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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, MARCH 14, 1915. BRITISH GAIN SAD TO BE FOUR fillUS Paris Declares Germans Lost Heavily in Recent Fighting Near Neuve Chapelle. OBJECTIVE POINT OF INVASION WITHIN DARDANELLES AND COMMANDER OF LAND INVADERS. NEW ADVANCE REPORTED 3'ronch A1m Tell of lTogress in Champagne Keglon and of Ke pulse of Kncmy's Attempt at Heidi Akcrkoff. TAIUS. March 13. The advance of the British troops iu the vicinity of Neuve Chapelle is estimated at about four miles, in a dispatch reaching- here today from Bethune. The Uirmani are de clared to have been forced back beyond the forest. This advance or the i.ruisn includes their various forward move ments since the beginning: of their ac tivities at this point. "The bombardment with which the British preceded their attack on Neuve Chapello and Aubers was particularly effective." telegraphs the Matin's cor respondent at Armentieres, "Their work was so good Mound Lille that the German headquarters was moved from that city to Tournal. foreshadowing a general withdrawal of troops. TkMi Prisoners Taken. Th Germans lost heavily in the fighting, for the British and Canadians fought with macnilicent bravery. Their auccess overwhelmed them with Joy. -Ml the soldiers coming back from the front are beaming; with pleasure and inrtnar cheerily. "One thousand German prisoners were taken. Several hundred of these. Including some officers who were cap tured at aierville, were loagea tempo rarily on canal barges on the Lys. The German officers are unbending and are trying- hard to maintain their confident attitude. The men are a mixture of very old and very young. They seem depresssed and are a sad sight. Their well-worn uniforms are bespattered with mud. "The battle continued on Thursday as fiercely as ever. The British do not disguise their confidence in their ability to make a prompt clearance to the northward." Belgians Consolidate Results. The official communication Issued by the War Office today said: "In the bend of the Yser, the Bel rlan army has consolidated and in creased the results- obtained by it on Thursday. "The British troops continue to P ro ar ess. They crossed the Brook of La yes. which runs parallel to the road from Neuve Chapelle to Fleuvaix. At the end of the day they reached road known as the highway to hell.' which runs from the northwest to the southeast toward Aubers and to the suburbs of that place. Southwest of El t ere ther carried several groups of houses which were being strongly pre pared for defensive purposes. The to tal number of prisoners captured dur- . lor the day was 1000. The Germans lost several machine guns. Henry Gun Give Support. "To the left and right of the British army French troops supported them with many heavy artillery and machine guns and infantry fire. "In the Champagne our progress con tinues. At the end of the day on the northern slopes of the ridge to the northeast of Mesnil we captured 150 prisoners. Including six officers. "In the Vosges on Reich Ackerkopf the enemy after a violent bombardment , attempted an assault which was. how ever, brought to a halt by our fire." TrntHrnir on h Cnlileii Horn. Con. I I S Psl0r jST -S. " . . . tantlnople. Below General d'Amade, II f -iiSf " ; ! 1 of Fee- Army. 1'.'' -inaV' AG E IS SPEEDY CEKJUXS XOT .LOSING TItE Railroad Systems Reconstructed. Paring- Lulls In Fighting. CALAIS. France. Thursday. Feb. 25. Tla London. March 2. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The German strategists have not been sitting idle in their entrenched positions during the period In which military operations have been made almost impossioie oy rain and flood. It is admitted by both British and French military observers that the Germans have utilized this long breathing space in preparations which will make any advance against them considerably more difficult than it would have been three or four months ago. One Important feature of these Ger man preparations in Flanders and Northern France has been the com plete reconstruction . of the existing railway systems. Trie old lines have been put Into first-class condition and have been linked up and improved by strategic cross lines of German con struction, so that the German military commanders will be able to concen trate reinforcements on any special point with dispatch. On obtains the impression that there are fewer of the birger German guna in action all along the line now than formerly. Thw may be because the artillery is now placed along a larger front and arranged more with a view to defense, or it may be that there has been a considerable economy of ammunition. At Rheims. Soissons and Arras most of the heavy shells fired of late have been thrown by Aus trian guns, which carry powerful shells. Some observers bolieve that many of the German guns have shown the ef fects of wear and tear and possibly bv been dismantled for repairs. "If It is true that German guns are