MASSED ONSLAUGHTS BY THE TURKS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 5

MASSED ONSLAUGHTS BY THE TURKS

REPULSED WITH ENORMOUS LOSS ALLIES' OFFENSIVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING „ London, May L The Press Bureau states:— "On Saturday and Sunday nights the enemy made strong and determined attacks in mass against the Allies' po6ition, on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and constantly brought up fresh troops, "All the attacks were repulsed with enormous enemy losses. "The Allies have assumed the offensive and are advancing to the interior." AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEAL ANDERS FIGHT . ' MAGNIFICENTLY NIGHT FIGHTING PARTICULARLY HOT. .... Athens, Mar 4. A majority of the vital points of the Dardanelles defences have been invested. - The Australians and New Zealanders fought magnificently against a wellequipped enemy. The night fighting was particularly hot. A ?all of smoke twenty miles long hangs over the straits. BOMBARDMENT BY THE WARSHIPS RESUMED. „ • . , ' Athens, May 4. The Allies warships hava resumed the bombardment of the Dardanelles and the Smyrna forts. •The High Commissioner reports:— ' iirm. „ li- ' • ~ London, May 5, 12.35 a..m. "The Navy casualties in the Dardanelles fighting were 10 men killed 5 ivounded, and 6 missing." ' • FURIOUS ONSLAUGHTS ON THE TURKISH POSITIONS. • mil Rome, May 4. > xhe Athens correspondent of the "Evening News" says that the Allies are making furious onslaughts on the Turkish positions. They are steadily advancing and establishing themselves solidly in new positions.

SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES. (Reo. May 5, 4.5 p.m.) • ' • , • . . London, May 4. An unconfirmed message from Mitylene, if true, indicates substantial progress by the British Expedition. The Australians' and New Zealanders are opeiatmg from north-west of their base, at Sari Balir, and on the other side ,of the Peninsula, from Maidos. Other British troops, operating from the south-west, are based at. the extremity of the Peninsula , from where thev j were i reported on Friday to have advanced five miles.—"Times" and Sydney ; "Sun" services. THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY'S WAR PLANS ' QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lemlon, May 4. Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said he had consulted Lord Fisher.( First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, on the attack on' the Dardanelles. Lord Fisher did not ex- . press the view that the attack should not be made in March. TURKEY'S MILITARY STRENGTH REVIEWED ANOTHER ATTACK TO BE MADE ON EGYPT. . (Rec. May 5, 9.30 p.m.) - London, May 5. Ihe Daily Chronicle's" correspondent states that in Constantinople it is estimated that there are 800,000 Turks under arms, excluding 200,000 Christians who are employed digging trenches and constructing roads and bridges. ,• on or «°lt z commands 100,000 troops around Adrianople, on the Chatalja lines, and at Constantinople; Djemal Pasha has 150,000 in the army which is .threatening Egypt; there are 50,000 at Bagdad, and 180,000 o" Ann . Ca " caßllS > General von Sanders has 70,000 in the Dardanelles, and do,ooo in Smyrna, while picked drafts are with. Headquarters on the Gallipoli leninsula. The Turks believe that unless the Allies land 300,000 it will be impossible to force the Dardanelles. Their chief nervousness is their fear of .Bulgaria co-operating with the Allies. The Germans man Fort Hamidian, 1 and the other forts are garrisoned by lurks, with a sprinkling of Germans. . The campaign in the Cauoaeus is at a standstill, owing to typhus; 150 are dying daily. . ■ . ' Meanwhile the Egyptian expeditions- are absorbing more and more of the lurks energies. _ The next attempt will be mado in June, and will be more formidable. A railway, branching off the Hedjad line, north-east of Akaha, will be finished in six weeks, Howitzers, with German gunners, are oeing sent. TURKISH COLUMNS FORCED TO SURRENDER , Ci\cc' May 6, 0.30 a.m.; „ , . . , , Athens, May 5. Heavy naval guns are co-operating with the army. An isolated number flf Turkish columns at various points on the peninsula .have been forced to surrender. The enemy burns every village it abandons. RUSSIAN FLEET'S ATTACK ON THE BOSPHORUS FORTS. (Rec. May 6, 0.30 a.m.) Petrograd, Mav 5. Official—Our fleet bombarded the fortifications on the right flank of the Chatalanja position and tlio fort on the Kara Burnu sea shore.