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Show ! PARLIAMENT IN SECRET SESSION; i GREAT EXCITEMENT IN LONDON ' J i " j Record Crowds Hear of Grave Disturbance in Dublin,, Zep- ; pelin Raid and Attack of German Battle Cruiser Squad- j ron on English East Coast British Warships Bom- ,' j bard German Positions on Belgian Coast j More Russians Land at Marseilles French Repulse Attacks of Crown I Prince Armies. - Paris, April 25. Six bombs were dropped onDunkirk i i this morning. A woman was killed and three men wounded. ! London, April 24, 9:55 a. m.f (delayed). The British 'i steamship Ross of 2,666 tons gross and owned at Cardiff, has 1 been sunk. Eleven members of the crew were saved. ; London, ,April 25, 2:20 p. m. Eight British aeroplanes I bombarded the hostile camp at Quatia, in Egypt, near the Suez i canal, it was announced officially today. The camp was de- ! stro'ed and the hostile troops, the aviators reported, apparent- lv began Lo withdraw from that district. i J c .1 I ': A German buttle cruiser squadron i raided Lowestoft on the English east .; coast this movning. The warships re- mained in the vicinity for about twen-' twen-' ty minutes, getting away clear after ', bombarding the shore and landing hits i on two British light cruisers and a ;, destrover which engaged them Ac-; Ac-; cording to the British official statement state-ment the material damage was prob-' prob-' ably insignificant. A woman tfas kill: ; cd and three men wounded. I The Germans, after heavily bom-' bom-' barrting the position, made three sue-j sue-j cessful assaults last night in the reg- Ion of Deadman's Hill, northwest of Verdun Paris claims, all three at-I at-I tacks failed and that an attempt to carry an advanced post at the Avo-! Avo-! court redoubt also failed. ) More Russians Arnive. Another contingent of Russian , Iroops nrrlved at Marseilles this morning morn-ing Bulgaria has lost S7.000 men killed and 50.000 captured. British Bombard German Positions. I A bombardment of German positions ' on the Belgian coast by British warships, war-ships, described as one of the heaviest in this region during tho war, is reported re-ported in a news ngoncy dispatch I from Amsterdam. '! Seebrugge Is said to have suffered 1 enormous damage. ' Seventy bombs wore dropped In last ! night's Zeppelin raid on England and four or -flvo Zoppellns participated, according ac-cording to an announcement today i from tho British press bureau. "t Eight British aeroplanes bombarded ; and destroyed a hostile camp at Qua-'' Qua-'' tia, Egypt, near tho Suez canal. It was J announced officially in London today. Grave disturbances have broke out ! in Dubllnv Rioters seized tho post-I post-I office vesterday and cut telegraphic ; communication. Last night they were In possession of four or five different parts of tho city. Twehe Persons " were killed during tho rioting which troops from the Curragh were sent in f to suppress. , Statements to this effect wero made ' in tho houeo of commons today by i Augustino Birrell. chief secretary for Ireland, who declared, however, that i tho situation was well In hand. Marseilles, France, April 25, 1:05 P. m. Another contingent of Russian i troops arrived here today. Tho Russians wero received with all J military honors and debarked amid ) enthusiastic cheers. , Tho contingent arrived at 10 Vclock this morning, its coming being greeted greet-ed by the flying of flags and blojvl g of whistles from tho craft of niau nations in tho hnrbor and by a laigo '. crowd massed on tho quay. General Mlnlssler, the governor or Marseilles, accompanied by his bb. welcomed tho commander of the kub- - elan force. ... , The Russian troops assembled on - the decks, replied to tho greeting from the shore and harbor with heart ' cheers. Tho debarkntion was Immediately Imme-diately begun. A. . .y.a i Tho Russians marched through the ! afreets on their way to camp Mlra- - beau amid a tumultous crowd, ine newly arrived troops occupy the same ; quarters at camp Mirabeau as did tue f Russians who arrived last ee ; These bavo now gone to Camp Maiuy. near Troyos, on the Seine, ninetj I miles southeast ot Paris, tho second detachment having reached there yes terday. Russian and French troops aro mingling at this camp in & gen' eral 3plrlt of good will. ; The