THE LANDING OPERATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 278, 3 May 1915, Page 5

THE LANDING OPERATIONS.

HEAVY CA&ffifiLTIES. OFFICIAL' «®E?©£TS. London, April 30. Official. —The diseni liarkntion began before sunrise on April'! 25, the British at Capes Tekeh and lleJlos, Morton Bay • and Scdd el Balir, the'; 1 Australians and Xew Xealanders on the" beach north of Gabatepe. The operations. met with immediate success except' at' Scdd el Balir, where there ' wasr some <M#y. They made steady progress up to April 28. The Allies havevaincc rested' and consolidated their positions. All attacks were repulsed. The""army's cosnaltfes wore heavy, but the' fleet's slight. Turkish 'warships repeatajflf atttempftiT to interfere, but always fled on tfte approach of the, Qiiefm-.Elizabeth,. which sank an SOOO-ton transport' oft" JTivi'd'os on April 27. Official.—The AustrttlTans awr Xinv Zralanders landed' at th'c'Si'iri'Birii' slopes on April 25 and pushed 'on witli' tlie utmost boldness. Tlu'J-werc constantly engaged with the enemy, wliosif strongrepeated counter-a-tfcack's were. i'nvartably repulsed. ' TlJ>* colonial fought with fine, spirit ainct''ilrtenniha-fion'. A fresh Turkish"'division- istfacfted Sari Bair early -on che-2Ttlh After a heavy artillery fir* -a- hot einrajiement followed, and the 'tiiemy charged' repeate<Tly, but the 'colontdli defeated' every attempt and resumed' tlio> oiTeuirive at three in the afternoon.

, Athens; ApriT 30. Tho 'Allied llcets*reinaihed' ihsitfe the Dardanelles last-night' and' re-opi»ned a terrible, bombardment at cEtyUrcat. ■fcondtar, April 30. An Armenian'.vioespitaeynn* lWn discovered in Constantinople) Fottr hundred, including-- -the- Vicar- Psrtriachate, have been firr,«Mwl: Router's correspondent at Amsterdam states that Safak-ed-dlh-'Ss death at Constaninople is. announced 1 . Deceased was a nephew of tihe-StilhuK Soto, April 30.

The Allies', successful' debarkation in i the DardujuJies. llo». -precipitated ajj movement of'troops from AdrianopUj! and Demuutei. towanfe. Muratli.

Thf~AlLfES* ATTACK. POSITION ESTABLISHED. MAIfiOS IN FLAMES. Received May 1, G p.m. . London, Aprih-30, Tlte-landing force at Sedd ul-. Bnhr Iwttclt- was tumble to advance until the iWeningv -when the force from Tejieh, by j atfttek, relieved the prtAsuirc. - Tbe. enemy still held the position At Sedd' ol' Bahr on the morning' of the: ;■ {weiity-sixth. The British, aided by lie ' fleet's tro, stormed the position by frontal 1 attack through undamaged entanglements, capturing four- pompoms and' securing the end of the. peninsula. Til© Turks attacked fMles on the morning of the but wwe repulsed. The British forces itajVC-- since established an entrenched' i line two miles north of Tekeh to Xxitiwa. I The fleet's casuaaie* were confined to I the destroyers' anil bflats' erews. The disembarkation, of stores and artillery continues.. The battleship.. Triumph bombartKl Maidos. The yjuce,-. IB: burning. There ■will fet> no- further communique, until tilt; next bu*o. is complete.