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Show j British Lose Three Thousand Men in Fight With Turks in Mesopotamia I GERMANS MEET DEFEAT IN NEW ! ATTACK ON WEST VERDI FRONT .J ,1 i Freh Confirm Report of Heavy Losses Inflicted on Crown j ranee sAnny in Violent Offensive Action Germans 3 Use Flaming Liquids But Meet Repulse Everywhere New British Steamship Is Sent to Bottom ' Dutch Report Liners Tubantia and Palem- jj bang Were Torpedoed by Germans. J London, April 1 2, 1 p. m. Lloyd's announces that the Senator, a new British steamship of 3,497 tons, has been sunk. ; It is believed all hands have been rescued. The Senator was j owned in Whitby. 1 Paris, April 12, 11:45 a, m. The 'j German assault on the Verdun front 'i( wpst of the Mouse was renewed this morning. Troops advanced on Cau- t. rettes wood, south of Cumieres, the1 war office announced, using flame j projectors, but were repulsed. East of the Meuse in the Douau- mont-Vaux sector there was only artillery artil-lery fighting. German Losses Heavy. j The war office says it has been y confirmed hat the German losses 'J yesterday were very heavy. The text of the statement follows: ': "On the left bank of the Meuse the :' Germans this morning delivered an ' attack on our positions at the Cau- rettes wood between Le Mort Homme and Cumieres in which they made use i of ilamlng liquids. They were every- ; where repulsed. j? "On the right bank of the river f there has been "great artillery activity jf between Douaumont and Vaux but last night saw no resumption of the j infantry fighting at this point. "It is confirmed that the violent .1 offensive action yesterday afternoon :'j at 4 o'clock in this sector, which V was repulsed by us, cost the enemy heavy losses. 8 "The night passed relatively quiet J! on the remainder of the front." Violent Cannonading on Greek Front. 1 Paris, April 12, 5 "15 a. m. Resump- 3 tion of vloJent cannonading along the i Greek frontier near Glovell and Doir- an Is reported in a dispatch from Sa- loniki to the Journal. It Is said the ' French artillery had the advantage. ' It Is also reported that the Germanic allies captured the fortified position i at Dev Tehe, but this has not been confirmed. Review of War Situation. In Caurettes wood, just west of the ' Meuse, another attempt to break the ; French line defending Verdun was k made thiB morning by German troops. ,r rru fti inmtniinlnnHnn ifrnm Pnr. I Is says the attack waB repulsed. After, a winter of Inactivity along j the Greek frontier heavy fighting is r now under way, although apparently i! It Is still confined principally to artil-i artil-i lery aotions. An unconfirmed report j from Salonlkl tells of the capture of 3t a fortified position by tho Germanic U allies but so far as is indicated no 'I large bodies of infantry have been engaged. t Destruction of ShlpB Continues. The destruction of British shipping, v which is causing concern in England, T continues. The Senator, a new Brlt-f Brlt-f ish 3,500 ,ton steamship, has been sent 'I to the bottom. The crew Is believed to have been rescued. Official investigation of the sinking of the Dutch steamships Tubantia and i Palembang has resulted in a finding I'i that both were torpedoed. 5 The latest effort of the British for-$ for-$ ces to Mesopotamia to reach the ;i troops besieged at Kut-el-Amara is !, said by the Turkish war office to j have cost them heavy losses. It is ! stated that more than 3,000 British dead were counted after the battle, which, according to a previous British ' official communication, occurred at j Sannayyat, on the Tigris below Kut-, Kut-, el-Amara, i. i Paris, April 12, 9:45 a, m. During a celebration of the anniversary of Greek independence at Athens yesterday, yes-terday, says a Havas dlBpatoh quot- ing the Athens Esplrinl, the police arrested ar-rested several persons for crying "down with the government! Long ! live Venlzelos! Down with Austria! Down with Germany!" Germans Gain Ground. Berlin, April 12, via London, 8:30 p. m. German troops in the operations opera-tions against Verdun yesterday gained i some grround In Caillette woods, south-eaut south-eaut of Fort Douaumont, according to the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters. The text of the German statement says : "Western theater: The night sortie by a small detachment against an English Eng-lish position near La Boiselle, northeast north-east of Albert, resulted in 29 prisoners prison-ers and one machine gun being brought In. There was no loss to us. 'To the west of the Meuse the French vainly attacked our lines northeast of Avocourt. In other directions direc-tions they limited their efforts to a very lively artlllory fire. French Suffer Severe Losses. "On the eastern bank of the Meuse three counter attacks on the Poivre ridge prepared by a very lively fire caused the enemy severe losses without with-out advantage. On two occasions the storming troops were unable to pene-trate pene-trate the region covered by our curtain cur-tain of 'fire. The third assault broke down completely before our entagle-ments entagle-ments the result of machine gun fire. "In Caillette wood, in spite of the stubborn defense, we gained some ground at one or two places. "In the aerial engagements, a French aeroplane was shot down near. Ornes, in the "Woevre. The pilot was killed. "Eastern theater: Near Garbunow-ka, Garbunow-ka, northwest of Dvlnsk, Russian night attacks by several companies ,iv,eer..r,e.pulsed. "Balkan theater: There is nothing to report." British Troops Repulsed. Berlin, April 12, by Wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. A British Mesopotamian force, composed of troops transferred from the Dardanelles, were repulsed by Turkish troops In a sanguinary battle bat-tle lasting six hours near Felahie on April 9, according to a Turkish headquarters' head-quarters' report dated April 12 and received by wireless here today. The British lost more than 3,000 dead The text of the Turkish official statement follows: "Irak front: Tho British again on April 9, after one hour and a hall of artillery preparation, the enemy attacked at-tacked with all of his forces our positions posi-tions near Felahie. The battle lasted six hours. "The enemy at the beginning of the engagement succeeded in entering partially our trenches but the Turkish troops killed with the bayonet those who reached the trenches. The remaining re-maining enemy troops were driven back to their trenches. "In the Turkish trenches and before them more than 3,000 dead enemies were counted. "Of the enemy troops, the British 13th division, composed exclusively of troops which had fought at the Dardanelles, Dar-danelles, suffered mostly." Match Tax Revenue $10,000,000. London, April 12, 12:30 p. m. Difficulties Dif-ficulties In connection with the imposition im-position of the match tax have been overcome and the match manufacturers manufactur-ers have withdrawn their opposition to them. They have assured Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the exchequer, ex-chequer, that they will assist him in raising tho revenue. TJndor the new taxation plan proposed, pro-posed, matches are taxed 4d per thousand, thou-sand, whioh is estimated to produce revenue of about $10,000,000. |