The Dardanelles

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 15 June 1915, Page 6

The Dardanelles

AN INCIDENT IN MAY. Dnitid Pbkm Association. (Received 1.45 p.m.) Paris, June 16. Official.—The operations at tho Dardanelles were modified during the last fortnight of May, general attacks having given place to slower progression. carefully prepared and methodically carried out. The French efforts were concentrated around a series of entrenchments, which the ’lurks hollowed out of the front of a ravine called Kerevesdere. A colonial regiment on the 28th was ordered to storm a little fort at the extreme left of tho Turkish lines. The foreground was swept by rifle lire and machine guns, and a normal attack would have demanded enormous sacrifices. A coup de main was- therefore planned. A section composed of 34 European,, 42 Songalese were ordered to steal out at night singly from tho trenches and crawl forward, and when concentrated to hurl themselves on the Turks. Without firing a shot the party at midnight crawled within forty metres, and charged shouting and leaping into the parapet- The Turks being surprised discharged their rillos and fled, and the fort was captured. The French casualties were a sergeant and two men wounded.