HUGE GERMAN LOSSES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16808, 18 March 1915, Page 7

HUGE GERMAN LOSSES.

ENEMY SUFFERS EIGHTEEN THOUSAND

CASUALTIES.

RUSSIANS REPORT CONTINUOUS PROGRESS.

SCOUT CRUISER'S DARING DASH IN .DARDANELLES.

VENIZELOS REVEALS SPRINGS OF GREEK POLICY.

OPERATIONS IN FRANCE. PARIS, March 17 Yesterday's communique states that the Allies made further progress north-oast of Souain. To-day's report states that German night attacks at Notre Dame de Loretta and Vauquols were repulsed. Three attacks at Le Pretre wood were also repulsed. THE BRITISH SUCCESS. LONDON, Maroh 16.-^—Sir John Frenoh, describing the capture of L'Epinette by the British, says that the success was the result of a brilliantly executed enterprise? The enemy on the evening of March 14 rushed some of the British trenches south of St Elol, but they were recaptured next morning. SLAUGHTER AT ST ELO!. ROTTERDAM, March 17.—Huge batches of German wounded from St Eloi are arriving In Belgian towns. They state that the fight was bloody and determined. The dead were piled so high In the streets that they formed a barricade for the living. The British fought stubbornly against heavy odds, and their artillery mowed down the Germans, but they wore driven back by sheer weight of numbers. The German triumph was shortlived however. British reinforcements were hurried up and flung the enemy from the village, which was carried by the bayonet. The slaughter was terrific. GERMAN LOSSES. LONDON, March 17.—Sir John French's bulletin states that judging by the number of dead counted the German losses from March 10 to March 13 at Neuve Chapelle cannot be less than eighteen thousand. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. PETROCRAD, March 17.—An official report states that the Russian offensive continues In the Nlemen, Orjeo and Przasnysz districts despite snowstorms. The Russians captured positions of the enemy In the Smolnik region, taking 2*oo prisoners. The Austrians retreated in the direction of Baligrod. Russian infantry marching breast high in snow captured fortifications, taking two thousand prisoners. THE DARDANELLES. ATHENS, March 18.—Operations In the Dardanelles continue. A British trawler was blown up while mine-swoeping. The cruiser Amethyst braved the mine area and advanced to Nagara. ATTITUDE OF GREECE. ROME, Maroh 17. —M.' Venlzelos, Interviewed by a Milan newspaper, said that twice since the outbreak of war the Triple Entente had asked Greece to send men to help Serbia, but the attitude of Bulgaria prevented. When the operations in the Dardanelles. were commenced M. Venizelos proposed to send fifty thousand troops in exchange for Greece obtaining the vilayet of Smyrna, but the Crown Council rejected the proposal, believing that it would be Impossible for Creece to defend Smyrna. THE FATE OF THE DRESDENAMSTERDAM, March 16.—Cermans are greatly distressed over the loss of the Dresden. They are humiliated by the hoisting of the white flag, and the Kaiser's message to Admiral von Tirpltz is described as one of the saddest. VON BERNSTORFF'S COMPLAINT. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Count von Bernstorff has officially notified the United States Government that British warships sank the Dresden within neutral waters and asks for an investigation.