wearing out." says a British officer, "the allies, with their superior facili ties of manufacture, will rapidly ob tain a preponderance in the arms, which was possibly the biggest sur prise that the Germans sprang upon us in this war." MEAT SHIPMENTS COSTLY Western Railroads Pay Out $1,000, 000 yearly AVith No Return. CHICAGO. March 13 It costs the TVestern railroads $1,000,000 a year to provide special facilities to the meat packers for the transportation of meats, although this outlay does not yield the railroads anything, according to F. A. Leland. of St. Louis, chairman of the Southwestern tariff committee, who testified today at the Interstate Com merce Commission's hearing of the Western railroads' petition for higher Tat on certain commodities. "It would require a general Increase of 3H cents on this commodity to equalize it with other rates," Mr. Le land asserted. a The witness submitted many tables purporting to show that the earnings of the railroads on meat and packing house products transportation was less than on other commodities. In reply to cross-examination the witness said he did not have any scientific way of determining what It costs to haul a certain commodity "ex cept common sense Tremendous Fire Precedes At tack by British. PORT ARTHUR' IS STORMED Eye-Witness Describes Terrific Bom bardment, Followed by Charge, and Battle of Crossroads, Fought With Bayonets. 1 FIGHT IN EAST LESS Petrograd Reports Germans 1500 Yards From'Trenches. CARPATHIAN: SNOWS DEEP LONDON. March 13. The British of fensive which resulted In the capture of Neuve Chapelle and the country be yond It, began early in the morning of March 10 with a bombardment by large number of guns and howitzers, according to an "eye witness" with the British expeditionary force in France. "Our men in the trenches, he says, 'describe this fire as being the most tremendous, both in point of noise and in actual effect, they have ever seen or heard. The shrieking of shells in the air, their explosion and the con tinuous thunder of the batteries were all merged into one great volume of sound. The discharges of the guns were so rapid that they sounded like the fire of a gigantic machine gun. Trenches Taken In Few Minutes. "During the 33 minutes it continued our men could show themselves rreeiy walk about in perfect safety. Then the signal for the attack was given and in less than half an hour almost the whole of the elaborate series of Ger man trenches in and about Neuve Chapelle was in our hands. "Except at one point, there was hardly any resistance, for the trenches, which In places were literally blotted out. w-ere filled with dead and dying, partly buried in the earth and debris, and the majority of the survivors were in no mood for further fighting. German Hold Tenaciously. "Toward the northeast of the village a body of Germans ensconced in some enclosures still continued to hold out for a few hours.. Three attacks, in spite of the extreme gallantry with which they were conducted, failed to dislodge them, but by about noon, the arrival of reinforcements drove the Germans from their last stronghold in the village. "This part of the fighting was re markable for the manner in which every part of the attacking line afforded one another mutual support. "Meanwhile on the right in the direction of Ricliebourg, a similar ad vance had been made toward Bois du Blez. a small rectangular wood lying about 1000 yards to the southeast Neuve Chapelle. Here. also, little re sistance was met with, and our line reached a point about 400 yards from the wood. Fighting; Continues Into Night, "In the afternoon the troops who had seized Neuve Chapelle advanced still farther to the tast, gaining nearly 400 yards, while on their left again.-north of the village, our for ward movement progressed for a con siderable distance and the fighting con tinued long after darkness had set in. "The enemy were by this time thoroughly shaken and In some parts of the field were surrendering in srrouDS. Throughout the day the Ger mans continued to hold out in a strong position at the angle of the crossroads south of the village, where they were established in a perfect network of trenches amd barbed wire. This posi tion had been known as Port Arthur and a hard struggle raged for some hours around it until 5:30 when it waa stormed at the point or tne Dayoner. Attack la Complete Surprise. "By nightfall we were in possession of all of the enemy's trenches on a front of 4000 yards, representing an advance of more than 1200 yards from our orig inal trenches at the farthest point. The number of prisoners captured is offi cially reported to bo 750, but there is reason to believe that others were taken who have not yet been sent in. "The faces of many of them were bright yellow from the effects of the lyddite: the majority looked shaken and all admitted that the attack had come as a complete surprise. "Our success does not lie in the fact that we have gained an extent of ground probably greater