VEIL LIFTED FROM THE DARDANELLES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2496, 24 June 1915, Page 5

VEIL LIFTED FROM THE DARDANELLES

GALLIPOLI SHELLED FINE SCORE BY THE FRENCH COLONIALS AT QUINN'S POST FATE OF LEMBERG RUSSIANS STILL DEFENDING THE CITY MORE SUCCESSES IN THE WEST

Tho veil has lifted from tho Dardanelles, to reveal great activity on the the peninsula of Gallipoli, and also on the part of the fleet. The town of Gallipoli is said .to have been heavily bombarded by the warships with destructive results, while the land operations in the same direction have been highly successful. There is also a. good story by Mr, Ashmead Bartlett of the defeat of the Turkish offensive on May 18 and 19, the main facts ot which action have already been t-old. Exciting episodes in which the Australians and New Zealanders figured are also pictured. In the Galician theatre, matters havo undergone very little change, and the fate of Lemberg is still undecided. In the AVesteril theatro tho French continue to press tho advantages secured by their previous successes at various points along their front. Souchcz. wc aro told, has been tho scene of one of the greatest battles of the war—a sanguinary conflict, iv.tged for over a month at severe cost, but resulting in tho capture of men, munitions, and tho position. The capture of the now famous "Labyrinth" is also told this morning. Thcro is little news from Italy—morely a statement recording tho peaceful conclusion of tho> operations at Monto Nero.