From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 3 April 1915:
Whether it is the lull before the storm or only an accident we do not know, but in any can there is a most curious absence of news both from the western and the eastern theatres of the war. In the western sea area we read of a certain amount of Zeppelin activity, but not of a very important kind. Of fresh news from the land there is very little except from the Argonne, where as neual the fighting sways backwards and forwards, but with a slight inclination in favour of the French. In the eastern theatre the reports from the centre show that the Russians are holding their own still in the Carpathians, and that their offenaive continues to gather strength and volume. On Monday, for example, there was an action in that region in which nearly two thousand prisoners and five machine guns were taken.
The news from the Dardanelles is still very meagre, partly because the stormy weather has continued, and partly also, no doubt, owing to the fact that the Allies are preparing, but not yet ready, for another big attack. There has, however, been a good deal of big-gun firing within the Straits, and at the same time the Russian Fleet has been active at the Black Sea mouth of the Bosphorus. It is highly probable that by the time these pages are in our readers’ hands we shall hear of great events from the Dardanelles.
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