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THE TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915. FOUR LANDINGS. FIGHTING IN VOSGES. HARD FIGHTING IN GAJjLIPOLI BOSPORUS ATTACKED. DRIVING NORTH FROM YPKES.

268th Dty of Wir. The British and French troops are making good their footing on the Gallipoli Peninsula and on the Asiatic side of the Straits, with the effective help of the Navy. There has been hard lighting and it is reported that the French have taken 500 prisoners. Progress continues to be made. A Turkish version of the operations speaks of landings at four places.

The Russian Fleet, acting in cooperation with the French and British attack on the Dardanelles, has bombarded all the outer forts of the Bosporus. Great explosions were observed in the forts. The Turkish warships in the Straits were shelled and forced to retire, and enemy torpedo boats which came out to attack the Russian fleet were quickly driven off. The attack north and north east of Ypres has passed from the Germans to our troops. The turn of the battle came on Monday afternoon.

In the morning the initiative was still vith the Germans their attacks were re pulsed, and we took the offensive near St. dulien and to the west of the village towards the Yser Canal. The French troops followed our example, drove the invaders further north along the right bank of the Canal, and retook Het Sast, one of the two villages on the Canal which had fallen into German hands in their first onslaught against the French. Apparently the Germans still hold one point on the Canal near Steenstraate. They have for the second time been driven from Lizerne, a little to the west of the Canal.

The latest German report is couched in very different terms from the earlier announcements of their success. It now speaks of English attacks on the German positions advanced tli roe to four kilometres from the old line around Langemarck. On Monday night the Belgian forces to the north had three attacks made on them south of Dix mudo, the Germans again using asphyxiating gases. An official Belgian report says that the Germans had heavy losses. Our airmen have been busy over the German communications with the battle front.

They I have successfully bombed," in the of the British War Office, the stations and junctions of Courtrai, Turcoing, Roubaix, Jngelmunster, Staden, Langemarck, Thielt andRoulers. The summit of Hartaannseilerkopf, an Alsa tian height commanding the valley of the Fecht, was for a short time on Monday in German possession. The French, who cap tured.it a few weeks ago in their advance from Our Special Correspondent with the Russian Forces, telegraphing from Warsaw, says that it is generally realized that the great Hinden 1 burg movement has been an utter failure at all points. Hie condition' of the Russian Army has never been so good in every respect The King has sent a message to the Duke of Connaught congratulating the Dominion on the splendid and gallant way in which the Canadian Division fought north of Ypres. Lord Derby, in a recruiting speech at.

Manchester yesterday, said he had Lord Kitchener's authority for saying that he asked that the recruiting efforts should be maintained, and that icr, perhaps, than he would ask for additional and redoubled efforts. Lord Derby thought that there would be a compulsory de 1 mod on the services of this country. Lord Kitchener, speaking in the House of Lords, said that the inhumanity displayed by the German authorities, towards British prisoners especially, was beyond doubt. The Time Fond for the Sick and Wounded amounts to 1.206.012. To day the sum of 2,237 is acknowledged.

A SUMMIT RETAKEN BY THE FRENCH. PARIS. Aran. 27. The communiqu iw1 fternoon The summit of the Hartmannaweilerkopf, which was taken from us yesterday morning, was recaptured by us in the evening, and we took some prisoners.

To nieht's official communique says On the front Les Epargea St Remy Calonne trench the German attacks have been completely driven back. At one point only of the front an officer counted nearly one thousand dead. We have assumed the offensive and are making progress. At tle Hartmannsweilerkopf, after recap tnring the summit, we have advanced 200 metres down the eastern slopes. Reuter.

GERMAN REPULSE IN S.W. AFRICA. A VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE." CAPE TOWN. April 27. Tho following official announcement is made "Colonel Skinner's force jruardinff the rail head at Trekkopjes, about 50 miles north east of Bwakopmund, was attacked at, aawn on April 26 by a German force 700 strong with 12 guns.

The attack was repulsed four hours later by a counter attack, the enemy leaving 25 killed and wounded on the field. "In view of the great superiority of the enemy in guns this is a very good performance. The kimberley Regiment bore the brunt of the fighting." Renter. REINVASION OF BUKOWINA. (FROM OLE CORRESPONDENT.

