SATURDAY

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 13 May 1915, Page 3

SATURDAY

Landing on Gallipoli — A Stirring

Narrative — Night Before the Battle — Men Quiet and Confident — Rush for Enemy's Trenches

The story of the landing of the New Zealand and Australian troops at Gaba Tepe is a stirring one. Mr Asquith has told it in part in the House of Commons, and a fuller account comes from a war correspondent, who wit" nessed the operations. The landing operations were commenced before dawn, and were characterised by splendid organisation arid co-operation between army and navy. There was a tense moment as the boats neared the shore, the Turks having so far given no alarm. But the alarm came, and a heavy fire was opened by entrenched Turks. The New Zealand and Australian troops, without waiting for orders, leaped into the sea, formed a rough line and charged the Turks with the cold steel.

The guns of the fleet and the land forces are reported to have done great damage to the forts at the Narrows, and the fleet has made considerable progress.

The Austrians persist in claiming a victory in Western Galicia, and state that they now threaten Russian forces in the Beskids sections of the Carpathians. The Russians, however, deny the Austrian reports, and claim that though their troops were severely tried, owing to the superiority of the enemy's heavy artillery, they -were unconquered, and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.