The Dardanelles.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 3 September 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

TRANSPORTS TORPEDOED.

PREY OF BRITISH SUBMARINES. FOUR BAGGED SINCE 20th ULT. ~( k ; United Press Association. Paris, September 2. A communique states; Besides the transport which an aeroplane sunk cm the 20th, British submarines torpedo-

ed tour transports', two being ancm

ed at Acbashiliman and two between Gallipoli and Nagara. The guns of the warships struck several vessels anchored in the Straits.

THE NEWS CONFIRMED.

The High Commissioner reports:— i‘ I * 4 * *• • London. SepteniheV 2(5.2d p.m.

in addition to tho itlaiispdrt sunk by aviators on August 20th, two were sunk at anchorage at Achashilfman and two more between Gallipoli and Nagara by British Ki]h?Marines.| \ The guns of the warships also struck several others in the

BIG BATTLE GAINS GROUND. London < General Sir lan Hamilton reports severe fighting on Friday and Saturday. with an appreciable gain of the ground occupied by the Australians and New Zealanders. There were heavy Turkish losses. The action resulted in the capture of an. important tactical feature commanding the Biyuk Anafarta Valley to the east and north. The fighting was of a severe character, being almost entirely hand tqr hand. We captured three Turkish machine-guns', three trench mortars, and a large quantity of arms and ammunition. -\

SUCCESSFUL WORK IN THE NOR 1

THERN ZONE.

(Received 9:20* a.m.)

•> ' )JNiHsV 'SerhptebeV'2. A} communique states: At the Dardanelles last week,! it lie .Bili'tihh in the northern zone delivered successful attacks and ga|ndd| Ijjdssefeslou of | a mountain’ridgi; west of Biyuk Anafarta, which was much disputed.

% I TURKISH PROGRESS REPORT. OPERATIONS IN THE STRAITS. (Received p.{n.) ! Constantinople, September 2. 4 communique states': The enemy’s left whig h‘t 'Sedd ul liahr, with a great wa&te of ammunition, unsuccessfully attempted to destroy our trenches and batteries on the Straits last Monday. We forced the mine sweepers which approached the Dardanelles to retreat, and dispersed other , mine sweepers near Sedd ul Eahr. We successfully bombarded the enemy’s infantry at Sedd ul Biihr.

CONSTANTINOPLE'S FATE.

Rome; September 1

The general impression in Rome is that the lack of ammunition will lead to the early fall of Constantinople, which, II Messagero says, is destined to mark the beginning of the second and decisive phase of the war.

A GERMAN STORY Amsterdam, September 2. The Frankfurter Zoitung says’ that one hundred thousand Britishers participated in the attacks on Gallipoli on last Saturday and Sunday, losing heavily, and estimates that since, August (j the British losses exceed fifty thousand, including six officers, while one cavalry division was wiped out.

CASUALTY LIST.

Sydney. September 2

Seventy-second list:—Killed in action: One officer and 143 men, including W. H. Leeche. Died of wounds: Two officers and seventy-five men, including Lance-Corporal McGill. Died of illness: Two officers and nine men. Wounded: Four officers and 190 men, including Corporal it. Wyuard and •Bugler E. Liugley. The latter is in hospital ill London. 'Driver I?. W. Dchinson is in hospital in hospital at Ghczireh. Eighty men are missing, and one officer. Captain .1. K. Mdli r, previously reported ill, is out or danger, and Private .). Sheehan, pr.u imislv reported wounded, has returned to duly. Al (those named above are New Zealanders.