BUKAREST, April 26. According to reports which have reached here, the Russians have made an attempt to crosa the frontier into Bukowina, After fighting on April 22 and 23, they drove back the enemy towards Malcnki, taking prisoners two officers and 180 men. A concentration of Russian forces i also stated to be taking place at Bojan, in Northern Bukowina, to force the passage of the Pruth. The Rumanian authorities assert that the Austrian Army in Bukowina is suffering from lack of provisions. ATTACK ON THE DARDANELLES.

GOOD PROGRESS BY THE ALLIES. MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. The Allied Forces have node good their landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and are continuing their advance. Many prisoner have been taken. The War Office and Admiralty made the following announcement late last night After a day's hard fighting in difficult country, the troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula are thoroughly making good their footing with the effective help of the Navy.

The French have taken 600 prisoners. The following telegram has been officially pub lished in Cairo The Allied Forces, under Sir Ian Hamilton, have effected a landing on both sides of the Dardanelles under excellent conditions; many prisoners have been taken, and our forces are continuing their advance. THE FRENCH AT KUM KALE. PARIS, Apart 27. An official note issued to night says In the landing effected on April 25 by the Allied forces on both shores of the Dardanelles the French troops, comprising infantry and artillery, were especially designated to operate at Kum Kale, on the Asiatic coast.

This task was accomplished with entire success with the support of the guns of the French Fleet and under the enemy's fire. Our troops succeeded in occupying the village and in holding their ground there notwithstanding seven counter attacks covered hy heavy artillery which were delivered by the enemy during the night. We took 500 prisoners and the enemy's losses appear to be high. The general disembarcatidn of the Allied forces continues under excellent conditions. Reuter.

RUSSIA STRONGER THAN EVER. FAILURE OF GERMANS IN POLAND. CORRESPONDENT IN THE (ra SOFIA, April 27. A telegram from a correspondent at Dedea gatch sent off at 5.30 p.m. states that a bom the Dardanelles since 4.30.

FILIBUSTERERS' FATE. ST.) THE TURKISH VERSION. OUR TROOPS "PUSHED BACK I TO THE COAST." (FBOM OUR PEKING, April 26. Pappenheim and his filibustering party of The Turkish version of the landing at the Germans have been killed in Mongolia. Dardanelles is given in an official telegram i apUin Pappenheim, ISfot i from Constantinople, quoted in an Amsterdam Sennas "an stand of" Chinese robber anl 20 message.

This account mentions an attempted Chinese Government that, his expedition was a side oi tne straw, ine Aonurauy announce, pleasure trip. When lata heard of he was marrhin ment yesterday referred only to the disem in the direction of Tsiteibar, and it wm then stated barcation of the Army on the Gallipoli Peninsula, rtT which was described as being completely success the Chinese troops in Mongolia. uJ. The Turkish account is as follows i Under the protection of warships the enemy CAMEROON COAST BLOCKADED, (attempted to land troops on Sunday at four point I on the weat coaat of the Gallipoli Peninsula namely. at the mouth of the Sighindere, in the coast district of Avi Burun, to the west of Gaba Tepe, and near the neignDournooa oi xuui Hi litv Government have decided declare a blockade of the coast of the Cameroons I Tekeh Burun and as from midnight April 23 24.

I he blockade Kale. will extend from the entrance of the Akwayafe Enemy troops landed at Trkeh Burun, but were River to Bimbia CYeek, and from the Benge forced to retreat at the point of the bayonet and were mouth of the Sanaga River to Campo. I pushed back to the coast. Part of these forces were the Commencement of the blockade will be I The Turkish attacks at all points arc progressing given for the departure ot neutral vessels irom sdccessfuily to AN UP TO DATE ARMY. In the following message Mr.

Stanley Washburn, our Spccial Correspondent with the Russian Forces, states that the condition of the Russians has never been so good and that they arc eagerly waiting lor fresh activities. WARSAW, April 23. There is an optimism prevailing here such as has not been seen since the retirement of the Germans in October. It is engendered by the lull existing on this front, and the general realization, even amone the common soldiers, that the great Hindenburg movement, which was generally believed to be the greatest effort possible for the Germans to make on this front, has been an utter failure at all points. From conversations with an expert constantly on this front, I am inclined to accept as approximately correct the statement that the Germans in the total movement which began on the Bzura last January and early in February and terminated in the Suwalki zone, lost 200,000 men.

