The Dardanelles.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 89, 16 August 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

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i -/f f *i : Sydney, stigust 14. Captaifi : Ileair. ’ Writing bn July 3, describes! two minor expeditious 'to demolish ' Turkish l ■ observation posts.- 1 One. 1 at-Gaba Tepe, by a hundred Australians failed, owing to the strong defence and barbed wire .entanglements. The other was by a party of New Zealanders, who lauded at a point north of Anzac. They found the whole crew at the observathem were severaT gendarmes in smart nnifoTOts.r . ■ TVo rof the enemy > escaped,_lmt fifteen were... captured. the si*ece«sfuJ lit— - tie raids yet accomplished. 5 BOMBARDMENT OF JAFFA, ' £ ;•: - I 'f '1 * V Pali.’ August 14. | Official: Since August 6' the successfully landed in the region of Snvla Bay and made further progress at Gaba Tepe. where, after violent lighting, they gained a footing on the slopes of Sari Bair, taking over 650 prisoners and nine machine-guns. Operations continue to develop at this point. The Turkish efforts „to break our line in the south failed. Since the 7th operations on the French front have principally been artillery duels, to our advantage. On August 12. after giving the Turkish governor adequate notice to enable the neighborhood to be evacuated. a French cruiser bombarded and destroyed a German factory at Jaffa, where munitions were being turned out for boats destined for an attack on the Suez Canal.

THE RECENT LANDINGS.

London, August 14

A Berlin wireless belittles the recent landings of French and British troops at Gallipoli. It mentions that 1500 landed at Suvla Bay and attempted to outflank the position at Ariburnn, but were repulsed.

TURKISH REPORT.

Amsterdam, August 14

A Turkish official message says:— We captured eight machine-guns at Ariburnn. Our artillery hit a hostile ironclad off Ariburnn, and wo took one hundred yards of trenches near Seddul Bahi’.