The Dardanelles

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 282, 7 May 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles

TERRIFIC LAND BATTLE. NAVAL UUXS AGAINST AttTUUiitV. A RIVER OF FLAME. FLEET KEEPS TURKS BACK. Received May 5, (i p.m. London, May .£'• The Daily Chronicle corresponded telcgraps under date of Thursday tli.it frorti a motor launch in the bay' undi t Gabatebak on Monday night lie wit ■ nessed a land battle in which a portion of the fleet assisted.

" Searchlights picked out targets for the great guns. The opposing artillery, working across the valley running inland from the bay, was firing so continuously that he could discern the outline of the valley, across which two land forces were alsfi contending. Often the whole valley seemed a river of flame.

The Turkish posvt.'on on Monday was roughly from the ov..i, above Maidos tj Blikale, the British 1 holding the seashore at the mouth of the valley and the hazii:ak valley.

The Turkish guns repfied from positions a mile behind Kritltia, which the fleet's guns set on fire. The height of Aciiibab, 3U0I) feet, dominate:)-the region ana is the chief obstacle to tilts' Allies' adva.lue.

During Monday the British left \Vas fflirowir along the northern aiid' Ooin l ' iinandiiij? ridge towards Bukali.- tlio | Turkish left during the night advanced to the westward along the southern ridge'emi«tyouring to cut oil' our forces. The' wawfcipa, including the Queen Elizabeth, •repfied' with shrapnel, while tiny land forces on, the northern ridge rained a hail of deadly shells.

The fire wits kept, up at night, during which time' the British extended their position, making the southern ridge extremely dangerous for the Turkish. Late on Tuesday afternoon the Turks, assisted by thick mists and a rainstorm, made, another atlfftk, intending to make it impossible for the British transports to land supplies under cover of night. In the meanwhile the ships at the entrance to the Dardanelles bombarded the Narrows.

The French landed at Morton Bay ai'd werr marching along the roads lend iiig to Kritliia on Wednesday.

i By 0110 o'clock oil Wednesday tho A',lies wcro across the Peninsula a mile JaonUft of Kritliia, shrapnel bursting on Achibab, which the warships Avar were also/ shelling.

Kritliia has been practically captured. By nightfall the Turkish artillery was feeble in replying, except when two cruisers, ran close in shore. Then tin; cruisers replied, silencing the artillery in a few minutes.

-During Wednesday the activity of the Allies in the northern position was continued with a view to throwing a force across the Peninsula.

The guiis of the fleet are sliel'ling the Turkish reinforcements, keeping the northern, force free to attack.

ASM ATTACK REPULSED. TURKS LEAVE 15,000 DEAD. ALLIES ADVANCE INTO INTERIOR. Keonived May 7, 2 a.m. Athens, -May fl. A Mitylene report says the Turks were considerably reinforced and attacked the Allies' camp at Kritliia on Tuesday. They were repulsed, leaving 1.1,000 dead. Tho Allies advanced into the interior. The fleet's bombardment continues. Their guns annihilated an entire Turkish regiment. The German Embassy at Constantinople admits that the' Allies occupied several points, on the Peninsula.

HOW THE COLONIALS LANDED. IRRESISTIBLE BAYONET ATTACKS. THE'TURKS RUN IN FEAR. AMBULANCES UNDER FIRE. London, May 5. Renter's Cairo correspondent reports that the Dardanelles fighting reveals many stories of dash and courage. The Australians and, New Zealanders jumped from the boats and waded ashore neck deep, They then took three ridges in succession in a running light extending for three miles. One soldier said: "Nothing stopped 18. Our big lads lifted the Turks oil the I ends of their bayonets and hurled them over their heads, The Turks, ran screaming and howling in fear. After the first rush others came up itnd helped us storm the ridges and consolidate our new positions. The enemy's fire of shrapnel, machine-guns, and rilles was terrific throughout, but our men never wavered: Our casualties were heavy,] but very many of the womuls were slight, and' the men will reappear in the lighting line in a. few weeks." The wounded say that the Red Cross worked magnificently and that the ambulance men were under lire continually, the Turks making a dead set against them and shooting them down mercilessly. It has been established that the Turks used dumdums. The Turks' losses were enormous, the bayonet rushes doing great slaughter. Tcncdos reports the arrival of two thousand Turkish prisoners, Constantinople declares that the French troops have been completely driven oil' the Asiatic, side, but the British at Gaba Tepe tenaciously maintain their positions on the coast, but have not succeeded in improving their positions. Two Turkish aeroplanes dropped bombs on the warships at Scdd-el liahr, without doing any harm. The warships brought down both and made prisoners of the German aviators. Mr. llarcourt, replying in the House of Commons to Mr. MacNcill's question regarding the publicity of the deeds ot' the Australians, said that personally he had sent a congratulatory telegram to Australia and New Zealand. The publication of details rested .with the War Ollice.