first force of Russians rrivJ;d j at Marsallles on Thursday ol : ia -. week and Saturday passed througn K Lyons on the way northward, pre3UnV . ably for service with the French K troops at the front The number or I men in tho expedition was not dts-I dts-I , closed, although tho Russian contiub H' ent was described as "a strong force." It was intimated in dispatches from Marseilles that possibly a quarter of" a million men would be sent this spring from Russia to France as Russia Rus-sia has more men under training than she can use on her fighting lines and it Is ensler to equip them in France than in Russia. ' British Bombard Germans. London, April 25. An attack on the Belgian coast is annouueed this morning. morn-ing. Tho bombardment Is described as one of the heaviest in this region during the war. Tho dispatch says the following message has been received in Amsterdam Amster-dam from Flunshing: "Several British warships, accompanied accom-panied by destroyers and other vessels ves-sels yesterday bombarded Seebrugge and the German batteries off Heyst. Blankenborghe and Knocke. The bombardment bom-bardment was one of the heaviest since the beginning of the war and also of the longest duration "The damage done at Seebrugge is said to have been enormous. The harbor har-bor and docks were hit several times and some ships were sunk. "British aircraft also threw bombs on German batteries." X Turkish War Russians. Constantinople, via London, April 25, 5:10 a, m. The official communication. communi-cation. Issued here Monday, says: "Irak front: Owing to the rising of the Tigris at somo points, we were unable to pursue the enemy who wore boaten Saturday. The enemy yesterday yester-day Ineffectively bombarded our positions po-sitions near Felahle.- "Some of our troops attacked soldiers sol-diers of the enemy armed with hand grenades who approached our positions posi-tions nearBeitsca on tho right bank of the Tigris and killed them with grenades. gren-ades. "Near Kut-el-Amara some of the Inhabitants In-habitants swam across the river and took rofugo among us." London, April 25, 12:45 a. m This morning the German battle cruiser squadron appeared off LoweatoT. Announcement of the appearance of the German warships was made in an official statement. Local naval forces engaged the raiders raid-ers and also British light cruisers. Tho German warships retreated in twentv minutes. The "following announcement wns made: . . , . "At about 4:30 o'clock this morning the German squadron, accompanied by light cruisers and destroyers, appeared appear-ed off Lowestoft. The local naval forces for-ces engaged It and In about twenty minutes- it returned to Germany, chased chas-ed by our light cruisers and destroy. ers. . "On shore two men, one woman ami a child were killed. The material damage scorns to have been insignificant." insignifi-cant." Review of Naval Engagements. Lowestoft is on tho north seacoast about 100 miles to the northeast of London. It is almost opposite The H Tho Gorman warships opened fire on the coast before departing. Two men one woman and a child wero killed. Tho material damagoappar-nntlv damagoappar-nntlv was small. In the engagement two British light cruisers and a destroyer wore hit, but none of them was .sunk. Previous Attacks Made. On previous occasions attacks have been mado on the English coast dur-taiTtbe dur-taiTtbe war by German warships. The moVt important raid was mado Decom-w Decom-w 16 1914. Tho town of Scarbor-nSch Scarbor-nSch Vhitby and Hartlepool, about IB miles north of Lowestoft, were bVrubanled and about 130 persons were killed. Aided by fog the German vessels escaped. On January 21, 1915, a further attempt at-tempt of the kind was made but the German squadron was met off Doggor Bank by the British battle cruiser squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir David Dav-id Beatty. On being sighted tho Germans Ger-mans made for home at high speed Their rear ship, the Bleucher, was sunk and two other cruisers were set on fire and damaged severely. The British flagship Lion was disabled by a shot In one of her feed tanks and was towed in. The first German naval raid on the British coast was mado on November 3, 1914. Three battle cruisers, the-Seydlitz, the-Seydlitz, Moltke and Von der Tann, the armored cruisers