It is estimated that of these fully 100,000 were lost in the terrific demonstration 6n the Warsaw front, and the balance in East Prussia and the subsequent Estimates of the Russian losses in East Prussia, compiled since! tho shattered formations were reinforced by stragglers in, place these as low as 23.0uO. The general lesson should be understood in I the West as it has been in Russia and Poland namely, that Russian retirements before suddenly massed German advances at given points have little far reaching significance, as the enemy gains are almost invariably made up a few weeks later by Russian resiliency. It is believed here that, in their heart of hearts, the Germans know that they are already on the defensive, even if the aspect of military operations would suggest a different view. RUSSIANS EAGER FOR BATTLE. The condition of the Russians on this front has never been so good in every respect.

Their moral is the highest I have personally seen since the war started, and they are eagerly waiting for fresh activities. The troops are high spirited and confident of surging forward with an ardour to engage the enemy which is almost incredible when one considers that the war is in i ninth month. Every branch of the Russian Service seems to have improved steadily since August, and I am in a position to know, and to state without reservation, that on all this front Russia to day is infinitely stronger in all res Dec ts than she has been at nv time since the war began. In sDito of the coming of spring and warm weather, the health of the Army has improved materially, and the sanitary conditions are tar rjetter tnan tney were earlier. The authorities are proving themselves quick to adopt modern methods in eveiything, and within the past month a general clean up and improvement of conditions lias been enforced on this entire front.

Probably it is safe to assert that the soldiers here are as confident of ultimate victory as, the Germans were at the beginning of the campaign, though this statement is naturally not capable of proof. All reports, on the other hand, indicate that the German zenith of power on this front was reached by the Hindenburg movement, and Warsaw is rilled with rumours of the extremely unfavourable conditions in the German lines. It is stated that rations have been reduced to 1 lb. of bread daily no fresh meat is given, and premiums are offered to soldiers who make their rations extend over one day. Authorities ortny oi crecut report, mat.

small giving SUFFERINGS OF PRISONERS. THEATRES (continue Mr. Ornmm tad Mr. Mwm4 SSSQ LORD KITCHENER'S INDICTMENT. REPARATION TO BE EXACTED.

WESTMINSTER, Tcxbday. Discussions on the treatment of British Prisoners of war in Germany, baaed on the painful revelations of the recent White Paper, took place in both Houses of Parliament to day. The Panes Minister, in' the House of Commons, made the following important declaration When we come to an end of this war we shall not forget this horrible record of calcu lated cruelty and crime we shall hold it to be our duty to exact such reparation against those who are proved to have been the guilty agents and actors in the matter as it may be possible for us to do." SLUR ON THE PROFESSION OF ARMS. Lokd Kitchener, in the House of Lords, denounced in scathing terms the barbarous conduct of the enemy towards those who had fatten into their hands, tie added Lately there does appear to have been a slight improvement in some respects, doe, perhaps, to the visits of inspection which have been made from time to time through the American Embassy. The speeches in both Houses showed a distinct hardening of feeling towards the governors of Germany.

In calm, resolute tones, far more significant and impressive than Herbert condemned the inhumanity of the enemy, and LAST vowed that the full penalty should be exacted. No one asked for reprisals at the cost of German nri sorters in our hands. Retaliation was un English and, moreover, futile for, as Loan Newton put it, in a competition of brutality we should be outdistanced AK Even the separate treatment of submarine crews, which 5Ib. Chcrchill defended at ques I tion time as just and necessary," found no k11 I other support. The penalty, it was agreed, I must bo paid when the war was over by those Yyc who had deliberately ordered and countenanced JL i outrage.

Lord Kitchener did not conceal the reluct 1 YB ance with which, as a soldier who had hitherto JLi I respected German officers, he had been forced MATIN KK WEDNESDAYS wl SATUXDAVS, i The Bam. Dodfcy Mitten Mr. GEOKGE GBORSXTTB 522! Kiss AURETTB TAYLoR. HAY55SaS. EVERT I tJETNEYSr.

