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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
2
Secretary Lansing in Washington asked the British foreign office for prompt replies to American notes protesting seizures of mails and the application of the trading with the enemy act against American firms and interests.
London reports a small engagement in East Africa where General Smuts says on February 16 an enemy force of four Europeans and 200 native troops attacked the Kachumbe post near the Uganda border. The post, defended by two Europeans and about 385 natives, repulsed the attack.
Premier Asquith introduced two votes of credit totaling 2.1 billion dollars, lifting war expenditures for the year to £1.42 billion and providing £300 million for the next fiscal year. He stressed economy and safeguards while noting loans to allies rose sharply and munitions costs topped £834.8 million.
A Romanshorn dispatch says the new four airship shed at Friedrichshafen was partially destroyed by a storm last Tuesday. There were no deaths. It is unclear if any airships were damaged.
Paris reports a Zeppelin downed by French guns near Brabant-le-Roi in the Meuse after an incendiary hit. The war office details air battles over Alsace and Verdun with multiple German machines shot down, pilots captured, and French bombing groups targeting aviation depots and munitions factories. Local bombardments and counterattacks are outlined alongside artillery activity and civilian casualties.
Paris reports the Zeppelins shot down after an incendiary shell hit and caused a massive explosion. French forces also claim victories near Lihons and in Artois while air combat increases. British and French air units target German bases including Habsheim Mulhaussen and a Pagny sur Moselle munitions works. Russians push toward the Black Sea and Bitlis falls as Turkish energy sites are bombed.
Berlin Feb 21 the German war office reported repulse of a British hand grenade attack on a new position north of Ypres at the Yser canal and a forced withdrawal from a crater edge west of Loos. It noted a failed Lens Arras highroad attack and successful German air strikes behind enemy lines including Furnes Poperinghe Amiens and Luneville. Russian attacks before Dvinsk were repulsed and minor advances elsewhere were denied. Balkan theatre quiet.
British official statement notes 26 aircraft attacked Don depots near Lille with suspected rail and store damage. Artillery bombarded Hulluch trenches and areas north of the Ypres Comines canal. A heavy explosion hit gun positions at Radinghem. Enemy air raids on various towns caused civilian deaths.
Austro-Hungarian lines report Russian positions southeast of Kozlov on the Stripa River were driven back. Air activity noted on both sides. Albanian detachments under Austro-Hungarian command reached the Adriatic Sea west of Kavaya.
Italian air force repelled Austrian bombers who then hit Garda district causing casualties. Two killed and several injured at Desenzano one injured at Salo two killed and four injured at Trezzo. All victims were local residents. Military damage deemed insignificant.
An allied submarine passed the Dardanelles, reached the Bosphorus and torpedoed one tug and six transports laden with munitions. The attack caused a panic in Constantinople, according to a Athens despatch to Reuters.
Field Marshal Kitchener has telegraphed congratulations to Grand Duke Nicholas on the brilliant feat of arms at Erzerum. The Grand Duke replied thanking Kitchener and his brother comrades of the British army.
The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla corrects blood acidity and builds the system by cleansing the blood. It asserts success for forty years and targets rheumatism stomach and kidney troubles general debility and other ills from impure blood. Obtainable from local druggists.
A Zeppelin carrying about 40 crew members was shot by French gunners and brought down in flames. France reports victories in air combats and bombardments of German depots near Dieuze. British defense repels a hand grenade attack at the Yser canal. British forces withdraw south of Loos from a mined crater edge. Austrian planes fail to bomb Milan and strike the Gorda district, killing civilians. An allied submarine torpedoed a tug and six transports through the Bosphorus, causing panic in Constantinople.
A Petrograd dispatch picked up in Rome reports Russians have occupied the entire Lake Van district as Turkish forces retreat southward and evacuate Bitlis, signaling a major shift in the front lines.
Pleasant tasting cough syrup praised for fast relief. Instructions say to mix 2 1/2 ounces Pinex with plain granulated sugar syrup to make a pint of cough remedy costing under 64 cents. Claims rapid effect on coughs bronchitis and bronchial issues with a money back guarantee from Pinex Co Ft Wayne Indiana.
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