At The Dardanelles

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 92, 19 August 1915, Page 6

At The Dardanelles

' 1 ; - , ■ '■ •- WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. y ■ United Press Association. (Received 9.55 a.m.) \ Melbourne, August 19. Thet High Commissioner cables that the American Amlmssy 'at 1 Cbhstantinople states it is| understood that the mimlxjr of Australians as prisoners has increased, anfl tljey have requested that 'a member of the ‘he allowed to visit the prisoners, ‘Constant search is * made, in Constantinople for the wounded, eight of whom are known. < They will receive the same treatment as the Turkish wounded. The Km bass,y extends every personal assistance that is permitted.

HEAVY TOLL FROM THE TURKS.

Athens, August 18. The Turkish casualties in the recent battle at Gallipoli were twenty-seven thousand. TURKISH STEAMER SUNK. , Petrograd. August 18. V hi the Black Sea a submarine sunk a Turkish steamer' which was coalladen. TURKISH POSITION MORE CRITICAL. Paris, August 17. A message to Lo Temps from Dedeagatcli states that the Turkish position at the Dardanelles is increasingly critical. The troops are getting very demoralised, and the population at Stamboni is pessimistic. PURPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN. TO RELIEVE RUSSIA. London, August 17. The British Ambassador at Retrograd'stated that when Turkey declared war Russia appealed to Britain to make a demonstration in some quarter to draw off the Turkish forces in the Caucasus. With this purpose Britain sent a large number of troops and a great quantity of munitions to Gallipoli, weakening the western front and delaying the advance.