Against the Turks.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 271, 26 April 1915, Page 5

Against the Turks.

THE AVIATORS BUSY. TURKISH STRENGTH AT SIIYRN'A. Received April 26, 1 a.m. • Paris, April 25. "rencli aviators dropped two bombs at' Fort Kastro, Smyrna, killing and ivi inding several soldiers. They also b; 'ilied the railway station and a Ger irr " vessel, which sank. Ti" 1 Echoe de Paris' Salonika corrcsrondent states that Allied aeroplanes afrequently flying over Smyrna. Oil-s'--vers estimate that there are 35,000 '' :rks there, half in trenches and half < the heights overlooking the town. •1 irty heavy guns from Constantinople ] re been placed on the new front. TURKEY SOUNDING NEUTRALS WITH A VIEW TO ARRANGING PEACE. Keceived April 26, 1 a.m. Paris, April 23. The newspaper Temps states that Turkey lias sounded Italy and America with a view to arranging separate peace -with the Triple Entente. ATTACK ON PERSIA. V . Petrograd, April 23. The Persians at Kermansliah are re- . tiring before the Turks, who are advancing towards Hamadan. The Persian Cabinet is exchanging pourparlers with Hhe Turkish Ambassador, hoping that the troops will be recalled. FIGHT WITH ARABS. , Received April 26, 2 a.m. London, April 25. Turkish headquarters state that Aral* attacked the Avesha's crew, inarching in the desert from Lidd to South .Teddah. They fought for three days. The Arabs were driven off. The Germans lost a lieutenant and two men killed and three wounded. The latter ttTo in the hospital at Jeddah. The German official wireless already Stated that the Turks reached Damascus before March 1. There was no inention of the attack.