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8. cruel tv. The Ramie Convention, he said, had been flagrantly disregarded. Our prisoners had been stripped and maltreated, and in some rTpjp been Shot in cold Germany, who was wont to boast as a great military nation, had stooped to actions which would stain her mui jf tary history for ever actions comparable to 1 the barbarous savagery of the Dervishes of i the Sudan." I do not Lord SATrttDAV SXTMMw tot) 8.30 of any nationality, even among the Germans rrr THy.fT themselves, who is not ashamed of the slur thus Ql matiSk TODAY, i brought on the nrofession of arms." THE 1UT OF TU SEASON. PyNUlHTLVt Jr MVrJFWED CONTINCOrs PI brought on the profession REPORTS ON SIXTEEN CAMPS.

The statement that there had been an provement in the treatment of prisoners Germans a the blockaded ai THE BOSPORUS FORTS. Simultaneously a fleet approached the Dardanelles obliged to retreat before our fire. The enemy forces which landed at Kum Kale advanced under protection of their warship. In spite of a heavy bombardment from all sides our troops successfully attacked and repulsed the enemy to the coast. The enemy lost 400 dead and 200 prisoners.

Our losses were insignificant A party of Moslem soldiers who' at this point of the roast landed with the French soldiers deserted and joined our troops. Before Gaba Tepe we captured a number of English and Australian soldiers, among them being a captain and a lieutenant. batches of food and a discoaraeine outlook. Such state ments, wlu'ch should bo taken cum grano salis. are mainlv significant as circulating here for the first time.

GERMAN DISAPPOINTMENT. While tlio Germans are most bitterly disappointed and disillusioned by their failure to secure any results on this front, they are still prepared to offer a stubborn, courageous, and efficient resistance which must not be minimized. The constantly unfavourable conditions of the Austrians are undoubtedly draining the German troops on this front, and there is a growing feelmg of apprehen hat bv Mr. Neil Primrose 1 T3 OY ALTY. Sir Edward Grey, it fell to him to explain the steps taken by the Foreign Office to obtain redress.

The White Paper closed with the announcement that 10 representatives of the United States Consular Corps in Germany were to be appointed to make visits of inspection to the detention camns. These official. jfrunrose said, had been which authorized them to ent without notice whenever and as often as they chose and to have free intercourse with the i prisoners. Sixteen camps had been visited EADIE in 3ij EOKGEATXX.OfDg XIWBT. xi 8 30, New Play.

I. Hartley passes r.roRi.B ATJfXA.fbKk they came or held until the series was com 1 M' and the House expressed its feeling unmistak ine mi me jsikistxh, in a nnei ana trencnant waJt imuKi WTHPaWaAT LT1NEE Thnr an.i SAVOY THEATRK Mr. RnbMt WImUp. ENTAIL OF HA WARDEN ESTATE. FROM THE RUSSIAN SJDR BOSPORUS FORTS SHELLED.

PETROGRAD, April 26. The following semi official communique, dated April 25, is issued here At 6 a.m. the Black Sea Fleet approached the Bosporus. At 8 a.m. the vessels opened fire with heavy guns against the forts and batteries.

They successfully shelled the two forte at Kener, the Karbdje, Yum Burun, and Uzungar forts, and the forte at Kavak and Majar. As a result of the bombardment great explosions were observed in the forts. The Turkish warships in the Straits were shelled and forced to retire. The battleship Torgut replied to our fire without effect, Enemy torpedo boats which advanced towards us were quickly driven off by the fire of our snips. Observations made by hydroplanes showed the accuracy of the fire of the squadron.

The enemy's batteries attempted to shell our airmen, but without success. Germany on this account, as all the Germans sent to Austria are now regarded as dead and a permanent loss to this front. Warsaw is nearer to normal conditions than at any time since I first visited it. Humanitarians will be interested to know what is being done by the Russian authorities in their hospitals to prevent wounded soldiers from becoming a charge on their families as cripples. Hundreds of expensive artificial limbs costing lu each are being issued to all limbless soldiers, while even private soldiers are receiving the most up to date treatment regardless of expense.

teat would be of no avail if the obiect secure better treatment. Tlie effect, he suggested, might only be to exacerbate feeling at home the very end, presumably, which the enemy had in view. Two interesting answers to questions were given in the Commons. Mr. Asquith said that Major E.