than has ever been gained In the space of so short a timo since the commencement of the lpreicnt, form of trench uaj-lareiut in, that our men, in spite of the dishearten ing effects of months of inactivity in the trenches, have shown the utmost dash throughout these- operations. Great Bravery Shown. "They have had to advance over deep ground, under a heavy fire, carrying a heavy weight in equipment and tools yet no task has proved too great for them. "All the wounded have borne test! mony to the extraordinary devotion and gallantry of the regimental stretcher bearers and bearer parties, who worked until they dropped from sheer exhaus tion under a hail of shrapnel and ma chine-gun fire which swept; the open fields during the advance. Anstrians Said to Have Been Com pelled to Retire 'In: Smolnik District Vienna Asserts . Success in Mountains. DRESDEN ACTIVE 2 WEEKS British Bark Sunk by German Cruiser February 2 7 Last. VALPARAISO, Chile. March 13. It waa learned today that the British bark Conway Castle, sunk off Corral on the Chilean coast by the German cruiser Dresden, was sent to the bot tom February 27. The crew of the Conway Castle was brought into Valparaiso yesterday by the Peruvian ship Layton. The date of the sinking given in the foregoing mes sage shows that the Dresden was in Chilean waters two weeks ago. Pre viously to this she had not been re ported since the close of the naval en gagement off the Falkland Islands De cember 8. It is not. however, known definitely Just when she resumed her commerce-destroying activity. OREGON HOUR TO HAVE NEW PHYSICIAN APRIL 1. I J'- ' ' " ' if "" ' j -y ' -I lllliBftilli Dr. K. B. Stewart. R.OSEBURG, Or.. March 13. (Special.) Dr. E. B. Stewart, who was recently appointed physician of the Oregon Soldiers' Home, at Roseburg. expects to begin his , duties April L Dr. Stewart is a native of Iowa and has lived on the Pacific Coast . for about 10 years. In most of tKat time he has been connected with the firm of Drs. Sether, Seely & Stewart, of this city. Dr. Stewart is a graduate of the Chicago University and Rush Medical College. He Is popular locally, and his appointment by Governor Withycombe is consid ered, satisfactory both to the members of the home and the people of this section of thu state. LONDON, - March 13. The official statement issued at Petrograd today concerning the fighting in the east was as follows: , "There have been .no important col lisions anywhere-along the front. On the left bank of the Niemen and on the roads leading -to Grodno only engage ments of local character, have occurred. North of Simno we routed, a small Ger man detachment -with our cavalry and took, some prisoners and two guns. "In -the vicinity of-Kopciewe hostile columns suddenly found themselves -under the. fire-of our artillery and suf fered serious losses. . -After having re pulsed the enemy fii the sections of the wood nearest Augustowo, out- troops concentrated in the region of Lepsk. Russians Gain Small Villages. "On the right bank of the Narew and Bobr rivers there has been no change. The artillery at Ossowetz has continued to operate successfully against the siege batteries. An attempt by the Germans to assume the offensive on Friday along the River Orzyo resulted In no gain of ground. - In fact, the enemy was com pelled to cede us some small villages and' small sections of the forest. "North of Przasnysz the Germans ap proached to within' 1500 paces of our trenches, but did not succeed in their offensive, which was checked by our Are. and they had to withdraw their front. In the trenches evacuated by the Germans we captured many rifles and much ammunition. Battles Fought In Storms. "In the Carpathians and ; Galicia fierce snow storm and deep snow drifts have hindered the operations, but. never theless. we have forced the Austrians to retire from, their positions in the Smolnik-district. The enemy has at tacked us again in the Kozieuwka re gion, but without success.!' From Vienna came tonight the fol lowing official -Austrian statement: Fighting in the Carpathians on the road from Cisna to Baligrod continues. A height for which we had been fight- ng for some days came into our pos session yesterday. Our troops blew up parts of the enemy's position and took more; than 1200 officers and men pris oners. A Russian counter attack against mis position ana adjacent heights was repulsed with evere losses." HARBOR WATCH VIGILANT FAST DESTROYERS .' ARRIVE TO STAND GUARD I NEW YORK. are here now ready for your' inspection and selection Again the Stein-Bloch Company has demon strated its ability to maintain the acknowledged leadership it has enjoyed for the past sixty years in the tailoring of high- grade clothing. The new models set the pace in designing. The woollens are of the very finest quality to be found in clothes at any prices. The tailoring is the work of mastercraftsmen who are famous the world over for their skill and accuracy. 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