MUST GET THROUGH AT ALL COSTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2417, 24 March 1915, Page 5

MUST GET THROUGH AT ALL COSTS

FLEET IN THE DARDANELLES PRESS OPINION ON THE GREAT BATTLE n,, -it. .t, . , , London, March 22. <i t li. ren £ fress unanimously rccords an unshaken determination to carrv through the Dardanelles operations, which are not expected to succeed without losses. Franco and Britain have plighted their word that both will sail to Constantinople. Hie arrival of the greater part of the French expeditionary iorcei will make the task easier.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) Uincial reports are reticent regarding the numbers, dispositions, and achievements of the landing parties. 1 ' The I'rench Admiralty report emphasises the important and brilliant part t • xl f snc5 nc division. The French bad been given the honour of attacking the forts at close range. Rear-Admiral Gueprate telegraphs :-"The Bouvet WaS though dearly purchased by the loss of the NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY. tl ~n .. . , ~ . . ~ London, March 22. the Daily Chromo e," referring to the naval losses in the Dardanelles, says: In no respect did they affect the ultimate success of the operations, can well bear them, and happily the operations arc well in band." Iho Daily News naval expert says:—"These vessels would not have been sent to the Mediterranean if we could not well have spared them from tho ftorth Sea. I hey were among the oldest we have there, and the fact that at least one of the very newest of our ships is there shows that the naval position in home waters is not giving Lord Fisher any cause for anxiety. It is necessary to remember above all that m the past it was regarded as impossible for ships to attack modern forts successfully., It is obvious, in any case that tho Anglo-trench ships have now to got through the Dardanelles at all costs." (Roc. March 23, 5.30 p.m.) mu «nv ..-it , . London, March 22. ™ f T 1 ?!? 8 ' ln a ' eadll) 6 article on the situation in the Dardanelles, remarks that the operations resemble a game of draughts. Many pieces mav disappear from the board .before the game is won. The prices i,Th, but there w.il be no cheap victories in this'war. The forcing of the Dardanelles •s Wrhaps the most formidable operation ever undertaken in naval warfare "— ( limes" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ITALY'S WARLIKE ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT STEPS BEING TAKEN m. n l i ' , London, March Ihe Central News Agency states that Italy to-day stopped all railway transport of merchandise to Germany va Switzerland. . Reports from Rome state that identification badges, customarily carrier! only by men on active service, hav,e been distributed to the soldiers ' In soms eventuality. 13 U*S d llighl ? si S ,lilicailt of preparedness for any ITALIAN* SUBMARINE FLEET AUGMENTED. _ Twenty submarines have been added to the fleet by sis months. She has now three hundred aeroplanes and twenty dirigibles, AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS CONCENTRATING PEOPLE ASKED TO RALLY ROUND THE EMPEROR.

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