NIGHT ATTACK ON AUSTRALIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 5

NIGHT ATTACK ON AUSTRALIAN FRONT

TURKS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS BROKEN MORALE OF TURKISH POPULACE The High Commissioner reports :— .. ~ ,'m • , _i , , ■. o 1 Lo " do "( September 4, 3.35 p.m. A French official report states: At the Dardanelles a Turkish night attack against the southern sector, which is held by the Australians was repulsed with heavy losses. , .' (llec. September 6, 9.50 p.m.) I Official— has prevailed in Gallipolflmcf There have been lively engagements in the north, where tho British have made nrn! grCSS. ' -mow U TURKISH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE, By Telegraph-Press AMoclatton-OopyTight A Turkish official report' states: "Our ma c.ine-gun southward of fazmark Ere. Our the enemy at several points, capturing telephonic and other war mXrid The enemy for two hours bombarded Altohi Tepe unsuccessfully Our fare caused an i explosion among the enemy's -miue-throwerl' ; An exploding mmo demolished hostile entanglements. • ! . DISPOSITION OF TURKISH FORCES., , ■ ■ (Rec. September. 6, 9.35 p.m.) , ' Dedegatch s'tafeThat alurfeh wlonel asserts that Turkey has mobiliseß 1,300,000. Her losses are estimator! ,+ 500,000. She lias 190,000 in Gallipoli, 300,000 in the Caucasus, 70 000 it Con stantmople, 50,000 at. Adrianople, 40,000 at Clutalja, and'2oo,ooo in Asia Minor and Syria.. ' ■ ; , . ■ ' ENEMY FEELING THE PINCH "... RUMOURED PLOT AGAINST ENVER PASHA. . ™ 0 , ~ , , . ' - Paris, September 5. - . J-f. 0 Salonika correspondent of the "Echo de Pans" states that Turkey is feeling. the lack of munitions. Old stocks are being depleted. Coal anil metals-are scaroe, and the munition factory ohimneys at Tophanze. Zeitoun and Bounieo have not been smoking fo* several days.' ' The same paper's correspondent at Rome says that the condition of the people of Constantinople is. pitiable. They .are terrorised at the apmoadi of the final" catastrophe. _ It is rumoured that Djemal Pasha: (an ex-Minister), who is now at Bagdad, is considering the'organisation of, a revolt against -Eiyer Pasha. tin t ' AthcnSj September 5 Enver Pasha recently visited the Dardanelles and delivered ia, patriotic address with the object of raising the morale of the' troops, who are depressed by their losses, whioh exceeded twenty thousand killed or wounded in ' the last battles. ; AGAINST TURKEY. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) m. ,» , , ~ , ... . ~. s PafiPi September 5. i The 'Matin states that it is not known at present what military stem Italy i will take against Turkey, but it is supposed that plans are behik elak orated.: 5 . THE MEN WHO ARE CARRYING IT THROUGH TRIBUTE TO THE GALLANTRY OF THE TROOPS. ("Times" and Sydney- "Sun" Services.) ' • (Rec, September 6, 6 p.m.) ' ■ London, September 5 Tha "Tuttes'.' says: "We all have o'ur own opinion about the strategy that dictated the enterprise in the Dardanelles, but there- is' only one opinion about the men who have been sent to o»vry it through. Mr. Bartlett's dispatches should make the least imaginative person realise what the conditions are on Gallipoli. The Turks are well entrenched, with an abundance of ma-chine-guns and artillery,' and the hills are. an ideal, defence. Tlie Australians ' and New Zealanders, Indians, and British have gone forward again and again ■Vitli stern bravery', yielding ground only when- that was so swept by fire that no living thing could liave' romamod. We cannot find words to express our pride in the .Gallipoli troopa These Australasians. are our own- just as much as'our English-born, as conscious of the call of their raco and as proud of our traditions, and l as resolute to maintain the Jionour of the Empire."' ' CROWN PRINCE AND ENVER PASHA SOME HIGH- FALUTIN' BY TELEGRAM. , ,j (Rec. September 6, 9.35 p.m.) i . ' Amsterdam, September 5. The German Crown Prince sent a congratulatory telegram to Enver Pasha on the "new Turkish successes," and expressed confidence in the "final success" of tho Turks.- t i Enver. Pasha replied expressing his admiration "at the results of the Ger- I man Army's efforts in the east, against a superior enemy,. "only obtainable : by tho bravery of the Germans in the Western theatre," adding: "The Os- r manli Turk is proud to co-operate." Ho hoped that the Turks would soon throw the British and French into the sea. . ■ £