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. Sydney, Alay b. The mune of Lieut.-i'olomd UiislowTiii.'.upxe.i, who whs kil'ed, was sent as Thompson. lie commanded the -Ith l'aUalioa. aud was manager I ,of the Camden Estate and director of the Colonial

Sugar Company and the Commercial Banking Company. Major Swannel fought, - through the ■Pnnr war, At a farewell dinner lie said I'm hfe iiiisSCi Uner bullets for three years and could not expect to go on missing thciu.

Australian casualties. ' - THE SEVENTH LIST. ill KILLED; 43 WOUNDED. May 7, 12,35 a.m. Sydney, May (!. The seventh tiisiialty list from tile Dardanelles is as follows: Wounded.—Lieutenants Ross and J'attinson. ; Died of wouud.-s—Sergeants Shipley, .Wardrop, Smith; I-ince-corporal Young; : Corpora Is Bowen .-Md .Sadler; Privates i jKiuiles, Parman, Wrrifht, Devlin, Willsis, Oleal, O'Connor, Johnson, Day, lilcksim. Yenning, M'aWcs. Orant, Tlioiiisoji, T. Smith, ii. Smitiit. Sturdy, brieve, (.Vtjefihaiii, alien, New.'fM,. Thompson', i PlUpmiei' and Thomas. || Hfi«j'.o'ne'men were iroiMeA

: CIRCULATING TH E NEWS, so ML AY NOW LIKELY. (By W Correspondent.)' '.V-IJinoton, Last Xiglit. Delay is not likely to oceur a *i(ow in the issue of the casualty lists. The Be.feme Department lias, got its organisa!tion in shape for this part (if the business of \Var,. and the messages are being dealt'with promptly and systematically Tlur ' firrft step is to check the lists by reference to the roll of the forces and supply'names and addresses of the next of kin. Then telegrams are sent to the next of kin in order that they may have first-hand news and be spared the pain of discovering names of sons, brothers or husbands in the newspapers fov themselves. When enough time has elapsed lor the distribution of the telegram, the lists are handed to the Wellington' newspapers and to the Press Association for distrilkrfion throughout New Zealand. 1 "-day's lists were got. out cx"fditiouKlY iff spite of the fact that the Defence Department has had to spare o,dicers for service with the troops.

CARE OF THE WOUNDED. THE HOSPITAL AIIRANG EMENTS. By 'Wire.—Own Correspondent. , t Wellington, .Last Night. The men who returned from Egypt in a transport which reached Wellington yesterday are instructed to avoid talking of what has been happening in theii particular quarter of that broad region 'known as Vie front, but one may gather from them that they knew of the impending Dardanelles- expedition before they started for home. The details 01 the operations that were to be undertaken in conceit with the fleet seem to have been discussed ctcu in the camp where most of tho invalids spent the concluding- period of their stav ii. Egypt. t A good deal of preliminary attention .had been given to hospital arrangements, and the people here may feel assured that the best possible is being done for the wounded. A hospital was to he established somewhere on the Peninsula coastline, at ono of the- landing-places selected for the disembarking of the invading forces. The wounded were to l)e conveyed to their hospital and then transferred to transports which would take them to tho base hospital at Alexandria. Five weeks ago the l troops were looking forward to the- adventure with keen anticipation and' determination, to give good accounts of themselves when the day of opportunity came.

