Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in Manitoba. Weather forecast fair and warm. Temperatures yesterday to 7 maximum 68. Minimum 34. Sun rises sets . Moon rises . Sets . Rce fighting Jull continues Orthof Ypres official statement says along Yser remains unchanged forced to yield St the enemy after very Gallant resistance hit soldiers have borne Brun repeated heavy attacks East of Ypres the Battle Aroun Union april British a has issued the following stat mint respecting fighting to the North t of Ypres still continues the situation remaining in our left flank in readjust to line to meet the altered Condi Hue to the original forced re canadians went Days without food London april Cana ins who fought so valiantly and lost o heavily in the recent fighting near fires Belgium went in most cases 48 and in some instances 72 hours without food. Most of their officers were lost. This was Learned from a Young wounded Canadian who arrived in England today from the con intent. When we received orders to at tack the enemy s trenches some 500 Yards he said two thousand five Hundred of us rushed the Wood i suppose there were germans. We were first mowed Down like sheep by their artillery but we drove them from the trenches in front of the Wood and then went right through. There we got surrounded which forced us to retire to the drenches had taken where we dug ourselves in. We remained there till the next morning tinder Shell fire until finally we were relieved by he said that the canadians not Only recovered the guns they had lost germans but found three French howitzers which the had taken. These the canadians blew up and rendered useless. At one Point we surrounded Sidy germans forty five of whom we he continued. I said one German officer blow out he tuesday april 27, 1915. Well earned Best put among reserves yesterday after four Days of heavy fighting. Germans driven Back North of Ypres with heavy loss Paris april 26.-the following official statement wag issued by the of the left of the Battle front we made sensible Progress and have driven Back the enemy Anflic mgr on losses the germans have employed a new asphyxiating Gas but a Meas of Protection has been put into service which Given the Best of results among our belgian allies and ourselves. A spirited infantry engagement has taken place near Fay to fifteenth in action Rumor that battalion had been captured list of officers wounded. The North and to some extent to fewest beyond St. Julien this Extension w weakened our line a time and after a very Gallant by the canadians Gamst Superior numbers St. Julien matured by the enemy. Our run South of that place. Second our troops to the East of borne the Brunt of re brains. It is impossible to estimate the number of German dead but Ger Man searchlights worked All night ing to locale them. We had the prussian guard in front of Ypres have heated heavy attacks which they have stubbornly opposed throughout the Battle Man entirely unexpected Ilu Alion which has demanded Tho of gallantry and fortitude by the men and Quick resource and Ether military qualities by their com Manders. Third attacks were also delivered yesterday by the germans on the cast of the Ypres salient. In of the use Fay the enemy of asphyxiating gases the attacks and German officers and men were captured. In the fighting during the last hires Days we have inflicted very Freavy casualties on the germans. Our losses also have been heavy. The wireless report that four re captured is got Back the sons thrilling Story of fight amid terrible Maxim fire told by a Canadian. Ottawa april1 four flays Flag it Iii the canadians Are now in Reserve. This news was contained in a Telegram received by Gen. Sara Hughes minister of militia tonight from col. . Carrion . The message was As follows canadians covered themselves with glory. Their heroism most highly appreciated at Headquarters. In Reserve today alter four Days a further list of officers wounded in the recent lighting near Ypres in which the canadians so markedly distinguished themselves was received at the militia department tonight. A feature of tonight is includes members of the 48ui t Landers of Toronto known As 16th battalion of the Canadian Perl tonary Force. This a Rumor that colonel j. A. Currie ., and his regiment had been Cap tured and that they one thousand Cana clans which the Del mans claim they have captured. The minister of militia today received the following message from colonel h. H. Liberal . For Queen s and Sunbury. We mourn with Pride our Gallant comrades who for the Empire and _ Are we Down hearted let our answer be one Hundred thousand in the fighting line and fifty thousand in Reserve. Congratulations to you on the great work you Aro doing for ready to go to front. Ottawa april am ready to of com Lune a for the Possession of an excavation caused by German mine. Our troops dislodged the enemy from it and have maintained the position notwithstanding two counter attacks. In Champagne near Beausejour the germans attempted an attack which was immediately arrested. The germans checked on mouse. On the Heights of the Meuse the attacks of the germans on the front comprising Les a parcs St. Hemy and the Trench of Calonne have Complete Check. Despite the extreme violence of the German Effort we remain masters of the whole of the position at los a pages the slopes of which Are covered with bodies of dead germans. At the Trench of it tonne our withdrawal of the Day before yesterday which was temporary and in which we suffered the loss of not a single Cannon was immediately followed by successful counter attacks on our part the germans delivered their attack with not less than two divisions. Winnipeg Man on fir Purchase George of gait appointed to serve on important commission a. E. Kemp chairman third member a Laporte Mont May Stop Early election movement. The Vosges the enemy after a bombardment of extreme viol ence of the Independent we succeeded in gaining a foothold on the Summit of Hartman Sweller. Occupy at a distance of about 100 metres from the Summit the positions from which we carried out our attack on March 23, and it was from those positions that we set out on the 26th to capture the Summit by an assault which lasted seven russian official report. Ottawa april the Personne commission o business men promised by Premie to take Over the. Purchasing of War materials for the Canadian troops and to assist in the Purchase for. Great Britain in. The Dominion a been made Public. The commission As announced by your correspondent Petrograd april following communication was issued tonight several Days ago. Will have for it in Poland in the littoral of Coin land an enemy Cruiser yesterday bombarded two villages without however obtaining any result. The h on. A. E. Kemp minister without portfolio in the Borden cab at Dawn yesterday a Overman Zeppelin threw several bombs on the met and . Lor West Toronto. The town of Bialystok but caused no losses. The carpathians on the 24th we successfully repulsed enemy at tacks on the Heights near Polen. In the direction of stay on the 24th and the 25th, a desperate Battle began and still continues. On the other fronts there were the. Customary Fusi Lades. Our Black sea Fleet yesterday bombarded the bos porous forts. Great explosions were observed in one fort. A turkish battleship in the Straits made a feeble reply to our yesterday s official lists of canadians killed and wounded yesterday s official casualty lists contain the names of three Winni Eggers. Them pet. Mack Hermanson and pet. Edward Inman Are Given As dangerously ill while Lieut. H. A. E. Ball is among the wounded Ottawa april 27.-the. Following casualties were announce of by militia department this morning. First battalion. First brigade. Dangerously pet. William Thomas Shaw formerly oth at no. 14 general Hospital wound in Abdomen. Next of Ken mrs. Margaret t. Shaw Dunoon Scot land. Died of wounds pet. Alexander Mclaren 26 no. 14 general -6 Kate Elliott Clapham London second battalion. First brigade. Enemy three to one but canucks carry trenches wounded Highlander tells How two thousand canadians routed seven thousand germans. Charged unseen enemy near St. Julien and took Kaiser s troops by Surprise canadians return to find wounded s comrades Bay netted to death took terrible a . Ashmore dropped station this the Junction German English heavy guns we Imirse. of our aviators bombs on the Courtrair afternoon although wounded he machine safely Back to our lines. London the Allied arc pres in the Plains prussian guards ban like cow Ards before wild onslaught of troops. 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