THE ENEMY'S OBJECTIVE.

Northern Advocate, 28 April 1915, Page 5

THE ENEMY'S OBJECTIVE.

GIGANTIC EFFORTS FOILED.

ALLIES BE-CROSS THE YSER.

PACIFIC CLEAN SWEPT.

LAST GERMAN VESSEL CAPTURED.

THE GALLIPOLI LANDING.

BOSPHORUS FORTS BOMBARDED.

One of -the most important-incidents recorded to-d«y in connection with the great western strangle,. in'wJiich the Germans'hare Calais as their aim, is (lie reerossiiig of tbe-Yser by the Allies, who are marching ou Bixsehcote.

The German conceutraiion of -artillery-' -in the Yser battle includes 10« in giins and 17-iu howitzers, and is believed to be the-largest known m the war so far.

The French and Beig-iaas have'discovered a means of effectually neutralising .the' asfWij'xlaiiiig gas'os -which the 'enemy is using".

The last German vessel in the Pacific— nu Island trading steamer called the Elfreeda—has beencaptured, by the warship Encounter.

Strong opwosiilon set u\i ->j the Turks was ineffectual to prevent the landing , of allied troops hi Sarye'. numbers on tiiy Gallipoii Peninsula. Tiie fleet covered the disemkasiuitiou of the array at various points, ivlience an■ immediate" -advance ■ r«'as started. Simultaneously the Bussian Black Sea, fleet, the Bospherus forts, causing , great explosions therein.

The latest development of -the Italian situation is the summoning to Rome of Italy's Ambassadors sit London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin.

It in asserted hy tha "North dleman Xkzette" that British ami other prisoners in Germany Tvsre found on aa ambassadorial visit to tte humanely treated mid well eared 'i-ov.