NEXT PHASE OF THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2419, 26 March 1915, Page 5

NEXT PHASE OF THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS

' ALLIED TROOPS LANDED TROOP TRANSPORTS IN THE GULF OF SAROS (Reo. March 25, 8.5 p.m.) . (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) „ , London, March 25. Tho "Daily Express" correspondent at Athens states that an Allied force was landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on Tuesday, from transports in tho Gulf of Saros. THE FUTILE ATTACK ON THE SUEZ CANAL SUPPOSED DIVERSION TO BREAK THE MONOTONY. r i • ' p n ui. m • , Sydney, March 25. Captain Bean, the Commonwealth official reporter, cables that a German officer commanding the Turkish camp at Beersheba, a fortnight ago sent out an infantry battalion, a detachment of cavalrv, and a few gun* to march to the southern endof the Canal The expedition seems to liave" been undertaken more in relieving the extreme monotony of military life at Beersheba than with any military object. It may be taken for certain that auv real attack on the Canal for many months is out of the question . General von Traumer and three German officers accompanied the expedition Men at Kubn, north of Suez on Monday. When guns opened fire it retired and camped eight miles back m the desert. Early on Tuesday MaiorGenernl &ir George Younghusband routed them, and a few prisoners ware taken. TURKISH DEFEAT IN LAKE VAN DISTRICT. , Pfltrograd, Starch 24. Official.—The Turks, after two days' fighting at Zeidekian, in the Alashkerfc \ alley, in Asia Minor, north of Lake Van, were driven back towards Beyar on Monday. Many prisoners and material were taken. ITALIAN INTERVENTION IN THE WAR AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS READY TO ATTACK. _ T .. London, March 24. From Salonika it is reported that the Italians are fortifying the Dodekaneso Islands with heavy guns. [The Dodekanese Islands are the .Southern Sporades, off the south-west-ern coast of Asia Minor, and were occupied by the Italians in Mav 19J3 during the Turco-Italian war.] "' ' AUSTRIA AND GERMANY AWAIT THE NEXT MOVE. (Rec. March 25, 8.5 p.m.) ~ . _ r , . London, March 25. . A - Mackenzie, the war correspondent, states that there is every indication that the German campaign to secure Italian neutrality has been defeatcd, and that the anticipate that Italian intervention in the war is inevitable. Messages from Budapest report that 400,000 Austro-German troops are waiting _on tlie_ Tyrolese front, and may strike suddenly at Venice and the Lake District immediately Germany is convinced that the co-operation of Italy with the Triplice is impossible. F ,- A. Mackenzie was formerly war correspondent for the "Daily Mail, and from 1910-1914 was editor of the ''Timos" weeklv edition. Publications: "From Tokio to Tiflis," "The Unveiled East," "Tiic Tragedy of Korea, etc.J BULGARIA PREPARING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. (Rec. March 25, 8.5 p.m.) London, March 24. The Daily .Mail s correspondent at Bucharest states that the Kin" of Bulgaria has lengthily conferred with M. Malinoff, the Doinocratio Leader,"and discussed tho formation of a coalition Cabinet in tho event of Bulgaria departing from her policy of neutrality in tho war. (Rec. March 25, 11.5 p.m.) Tl Athens, March 25. Italian newspapers predict that Bulgaria's hours ot neutrality are' numbered. rr, in- t r i ... March 25Th* pro-Allies feeling hers, which war, clicked he the naval in tho Dardanelles,. ha& now bem revived by. the fall of Puewyel.

GREECE WILL WAIT FOR BULGARIA (Rec. March 25, 11.5 p.m.) Athens, March 25. The Greek journal "Hestia' publishes a statement in effect that the French President, M. Poincaire, intimated that coming events would convince Greece of tho necessity for abandoning her neutrality for the purpose of guarding her rights, without compromising the integrity of her territory. The Greek' Press is of opinion that Greece will not assist the Allies except conjointly with Bulgaria.