Second Edition.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 52, 1 July 1915, Page 6

Second Edition.

THE OPERATIONS ON 28th.

• PARTICULARS, ;QF/THE ADVANCE

United Press Association. (Received Noon)., >" / London, June 30

\ The .Press Bureau■ states;| Sir lan ,- Hamilton reports (that the', plan of operations on\2Bth<was<-to throw forward the left- of- his'line to the southeast of*KritlTia,\pivotiug upon a mile from the*sea. After advancing the ex-treme-left about? half a'■ mile we established a new line'facing the east on \tbi' ground thus gained: Tins plan entailed the" ca'pttu'e in. sucoes'sioii of two lines of Turkish trenches, east of ! 'the Saglu> ; JJerer arid tive' lines. .The West Australian Corps ': was otdered'to co-f;perateVyby a vigorous demonstration, and 'the action opened at nine o'clock. .''There were bombardments by the lieavy artillery, •the French rendering most valuable assistance with tUfu artillery. At 10.20 they had effectively cut , tne wire in front of the Turkish trenches. ' " The Talbot, Scorpion, and Wolverine . ' kept down the Turkish artillery fire .near at 10.45 assarted the small Turkish'advanced work in Saghir Dere, called the Boomera-k Redoubt. This was a Very strong site : " and protectel by extra-strong wire entanglements,.'and bnd long Von * source of-trouble/ After -the redoubt was specially bOniblrded by a Ireiicn ■ mortar, and while the bombardment of the 'surrounding trenches was at its height,' part of the Bolder Regiment, leapt into the trenches as one man. - They poured out.like a pack ot hounds "from cover, anl $m across and took • the redoubt most brilliantly. The artillery bombardment*; increased in m- • tensity until eleven ok-lock when the range lengthened The .infantry, ad- '. vanced, and"the attack was earned out' at greatdash along the. whole line, and tbr<* lines trenches west ofV, Saghir Dere were captiired with ; . little pposition,,.The trenches, were full of dead Turks, many having been :■ buried by the bombardment. One . hundred orisoners were captured, lhe -* Royal Scots,, east of the ravine, made a-fine attack, capturing their two 'lines of trenched but the remainder of the brigade o ntheir right met with severe "opposition, and werj unable to get forward. The Roya fusiliers at 11.30 o'clock led its brigade ' in the second q)ha'se of the attack ' West W;tbe ravine the Brigade ad■c vanced with great steadiness and resolution through vthe trenches already two more lines of trenches, rand reach : ed the objective. M , The Lancashire' Fusiliers, inclining ; half right,' formed a line to connect with our new position east of Ravid, the northern-most objective had now been attained/lnit;the Gurkhas press-, i„g on under the cliffs captured an "important knoll still further forward, being actually due west of Krithia. This they held at 'night- making a totar,gaiH'on'tlie left of 1000 yards. We during the' afternoon'attacked a small 'portion 'of 'the trenches on the • light," which* were" not' captured, but ' 'the enemy-held on stubbornly ,\ being supported by machine guns and artillery, and thTnot succeed. The'enemv during the night counterattacked "the L foremrtst ; trenches we had gained Y but they were repulsed with heavy loss. A party ,of .Turks who had retired from the r flaiy!i between the tvyo lines of captured trendies' were subjeted to machine-gun fire !at daybreak, and suffered .heavily;, the survivors being taken prisoners". Except.for a small portion of. the "trench which has been already all that was Jwpe'ct •for from ■ the 'operations/vas gained, and .th?,line pn the 'extreme left was pushed.;. foi : warcl*t{)l.a', specialty strong point we'll beyond the Unfit, of the advance originally contemplated. 'All .engaged did well,.but the chief factor in the success f &the. splendid attack of the. Twenty-ninth Division, whose conduct on this as on previous occasions was beyond praise.