The Dardanelles.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 18, 20 September 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

TURKS LOSSES 200,000. : i i; i' [Unitkd Pnups Association.} ' (Received 8..7 a.m:) ' ' Paris, September 19. A traveller from Constantinople says that at least '200.000 Turks are put out of action in the campaign, There are 125,000 wounded in Constantinople alone. PREPARING FOR THE WINTER. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Sydney, September 20. « Captain Bean (Commonwealth correspondent), writing on September '■] says:—"The Turks are improving the trenches, which may be in anticipation of a winter campaign. 1 have not the least idea if such a campaign is necessary, but if so, 1 hope the people of Australia will see that the troops will not go short of whatever is necessary. A Gallipoli winter is very hard." There was a suspicious fire at a drill hall at Rogarah. Most of the building and the military gear and rifles were saved together with many hundreds of rounds of ammunition,hut the official records were destroyed. WOUNDED NEW EALANDERS. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Sydney, September 20. (r. A. and W. B. Simons, who were wounded, were both educated iu the Waikato. ' l