THE DARDANELLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 49, 28 June 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES

TURKISH PRISONERS. TALES ON ARRIVAL AT CAIRO. Times and Sydney Sun Sebvioe. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, June 27. Three thousand Turkish prisoners have arrived at Cairo, many being middle-aged, who were given a week's training. One man relates that after firing his rifle for the first time* n, sergeant took it from him. The officers, who loudly praise the courage and shooting of the Allies, thankfully accepted gifts of tobacco and water from the Allied wounded while being escorted to the beach. Most of them declare that they did not want to fight,; but must obey. The officers regard it as Germany's war. They admit sustaining heavy losses, and state that two regiments were almost destroyed at the south front, while others were terribly mauled. They had sufficient food and cartridges, but little heavy-gun ammunition.

GREEKS TRANSPORTED FROM MAIDOS AND KRITHIA.

Pkuhb A «SO0» • ▼'OH. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Athens, June 27. The Greek population in Maides and Krithia have been transported to Pandemia on the Asiatic coast of the Sea of Marmora, in a deplorable condition.

KILLED IN ACTION.

(Received 10.25 a.m.) London, June 27

Frank Chilton, of the Argylls, and attached to the Hampshire* (a New Zealander), lias been killed at the Dardanelles, and also McCormick, sou of a former American Ambassador.

TWO WOUNDED MEN.

(Received 10.2 a.m.) Sydney, June 27

Private W. C. Turk, wounded, is a grandson of J. C. Harvey, the Crimean veteran, of Auckland.' Private A. J. Riley, wounded, was horn in New Zealand.