Y. Daniel was working with Mr. Julian Corbet and Captain C. T. Atkinsou on material for the ultimate compilation of a history of the war, but it had not yet been decided whether the hfctorv would be nublic or confidential.

Mr. Acxavd announced that the Govern Governments on the importation of suitable labour to assist in the production of munitions supply ot such labour TdIGffl SJTRAXD 1 TO PKY ETerr WKD. nd AT CARPATHIAN BATTLE CANADIAN LOSSES NEAR TPRES. THE CASUALTY LISTS. The principal interest in the bat of casualties a to aay ues tne losses TURKISH SHIPPING SUNK.

(from our own corrrrpokmht.) PETROGRAD, Areix 26. According to detail, furnished by the Odessa We are informed that Lieutenant W. G. C. Gladstone, M.P., of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, I mdered the question of the soeeession to the correspondent of the Rueehoe Slovo, the net Hawarden estate in consultation with other result of last week's operations of the Russian members ef the family, and in what he eon tojedte boRtR off the Anatolian coast is lour provided In his will that the estates should be urkT "JTL rJ TirrJH failed and T1S1S of the Canadian Coo Tho executors of the late Lieutenant Glad stone are the Hon.

Mrs. W. H. Gladstone, Mr. Henry N.

Gladstone, and Viscount Gladstone. in the fighting near Ypres at the end of last week. The number of Canadian officers reported as killed or aa having died of wounds is 20, in 1 NW BRIGADE COMMANDERS, duduuz Lieutenant Coloool A. P. BirchaU and I Lisutenant Colonel R.

L. Box le The death of Lieutenant Colonel McHarg has already been announced. Sixty two officers are reported as wounded, including Lieutenant Colonel W. 8. BnoU.

1 The names are also published to day of 37 officer, of the British C3Sm Jorejs 10 having teen killed or died of wounds and the NORTH SEA CROSSING FORBIDDEN. the ranks contains nearly SAO The appointments of the following tern Reuter. Gazette, which will be found on page 4 Colonel Alexander CadeU, Indian Army (March l)j Colonel Wvndham Knirirt. D.S.O.. Indian Army, A.D.C to the King (March 10); end Coionel Clarla V.

Hmnphrya, (April S). ROTTERDAM, Anux 27. The British Consulate hare announces that British ships bound for British ports will be allowed to leave Dutch ports to day. DEATH OP M. SCRIABIN.

The death is ai notice will ENEMY'S GREAT EFFORT. (TROM OOt OWK CORRESPONDENT. PETROGRAD, April 27. That the Austro Germans are straining every nerve to dislodge us from our commanding position in the Uzsok valley is shown in yesterday's communique', which refers to a two days' unfinished engagement in the direction of Stry. The enemy nave long been concentrating troops here from various sections of the front, and apparently earlier contemplated a movement on Lwow and the interior of alicia, but changed their plans after our occupation of the Carpathian range between Wolosate and Regetow.

The engagement is proceeding on our side of the slopes of the Car noihians. and in the ouinion rtf militaw nk. Beavers it is here that the Germans intend to deliver their chief blow and where they are concentrating their main strength. The fact that the Kaiser visited the Bukowina and the regions of Stry and Cracow raav indicate that the enemy has not yet selected the point for a decisive action. PETROGRAD, April 27.

A dispatch from the Headquarters of the Com inAnder ln Chief, issued to night, aays Near Osowiee there has been an intermittent artillery duel. On the left bank of the Vistula, south west of Radosaica, there were skirmishes on the 25th ending in our favour. In the arpathians on the L'oth the after a prolonged artillery preparation, assaulted the heights north east of Oroaspatak. The storming parties got as far as the barbed wire entanglements, where they were mowed down by our fire. On the night of April zs ze the enemy delivered fruitless attacks in the region to the north west and east of the Uasok Pass.

In the direction of stubborn fighting continues. The whole of an Austrian battalion surrendered yesterday. uur liya Mouromets aircran succeasinuy covered, arrangements for transport would be 3 wee Our Parliamentary report will be found page 12. near the vulare of Sanniki. During th A mmd nd eRntii red two Ger man and Austrian aeroplsnes.

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