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EUROPEAN WAR DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTSTlie Tlie Dutch correspondents of English newspapers in their dispatches refer to persistent rumors in circulation in Holland of a change in the German front in Belgium which is alleged to have been made necessary by the fall of Przemysl and by the pressure of the allies along the existing extended front According to these rumors the line on the Yser is to be abandoned In favor of a less extended line slichtly west of Brussels It is reported that large liodies of cavalry already arc being withdrawn from the Yser YserAfter After seven months of continuous effort the Germans have finally got near enough to Verdun to bombard the forts defending the city Fort Douanmont five miles northeast of the city proper lias been violently shelled by heavy guns a dozen projectiles striking the worl This was officially admitted by the French war ollice Fort Douau niont is one of a group of six forts and redoubts north of the Conthins Road defending Verdun on the northeast northeastTin Tin Cardiff Echo reports that the British steamer Crown of Castile has been torpedoed and sunk off the Sicily islands The Crown of Castile was engaged in the transatlantic trade and sailed from St Johns X B Alarch 1 for Knrope It was feet long and 2S2S tons net built and owned hi Glasgow GlasgowThe The Libau correspondent of Renter Telegram Com ¬ pany sends a message sayingthat as a result of two bombardments of Libau by the German licet three persons have been killed and seven wounded and fif ¬ teen houses have been damaged Telegraph wires also have been wrecked and the steamer Baltica In port sustained damage damageAccording According to reports reaching London from Petro grad the German emperor is now at Berlin holding a war council with Field Alarshal von der Colts th German military commander of Constantinople and other leaders and Is planning a new campaign to offset the fall of Przemysl and meet the situation in the Dardanelles DardanellesTurkish Turkish villages on the Dardanelles littoral are being bombarded by the AngloFrench fleet it is officially announced at Constantinople Aviators from ihe internatianal fleet are showing unusual activity in making daily reconaissances over the Dardanelles DardanellesThat That Germany is sending heavy forces to the bat ¬ tle front in the Carpathian mountains in the hope of bolstering up the weakened Austrian army and preventing the threatened Russian invasion of Hun ¬ gary is indicated from dispatches from several sources sourcesA A German submarine was attacked by a French warship off Dieppe Tuesday afternoon and is be ¬ lieved to have been destroyed
