FRESH TROOPS LANDED IN GALLIPOLI

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2472, 27 May 1915, Page 6

FRESH TROOPS LANDED IN GALLIPOLI

♦ ALLIES RESUME THE OFFENSIVE MUTINY IN TURKISH FORTS SUCCESS OF THE FRENCH TROOPS (By Telegraph'.—Press. Assn.—Copyright) Athens, May 25. The 'Allies repulsed the latest Turkish attacks, and resumed the offensive. 'IVesh troops havo been landed. The> bombardment of the Straits continues. 'PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH DIVISION. London, May 25. I The Press Bureau reports that the first French division at the Dardanelles on Friday made considerable progress, and is now close to the Turkish trenches. Next (lay the enemy determinedly attacked the left of the Indian Brigade, gaining a temporary footing, but a strong counter-attack drove back the Turks" with a loss of-500 and a number of prisoners. , On May 23 the Turks asked and were granted a suspension of hostilities opposite the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps to enable them to bury their dead. Close to our trenches over 3000 Turks were buried, all being killed between May 18 and 20. ~. . . • , •, The French, in. conjunction with the British naval division, made considerable advance on the night of May 24, though meeting with slight loss. COLONIAL TRENCHES ONLY 30 YARDS FROM THE TURKS PRACTICAL JOKES WITH HAND GRENADES. (Roc. May 26, 8.5 p.m.) . Cairo, May 26. Renter's correspondent reports that the Australian and Turkish trenches at Sari Balir are sometimes only thirty yards apart. In many cases the Colonials catch the Turkish grenades as they fall, and immediately fling them back, so that they explode in the Turkish trenches. The Australians and New Zealanders are continually playing tricks. One 'filled a jam-tin with cotton-wool, soaked in oil. sot it alight, and flung it into tho enemy's trench. The Turks scattered in all directions, amid the cheers of the Colonials. . The greatest difficulty is experienced in locating the Turkish artillery. Directlv an aeroplane mounts, the Turkish fire ceases, and not a shot by a lie,ivy gun is fired at night. It is believed that the guns are run underground hy rails, to a given spot, a few shots fired, and then diverted to another emplacement. 1 ' ' The Turks never come into close quarters with the Australians and JNew ■Zealanders. Directly they see our bayonets they are off. The Turks are poor rifle shots, but fairly accurate with their machine-guns, which alone are holding the Colonials. Stories of atrocities must be accepted with reserve, as it is seldom that, first-hand information is available. After the recent assault at Gaba Tepe, the Turkish commander permitted the British to bury their dead and carry off their; .wounded. The position at Gabe Tepexis very strong—a mass of trenches. The British battleship Queen. Elizabeth continues her great artillery work. In one case a long line of camels was seen on the hills, sixteen miles distant, gjha warship fired a single shot, and tho camels were never seen again. GALLIPOLI WOUNDS HEAL RAPIDLY. - (Rcc, May 26, 8.5 p.m.), London, May 26. Sir John M'Oall (Agent-General for Tasmania), who visited the Tasmanian wounded in England, states that wounds received in the Dardanelles are healing- miich better than, wounds of corresponding gravity in France This, is attributed to the less cultivated character of the soil in Gallipoli. ' ' TURKISH ELITE CORPS SENT TO THE PENINSULA MUTINY AND BLOODSHED AT THE CHANAK FORTS. ■ ■ Athens, May 25. The Turks' First 'Army Corps, the flower of the army, has been sent to Gallipoli. _ The newspaper "Preporitz" reports a mutiny amongst Young Turks against German officers at Chanak Kalessi (one of the Dardanelles-fortresses). There were several bloody engagements and many of the mutineers were killed. The others have been conveyed to Constantinople. '" TURKISH SUBMARINE IN THE BLACK SEA " REPORTED SINKING OF RUSSIAN WARSHIP. Amsterdam, May 25. Official.—"Constantinople reports that a Turkish submarine sank a Russian Armoured ship in the Black Sea." ,THE GERMAN NAVAL COMMANDER IN THE DARDANELLES. London, May 25. 'A German wireless message,states that 90,000 British and French troops have landed at the Dardanelles'. . i The defence of the Dardanelles has been entrusted to Admiral von TJnestfom, once commander of the Imperial yacht Hohenzollcrn.