TURKISH WAR ZONE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2577, 27 September 1915, Page 5

TURKISH WAR ZONE

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OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH Bjr JW«irttph-Preaa AKoclation-Copyrißit Paris, September 24. Official.—At the • Dardanelles • recently matters have been quiet. Whenever tlio Turks venture an attack our Sro repulses them, preventing many, regaining the trenches. • Our artillery forced the Turks to evacuate a fortified position in the Kereves Dera Valley, and bombarded Achi Baba and tlio Asiaticbbatteriess s directed by bur aviators. Tho . Turkish artillery has been capricious. For days tliey are silent. suggesting a lack' of ammunition, and then tho big guns burst forth without.warning. Our troops liavo' abundant water. Our losses havo been unimportant. , The Tureo-German a,viators have not .appeared for a considerable period. lOurs make, daily flights, resulting in offective bombardments of Turkish headquarters, .transports, and wharves. The activity of the British submar-, tnes in tho Sea of ..Marmora has beou marvellous. , " Our bravo Allies in the north zone had an unimportant.engagement, whjch culminated m tflie junction of the troops from Anzac and Suvla Bay, HEAVY BATTERY SHELLEP* London, September 25, 4.45 pirn. The High Commissioner reports:— Dardanelles,—The week has been calm in both zones of tho Peninsula. Tho Turks attempted to attack the French front by a mine, but their galTery was destroyed by boring. A pris-i oner states that two officers and thirty men were killed. Allies' warship efficiently bombarded a heavy 'calibro battery on the Asiatic Coast.

TURKISH REGIMENT MUTINIES. .., (Reo. September 27, 0.5 a.m.) Athens, September 26. _ 'A Turkish regiment at Chesme mutinied _ and'refuged in the mountains. Tlio division to which the regiment belonged was thereupon sent elsewhere. THREE COSLHUNIQUES FROM TURKISH SOURCES - Amsterdam, September 24. 'A Turkish communique states: Our Anafarta artillery, on tlio left wing, \ caused a conflagration, in the; trencl'.es which raged for two hours. ' ' , The enemy exploded a mine near .Ariburnu on tne night of the 21st. little damage was done. The enemy near Sedd-ul-Bahr, on the ' morning of - the 21st, vigorously bombarded, .accompanied by bomb-throwing, our left wing. Our artillery silenced the guns. Our fleet, on the 21st, chased throe Russian destroyers- from the coaling ports in the Black Sea. (Rec. September 26, 2.20 p.m.) Amsterdam','. September .'25. Turkish communique: Wei attacked the. enemy trenches at Anafarta with bombs, inflicting losses. Our artillery near Ariburau Tdestroyed enemy trenches aend sank,two sailers laden with mine timber. ' (Rec. September 26, 3-35 p.m.) • Amsterdam, September 26. Turkish communique: AVe had minor successes at Anafarta and : Sedd-ul-Bahr. AVe repulsed two . squadrons of cavalry on September 22 on. the Irak front. • ,

TROOPS AT MUBROS. London, September 84., '£ Berlin wireless message states that' 110,000 fresli Entente troops have arrived at Mudros. THE UNFORTUNATE SULTAN. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Servioes.)' (Rec. September 25, 5.5. p.m.) London,. September 24. It is reported iii France that the Gormans, acting in conjunction with Enver Pasha and Talaat Bey,-are- prepared to depose the Sultan Mehmed, and exile Toussouf: Izzediu, because the.v are anti-German. Tlio Old Turk Party oppose the sue: gestion.