SATURDAY

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 June 1915, Page 3

SATURDAY

Advance on Gallipoli — Battleship

Majestic Sunk—Exploit of British Submarine—ln [Constantinople Harbour — Explosion at Sheerness —Two Hundred Lives Lost.

Reports from Athens state that the Allies operating from Sedd-el-Bahr, in the south of the Gallipoli Peninsula, have advanced six miles, and now hold a fortified line from Krithia to Achi Baba. A daring advance by New Zealanders, in co-opeiation with Australians, to an advanced position, is reported by Mr. C. E. W. Bean, the Commonwealth official correspondent.

The loss of a second battleship in the Dardanelles operations has quickly followed that of H.M.S. Triumph. The Admiralty, announce that H.M.S. Majestic was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine on Thursday morning while supporting the army in Gallipoli. Nearly all the officers and men were saved".

The British submarine Ell, after torpedoing two Turkish ships in the Sea of Marmora, entered the harbour of Constantinople and discharged a torpedo against the main arsenal. It is also reported that a French submarine torpedoed a Turkish destroyer not far from Constantinople:

There has been hot fighting in the region north of Arras, resulting in further successes to the allies. A cemetery east of Ablain St. Nazaire, where the enemy has been strongly established, was captured.

The auxiliary ship, Princess Irene, which was utilised as a mine-layer, was blown up in Sheerness Harbour, as the, result of an accidental explosion. A large number of refitters and dock workers were aboard the the vessel, in addition to the crew. Estimates of the death roll vary from 200 to 400. It is officially announced that

_;. Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson has been appointed First Sea Lord in succession [to Lord 'Fisher.