FORTIFYING THE ASIATIC SIDE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2526, 29 July 1915, Page 5

FORTIFYING THE ASIATIC SIDE

(Bee. July 2S), 1 ia.iu.) London, July 28. Tlio "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent states that arrivals from the Dardanelles state t hat the -Turks apparently believe that tlio Allies _ will choose tlio Asia Minor coast lor their new attack, and are feverishly fortifying the shore at Kum .Kale, Baba; Kalossi. Tho ivliole length lias been ploughed with trenches,, at which thousands of Greek Christians were forced to assist. Strong fortilications have been made at Tusla, and a number of howitzers from Smyrna have hecn placed behind tlio hills rising. from Mendcrc. Tlio love! plain of Troy has been heavily trenched. TURKS' SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION DIMINISHING. London, July 27. Renter's correspondent at the Dardarfelles, describing tlie fighting, states that the intense heat has been accentuated by sandstorms raised by the "Levant#!'" which swept across the Peninsula. The Turks are using high explosives, but their growing inferiority suggests that they Jiave great difficulty in maintaining supplies. Athens, July 27. Turkey has recently purchased from (Bulgaria all the material captured in the Balkan War, including guns, shells, a:ad cartridges. A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S IMPRESSIONS. ("Times" and Sydney. "Sun" Services.) (Rec. July 28. S p.m.) London, July 27. Mr. Henry Nevinson, cabling from the Dardanelles, states that lie id informed that the Turkish vigour of attack has been much reduced, but all speak highly of their courage and clean methods of lighting. Prisoners declare that rilles and ammunition are plentiful, and that a large i quantity of sheila have been imported. The food is certainly better than during the . Balkans AVars. There are no inhabitants left. Over the whole district to Aclii Baba there is nothing except bare ground, tangled lines of trenches, hidden guns, and thousands of Invisible fighters. BITTER FEELING AGAINST THE GERMANS MATTERS NEARING A CRISIS IN TURKEY. Copenhagen, July 27. 'An employee of a salvage company, who has just come from Constantinople, where he was engaged in repairing warships, states that the Turks are face to face with the end o~f their fuel and ammunition. All the old warships have been'• stripped of useful metals, and a house-to-liouso search has been instituted for the same purpose. Tlio 'Turkish feeling against the Germans is increasingly bitter. Tilers was a big light at the Constantinople infantry -barracks a fortnight ago, in which ton Germans wero killed and fourteen wounded. The attitude of tna population is dangerously hostile,- and thoy will undoubtedly riso against the Germans at the first opportunity. The authorities are consequently confiscating arms wholesale. Tho gunners of the Dardanelles forts state that only a limited number of shells is allowed for each gun daily. - ENTERIC AND DYSENTERY, (Rec. July 28, S.lo' p.m.) London, July 28. :j Mr. Tennant (Under-Secretary to the War Office) announced in tlio House that there was a certain amount of enteric and dysentery in the Dardanelles. TURKISH RUPTURE WITH ITALY PROBABLE. (Rec. July 28, 5.15 p.m.) Rome, July 28. Italy has not received a. reply to her protest against the Turkish persecution of Italians. A diplomatic rupture is regarded as probable. USE OF ASPHYXIATING SHELLS FORESHADOWED. Amsterdam, July 28. A Turkish communique accuses the Allies of using asphyxiating shells. This possibly foreshadows tho.Turks' employment of similar shells. BULGARIA AND THE ENTENTE POWERS THE FUTURE OF MACEDONIA. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. London, July 28. Tlio Entente's reply to_ the last Bulgarian Note is anxiously awaited. ~ Thero is reason to believe that it will assure that in future Jitacedoiiii' will be guaranteed against attack by her neighbours, ami a marked c'hango of policy will result. FIGHTING THE TURK IN ASIA (Rec. July 29, 1 a.m.). _. . '• ••' . , Petrograd, July 29. An official report from Russian headquarters in the Caucasus states that tho enemy, strongly, reinforced in tlio Mush region, continues to resist. A Russian cavalry regiment sabred two companies of Turks, and drove the remnants j back to the Euphrates. I