The Dardanelles.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 78, 31 July 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

“THE DAISY PATCH.” NEW ZEALANDERS AT KRITHIA. AUSTRALIANS’ RAPID ADVANCE United Press Association. (Received 10.35 a.in.) Sydney. July 31. Captain Bean, writing on June oth, describes the New Zealanders attack on Krithia on May 3. The Brigade advanced with the Vi ellingtou Battalion on the left. Auckland in the centre, Canterbury on the right, and with Otago as reserves. Both Hanking battalions advanced three hundred yards, but the Auckland Battalion faced a tern ole ma-chine-gun lire. There was a patch m iroiu oi tut in known as “tile Daisy Field.” which not one man, out oi live succeeded in crossing. »' malv the Auckland Battalion ".is reinlorced by hall of the Otago in. Aai.on. A general advance oi Urn r ivucii, British and Australians was orucreu alter a general ijombardmeht. t/uiing the advance the New /walander.s were pulled up by a tremendous mv in the Daisy Fienl, wmere the Aucklanders lost thirteen officers. Ihe advance ol tne Australians was so rapid that they outdistanced the New Zealanders. who mot a furious opposition in tiie centre, but were finally successfully in joining up with the Australians alter dark.

POSITION AT ACHI BABA.

BRISTLING WITH TURKISH GUNS. (Received 9.35 a.ni.i Malta. July 30. A wounded Australian, in descrioing the situation at (laha Tepe, states that the Australians and New Zealanders are still holding up thirty thousand Turks, who are disinclined to renew the attempt to throw ns into the sea. The Turks are now acting on defensive but sniping continues unceasingly at Achi Baba, wherein we invariably beat the Turks. The whole of Achi Balia bristles with guns which disappear as last as they are bred.

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. FIFTY-EIGHTH LIST. (Received 1.15 ]). hi.) Sydney, duly 51. Killed in Action.—Two oflicers and nine men. Died <>(' Wounds.—One officer anc' six men. Wounded. Four officers and loinytivn men. Hl—yix oflicers and iorty-one men. Missing.—Fourteen men, including ,| A. Da roil!. W. d. Sullivan New Zealanders). liospitiilletl in London.—W. T. Holster (New Zealander).