AUSTRIANS ABANDON CZERNOWITZ
THE SEA FIGHT OFF ZEEBRUGGE
The fighting in the west during the past day or two has Jbeen confined to the artillery, heavy bombardments on both sides of the Meuse being the leading features of the campaign. The Germans have attempted no infantry advance since their . \ occupation of Avocourt Wood. The aeroplanes which raided Zeebrugge drove the destroyers sheltering there out to sea, where the British i destroyers took them in hand. By that time the planes had • flown off, and the destroyers were able to get back again. They took with them a damaged submarine. ) The Allied Conference is to open in Paris on Saturday, | when the unification of military and diplomatic policy during jfmd after the warrwill be further advanced. 1 Mass meetings in the United States, demanding action on ["behalf of the Allies, are growing more frequent The mark tmas never at so low an ebb in America. V Further evidence from neutrals shows how keenly the are feeling the effects of the blockade, which has . itaused * great shortage in the necessaries of life.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 71, 23 March 1916, Page 5
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