THE ROLL OF HONOR. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. 150 MORE MEN WOUNDED. Wellington, May 0. Additional lists of New" Zealandors wounded at the Dardanelles comprise 150 men as follows: Wellington Infantry. 'lO/485, Sergeant Jv. J. Anderson. 10/481, Private J. M. Archer.. 10/711, Private W. 11. Barber. 10/2(10, Private W. H. Barnes. 10/21, Private 11. W. Bloore. 10/r.OO, Private G. W. Blnmlen. 10/255, Private A. C. Bowman. 10/298, Private H. Bryant. 10/271, Sergeant P. J. C. Burn. 10/2175, Private J. Burton. 10/707, Private M. Bury. 10/202, Private W. Campbell. 10/302, Corporal R. K Chapman. 10/35, Sergeant J. W. Cobb. 10/HOS, Private J. 11. Cock. ]O/320. Private ,1. M. Cooper. 10/SBO, Sergeant F. C. Cornwall. 10/1043, Private C. Crispin. ]O/1i32, Private W. Crockett. 10/300, Private C. (:!. Cummins. 10/lUI4, Private M. P. Davidson. 10/32:), Private G. des Forges. 10/255, Private 11. V. Falk. 10/030, Private C. P. Fitzwater. 10/1152, Private V. C. Florey. 10/023, Private A, Gardener. 10/1240, Private S. Gaston. 10/507, Private R. H. Gordon. 10/090, Sergeant S. G. Guthrie. 10/011, Private A. Ilagenson. 10/371, Private 11. W. Hales. 10/383, Private W. P. Hanson. 10/508. Private A. Harris. 10/309, Private R. W. Hodge. 10/382, Private H. C. Hoult. 10/830, Private K. O. Hughes. 10/32, Private K. Hunt. 10/370, Private ,1. G. Jackson. 10/1130, Private I!. J. Jenkins. 10/421, Private 11. Jones. 10/921, Private L. V. Kay. 10/208, Private M. Kelly. 10/2149, Private R. J. Kemp. 10/8,"2. Lance-Corpora! F. Kinchant. 10/409, Corporal. L. A. Kinzett. 10/1550, Private C. K Kirk. 10/822, Corporal I). R. P. Lascelles. 10/I2NO, Private H. F. Lloyd. 10/779, Private F. W. Locker. 10/81/, Private H. If. Mackrell. 10/1133, Private W. Mather. 10/150!), Private F. M. Meuli. 10/3 SO, Sergeant A. Miller. 10/557, Private P. P. Morgan. 10/025, Private A. Mnllany. ltl/454, Lnme-Corpl. J. W. McAlister. 10/18 li, Private C. \V. I), McCouchie. 1(1/13, Private ('. C. McDonald. 10/880, Private (I. McOougall. Ml/253, Private L. ('. Mclnenicy. ln/10112, Lmcc-l'orpl. J. J. McLearv. 10/81-1, Private 'll. McMillan. 10/081 Private ('•. MeSaveney. 10/9(i5, Lance-Corpl. A. \V. Napier. 10/708, Private S. IT. Newton. 10/377, Private li. 11. Nicholls. 10/(>52, Private W. Pope. 10/407. Private, J. Potter. 10/1321, Private G. li. Rands. 10/MWB, Private If. T. Ranger. 10/713, Private R. Heid. I 10/733, Private O. A. Rogers, i * 10/400, Corporal J. B. Howe.

