FIERCE BOMB-FIGHTING

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 5

FIERCE BOMB-FIGHTING

» IN THE DARDANELLES (By Telegraph.— Special Correspondent-.) . Amsterdam, December 3. A Turkish communique states that _ there has been fierce bomb fighting at ( some points on the Dardanelles front. . iivo enemy armoured cruisers near Anafarta and Wo near Ari Burnu and Seddul Bahr supported the fire of the land batteries. Our artillery replied, dama«mg trenches and destroying a machinegun position at Anafarta and some 1 bomb-throwers' positions at Ari Burnu. 9 U i r ® rt . iUer - v tlmce hit a cruiser off Seddul Bahr, forcing her to retreat. An aeroplane bombed an enemy torpedo boat, which was stranded on the nor- . them slioro of the Gulf of Saros. artillery combats. ANOTHICR TURKISH MESSAGE. (Rec. December 5, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 4. ■ A ,l urkmh communique says:—There have been artillery combats in the Dardanelles. _ The enemy cruisers, torpedoers and monitors participated in unsuccessful bombardments of Anafarta, Vri Burnu, and Sedd-ul-Bahr. We had tomo minor artillery successes, which continue. Near Sedd-ul-Bahr the enemy fired a great number of aerial torpedoes against the centre of our left wing during a vigorous bomb enoounter. The communique repeats the false charge already officially denied that the British are using hospital sliips as transports. KAISER TO VISIT CONSTANTINOPLE. Berne, December 3. The Kaiser is reported to be going to Constantinople.