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Show Sly IN WEEK Six of the Merchantmen of 1600 Tons or Over and Two Under That Tonnage; Sinkings by Submarine or Mine Again Held at Low Point by the Allies. AIRMEN CONTINUE TO BOMB GOEBEN Loss of 718 Lives in the Mediterranean Three Weeks Ago Announced by Admiralty; French Retake Position Captured Cap-tured by Germans East of Malancourt. piWilU the reported amelioration' In the political unrest in Austria-llnnSHry and :i continuation of silence as regards the . internal situation in Germany, the notable feature in the world war is the appar-resumption, appar-resumption, on a somewhat large Hcale, of the mililary operations on the "western front in France and Belgium. Although for the moment tlieso operations, opera-tions, viewed from the cold facts as announced an-nounced by the various war offices, do not transcend in importance the usual small operations by raiding and rcconnoi-terlnp, rcconnoi-terlnp, parties, reading between the lines of the communication it is not difficult to see that the maneuvers now ,in progress prog-ress on various sectors nru in the nature of trying-out processes of a marked char-iK'ter. char-iK'ter. From the North sea to t he Swiss frpn-tier frpn-tier the lessening in tl le rigors of winter win-ter hu.3 permitted tile belligerents again to send fortli tlieir men in enterprises which seemingly forecast the intention shortly to resume fighting activity more extensively. Big Guns Booming., Kor weeks the Ng guns along the. entire en-tire liattlefront have been roaring in intensive in-tensive duels on numerous seetorw. but the infantry has lain idie owing to the deep feiiows and later to the morasses which formed as a result of the thaw. On their extreme right in northern Belgium, Bel-gium, the Germans have carried out an "Important raid" and gained a footing in Krench advanced trenches east or Nieu-port, Nieu-port, from which they were inter driven out. while along nearly all of the front In l'laniiers the artilleries have increased the volume of their fire. Activity Above Normal. To the south, around Lens, AiTaa and Sri. Quentin. tho fighting daily is growing grow-ing in strength, while eastward along the t'liemin des linnics, past Verdun and thence to the Swiss border the French and Germans are continuously engaged on va-rious va-rious soctors in artillery fighting and in-tuntry in-tuntry activities considerably above the normal, as compared witli the early days '-tie war. "ni tlio front In Italy the change In the lilsh command evidently lias not resulted as yet in any betterment of the strategic positions ol' the Austro-Gernian armies. From the Asiago plateau eastward to the l'lave river and thence southward to the Adriatic sea tlio Italians again havo been victorious In numerous minor operations. SHIPPING LOSSES OF THE BRITISH BEING KEPT DOWN LONDON. Jan. Again the sinkings ol British merchantmen by mine or submarine sub-marine have been held at a low noint. Only six vessels of KiOt) tons or over and two under that tonnage were destroyed in the past week, according to the admiralty leport tonight. Tlie summary: Arrivals. L'L'.o: sailings. 2: -I:, tirltish merchantmen 1600 tons or over, sunk by mine or submarine, six; under ltUlO tons, two; lishing vessels, ves-sels, none. Hrltish merchantmen unsuccessfully unsuccessful-ly attacked, six. The sinkings of British merchantmen for the past week duplicate tin' sinkings lor the previous week, except that in the Previous week two fishing vessels also were sunk: in the past week tho fishing '-raft escaped entirely. The admiralty reports of January 2 and January 9 gave the sinkings as twenty-one merchantmen, of which eighteen were over IbOO tons in each case. CRUISER GOEBEN AGAIN BOMBED BY BRITISH AIRMEN U"xnONT, Jan. ;:!. Several attacks by "'Kilt have been made by Htltlsh naval ''planes on the Turkish cruiser Goeben. stranded In the Dardanelles, and two hits P heavy bombs weto secured. It was Ji' Llficlally announced today. The announcement reads: Nnval air service tuaciiines l;ave made several day and night attacks (Cjontinuet' on rage Two.) BRITISH IM ONLY i 8 VESSELS II WEEK (Continued from Page One.) j . i on the Goeben and secured two hits with heavy bomb.s. They have also bombed one of the tus which, is secured se-cured alongside the Gueben. In every case heavy anti-aircraft gunfire was encountered, but ail our machines returned re-turned saieiy. The attacks are continuing:. BERLIN. Jan. 23. via London. An official of-ficial statement issued by the German admiralty ad-miralty todav regarding the naval action i between Bri'tish and Turkish forces at the entrance to theyDardanelles, January 2t savs that the Turkish cruiser Sultan Yawuz Selim. formerly the German Goeben, Goe-ben, grounded liiihtly on entering the Dardanelles. The admiralty says the vessel ves-sel was not stranded owinif to heavy dam-ape, dam-ape, as was asserted by the official British Brit-ish report. |