10/570, Private T. J. Sheahan. 10/8!), Corporal J'. F. Shields. , 111/725, Private F. A. Shirley. 10/507, Private J. E. Shore, / io/i:s;;!i, I'riv-itc <:. A, " ,v \ j-rlvai.» ,T. H. Smith. U/J34.1, !>iv:'t<> J. tjOmw*'"' 10/jsa, Vrivsto V. . 10/49(1. t':-:--r,U a. (;. KiiorfJ 10./!)] 0. Private St J 10/I»7B,__i'ri w."j, st c: . houson. 10/41)1, W. L fcitcvi'nson, 10/530, Private (I. hu/ij. .* IH/12, Private ,T. Sullivan • ,V 10/10!)!), Private ,1. O. Tracey ilwiil'7 A. L. Tressidci'. 10/402, Private A. J). C. Tronson. 10/1020, Corjioral \V. M. Tweedy' 10/81)3, Private F. L, Viekera.' li!/187, Private (i, A. Ward 10/IOIS. Private W. Webb. 10/154, Private 11. (!. Whisliw 10/1305, Private T. Wilsey, 10/570, Private N. Williams. 10/81-7, Private P. Wood. Canterbury Infantiy. (I/BSO, Private S. A. Allen. 0/fiSS, Private W. Bowyer. 0.915, Private F. L. Buttle. <5/1113, Private !!. Carroll. (1/450, Private \\*. W. Clausen. 0/1200, Private W. B. ,J. Collins. , O/SOS), Private .1. A. Dick. 0/451, Private R. Fairbrother. Li/47, Private W. A. (iemincll. 0/403, Private 11. ,J. Oibson. ' 0/11X0, Private F. Clover, 0./40 li, Private .1. (iyuoj. 0/IWO, Private ,1. Head. 0/4HS, Lance-Corpl. 11. ,T. Knight. li/'OO, Private (i. A. McAlpine. (i/4!)7, Private A. Mac Donald. (i/4!is, i.aiiec-Coriil. If. H. iUiiekay. 0/104, Private \V. 11. Mem. 0/504, Unce-Corpl. J. <i. Menzies. 0/121!!, Private Michael O'Reilly. 0/KlO7. Private F. Oswald. 0/020, Private ,t. W. I'earcc, 0/13M1, Private J. Pullintfer. «/1041, Private R. Quigloy. 0/13M5. Private P. J. Reeves. (t/533. Private 11. P. Reitl. 0/1042, Private S. T. Reid. I 0/1:14, Lance-Corpl. N. Ross. , 0/537, I'rivate IT. C! Sarginson. (1/545, Private R. II Smith. ti/54(i, Private S. Smith. i' 0/1728, Bugler P. T. S'tokcs. <l/555, I'rivate C. F. Story. 0/557, Corpora! J. 1!. Sunivan. 0/1047. Private n c. \\"i!nh. «/»S«. A. !>; Watts. li/7-if"- I'Vivate P. (!. Willis. O/IOS;!, Serjeant B. B. Wood. Auckland Infantry. 12/07, Private F, Farrer. " 12/KOS, Private 11. ,1. Afi.llihs. - ' • . 12/280, Private A. (i. Rowlioire. ; New Zealand Engineers. T 4/484, Sapper T. A. Bradley. , '■< 4/015, Rapper A. 11. 10. Howell.. 4/020, Sappej,,!. W. Logan. •' 4/110, Lanee-Corpl. M. O'Brien. 4/02, Sapper h. 11. Reid. 4/53, Sapper K. Sutherland. 4/78, Lanee-Corpl. A. W. Thomas. New Zealand Field Ambulance. 3/440, Private Thomas 10. Reynolds.. 3/102, Private ,)olm Carney.

THE MEN IN ACTION.. Lanee-Corporal A. L. Tressider, who is wounded, is well known in New Plymouth. Lance-Corporal Tressider was for some years on the stall' of the Magistrate's Court here, after which he went to Masterton. He belongs to' Auckland.' Private A. Hagenson resided for some time in New Plymouth, and previous to leaving for the front with his brother, was helping his father on his farm a;t'. Kotare. Private J. Sullivan was a former member of the teaching staff of the Central School, which he left to study for the ministry. Private Frank Shirley was a New Plymouth painter. Private Bowman was a former member of the linotype staff of the Daily News. • Sergeant Percy Savage, who waß wounded at the Dardanelles, was horn in Australia, .but has lived in Dunedin and neighborhood nearly all ; l iis life. He has 110 relative.i in New Zealand, hut an' aunt resides ,in Melbourne. —Dunedin wire.

Lieut. G. L. Wilson (who was wounded) ) was ail officer in the Bth Southland Regiment, and was employed in tlie Gore branch of Messrs 'Wright, Stephenson and Co. He was appointed second lieutenant in the Otago machine-sun section and left New Zealand in that capacity. He is a brother of Mr. C. G. Wilson, a well-known cricketer, now of Wellington.