensified activity around Lens Liegin and St Marie with repulsed counterattacks. Eastern and Balkan fronts show few notable events beyond patrols.
A British official statement rebutts a German claim of 40 British prisoners near Pilhelm and notes 11 missing with eight thought killed. It reports 17 aerial combats, a double engine aircraft downed, and seven mines exploded south of La Bassee canal with a brief infantry clash at Fosse 8.
Berlin reports from London indicate a nearing settlement of the Lusitania dispute after a Friday communication from Count von Bernstorff. The Lokal Anzeiger says a new note will finalize the agreement, while the Tageblatt notes a main-point accord but possible delays in a final formula. The Associated Press hears the situation looks favorable for concluding in the next German note.
Paris February 14. Official report states German assault in Champagne east of Somme_py was checked by three French mines. German losses were heavy though they held some ground. French forces decimated a German company near the Somme river. captain and 70 men surrendered. French also captured several machine guns. In Alsace Germans held 200 metres of trenches before a counter attack recaptured most positions. Artillery fire remains severe as fighting continues.
The report notes artillery strikes destroying a munitions depot north of Boesinghe, a German infantry attempt to advance north of Soissons being repelled by barrier and infantry fire after a bombardment, and French or Allied artillery activity on the Vauclerie plateau.
The report notes lively artillery exchanges in Champagne around Tahure Massigés and Navarin with no infantry assaults. In Upper Alsace east of Seppols German bombardments targeted trenches retaken overnight. Our troops evacuated these emplacements as enemy reinforcements moving from Wiederlarg were halted by barrier fire.
London report says weather cleared and troops in Mesopotamia are safe. General Aylmer reports the situation unchanged while General Townshend’s beleaguered Kut forces note an aircraft flew over and dropped two bombs without damage.
The official Russian front dispatch reports continued reciprocal fire on the Western front between Olai and Dalsen Island with effective Russian fire. It notes near Dvinsk the enemy used asphyxiating gas bombs and states the capture of an Erzerum fort after artillery explosions, with multiple prisoners six guns and munitions taken in pursuit of the Turks.
London telegram reports that John Alexander Viscount Weymouth eldest son of the Marquis of Bath was killed in action. He was born in 1895 and details remain unavailable.
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