Bleucher and Yorck, and the protected cruiser Kol-berg, Kol-berg, Graudenz and Strassburg, left port on the evening of November 2, and at dawn appeared off Yarmouth They bombarded Yarmouth and Lowestoft Low-estoft for about twenty minutes and then returned. A British submarine the D-5 attempted to pursue the Germans but struck a mine and sank The Yorck struck a mine and went down with 300 men. Tho German cruisers poured a hall of shells into the towns for an hour and a half and, in addition to the large number killed, 200 or more persons were wounded. Lowestoft Is the most easterly town in England, an Important fishing station sta-tion and a fashionable seashoro resort. re-sort. Its population is about 30,000. German Attacks Fall. Paris, April 25, 12:01 p. m. Three successive attacks were made by the Germans last night on the new French positions near Dead Man's Hill, on the Verdun front. A war office announcement an-nouncement today says the first two assaults failed completely nnd the third attack, although assisted by the uso of gas, also broke down. The Germans sustained heavy losses. German troops also attempted last night to carry an advanced post at the redoubt of Avocourt, but failed. On the Verdun f rontr east of "Mouse there was less activity. Fighting with grenades occurred this morning In Apremont forest. The text of the announcement follows: fol-lows: "West of the river Meuse yesterday yester-day evening German forces, after a violent bombardment, attacked on several occasions our new positions in the region of Dead Man's Hill. The first two assaults having failed com-plotelj', com-plotelj', the enemy started their third attack with the employment of flam-ink flam-ink liquids. Checked by our cur-talus cur-talus of fire and the fire of our infantry, in-fantry, the Germans were compelled to return to their lines after having suffered Important losses. Great Artillery Fighting. "There has been great artillery activity ac-tivity in the region of Avocourt. During the night the enemy endeavored endeav-ored to occupy our positions. "East of tho Meuse there has been several spirited bombardments of our first and second lines. In tho forest of Apremont there has been fighting with hand grenades. In Lorraine wo have dispersed a strong reconnolter-Ing reconnolter-Ing force which was endeavoring to occupy one of our smaller positions east of Neuvllle. "This morning a German aeroplane threw down several bombs. The material ma-terial damage was insignificant" Heavy Fighting In Progress. Berlin. April 25. Heavy fighting has been In progress at Dead Man's Hill, the war office announced today. The French advanced against tho German Ger-man trenches but were driven back under the fire of the Infantry. The text of tho statement follows: "Western front: There has been very lively activity by tho artillery and aviators on both sides. "Went of tho MeuBC hand grenade attacks developed during the night northeast of Avocourt. "An attack delivered In several waves against our trenches east of Dead Man's Hill broke down under our infantry fire. "Our aviators conducted extensive bombardments of numerous campB of tho enemy. One hostllo aeroplane was shot down by our guns near Ta-hure Ta-hure and destroyed. Another one was shot down east of the Meuso. It rolled over on bolug struck and fell to tho earth. x, . "Eastern front: Anothor Russian attack east of Garbunovka broke down with heavy losses to tho attacking forces A German aerial squadron made an attack ontjie railway and ammunition depots at Molodechno. It had good buccss, as was noted by the observers." " German Flyers Raid Salonlkl. Paris, April 25, 12:15 a. m. A squadron of German aeroplanes has delivered another attack on tho entrenched en-trenched camp of the entente allies at Salonlki, according to a dispatch from Salonlki today, the aeroplane dropping bombs at various points. Littlo damage was done by tho raiders, raid-ers, according to tho dispatch. British Take Steamer. Berlin, April 25, Wireless to Say- vllle Tho Overseas News Agency says: "It is reported from Copenhagen Copen-hagen that tho British took into port tho Danish steamor Gullfoss, bound from Iceland for Denmark and removed remov-ed all the first class mall, parcels and baggage of tho passengers." i rm ' ffj3.,- M- lI'riji'-jZ |