The Dardanelles.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 290, 17 May 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

ALLIES AT KFIITHIA. Tf/K TiYKS DISMJDCKI). ALLIES PUSH TURKS BACK. RLLXFOIiCL.MUXTS FOR ALUMS. COLOSSAL I'ItKPAKATiOXS. Received May 1«, 4.1.", ~.„,. Athens, .\lav 13. On Friday after a desperate six'hour,' ii«lit, the Allies dislodged the Turks ti'om flu, heights at Krithia, and entrenched themselves therein. Heavy lijrhtins on the hills behbd hilid Bahr and Maides continues. The Allies are pushing tins Turks steadily hack.

Ihe preparations at Tonedos am Lemnos to reinforce the Allies are des cribed as colossal.

AN ALL-MIGHT BATTLE. CUXS FLASH ALL XICIIT. BAYONET CHARGES BY COLONIALS. TURKS LOSLI LL'AVJLY. Kcceived May 10, 11.55 a.m. London, May 15. The Daily Te'cp-aph's Athens correspondent s:ivs (h-- twenty-iive Britishers exiled to CidljNdi have now been transiV;n\l to i:r:m,s:i. Renter reports from the Dardanelles that sifter the landin;; at the western cud of (ialiipoli, there were several Turkish nijrht attacks, the most imno-t----iint of which was on May ' l.st. from 1(1.31) p.m. to dawn. It was'a wo;iilerlul starry night, with a full moon. Seaward, the clusters of lights on "the transports, and shoreward the pins and howitzers of the British, French, and Turkish forces (lashed all night long. The rifle-fire was incessant, and the deeper boom of the warships' pins rose over all. Star-shells from time to time lit up the scene. The Turks fought stubborn) v, and repeatedly reached the Allies' lines. They iuillVrcd terribly from the bayonet. -Many penetrated behind the line's and were killed or captured at daybreak". The Turks probably lost three thousand, while the Allies' losses were slight. fresh attacks on several succeeding nights were less prolonged and determined, and all were ineffective. Received .May 10, 11.50 a.m. London, May 15. The Daily Mail's Athens correspondent advises from Constantinople that fifty thousand v.-jiud.M at thy Dardanelles ha\e urrhod. Received May 1(1, 4 p.m. Athens, .May 15. Renter reports tnst. thanks to' American persii cu- tie lift,- British ami I'rencli who were deported to 'laliipoli for the danger zone, have been brought to Constantinople.

SHOOTS AND THEN RUNS. THE GOEBEN SEES ENOUGH. Received May Hi, 3.30 p.m. Tenedos, May 15. The Goeben, while attempting to shell the Australians on the beach at Gaba Tcpc was twice nearly hit by the Lord Nelson, and. in a few minutes hurriedly steamed oil". A RECORD OF PROGRESS. ADVANCE OF AUSTRALIANS. PINE BAYONET CHARGES. TURKS SUFFER TERRIFIC LOSSES. Wellington, Last Night. His Excellency the Governor has received the following telegram from tin: Secretary of State for the Colonies:— In continuation of the statement made by the Prime Minister reported in my telegram of May fith, the advance of our troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula is being slowly but surely pushed forward. Guns of the navy are continuing to give valuable help to'the land forces. On the night of May 2nd the enemy counter-attacked all along the line. The engagement lasted till midnight, and the Turks were repulsed with very heavy losses. On the morning of May 3rd our troops again made a short advance, capturing several hundred prisoners. On the night of the 4th the Turks again attacked, but could make no impression upon our troops. We again made progress on the (ith in face of an obstinate defence. Fighting continued on the 7th and Bth, and by the morning of the 9th the enemy's advanced trenches on the Aclii Ba'ba ridge were carried, but the main position where the enemy are very strongly entrenched remain uncapturcd. Ground gained lias been reeonsolidated. The Australian and New Zealand troops are strnnglv entrenched on Sari Hair.

On May fith a portion of the Australian and Now Zealand corps was sent to reinforce the attack on the Achi Babu position. On the night, of the Otli the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Battalions, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, attacked the. Turks on Sari Bahr Hill, taking thrco rows of trenches with the bayonet. The Turks counter-attacked at dawn in great force, but came under the fire of the Australian artillery, which was in readiness for tl'cin. with the result that the t'u-.ss sull'cred tcrrifie losses, and reports state that they lay so thick on the ground that Jity formed a considerable jo«t\f !c.

WOUNDED NEW ZEALANDERS. SOMR ARRIVE IN ENGLAND. Received May l(i, 4 p.m. London, May !."). A number of wounded New Z-eaiar.devs liavc arrived at Birmingham and Chichester. The Hon. T. Mackenzie is enquiring regarding their condition and requirements, and is visiting f hem.

TURKISH TRICKERY. i. AI.LIKS ADVAXCK. Sydney, M„y J;. ' Captain Bean mentions instances of Turkish trickery, .lust us two battalions started to charge an order wtmo to cease iirimr niKl some of (ho men ceased. Tin. ollc-cr' ~i„, it;,„ii.(! 'h- nr- '!'•••. "lit. in.jiiir;,., !.,'.„, :.r ... , y ti«-t it «- lw i 5,,,,,! f,., :i ; h,,,,,,,,..,^ Ill'liMlM' tile I'lCin-h ~„„] Indians wcro fMtiii" behind the Turks and «'](•'••■ v. aß ;' '«■'»■«/ I'iltiwr Hi-in. The ofli.-ers / know (Ins was impossible „„,! ordpred ' a renewal of the attack. Mcaii-Mlo, the Turks used (lu. pause to lire Mo the mulctendcd me.,. The .same tiicK was ~laye,l at another part «.f the line. ~., .... . n Athens, May 14. the Allies hi the Calm Tepe sector arc «-IVHiu-in K continually and crushing the lurkish desperate resistance

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. SIXTLKXTII LIST. 1 Received May 1". 1 •_'!) p.m. i Svdnev, .May 15. ' Ibe sixteenth Dardanelles casualty list contains the following: Killed in Action. - Captains Willis, jroeman, and .Miller; l.icuteimntf* Hcwicko, liinnie, Hums, Kerr, and Anderson. Died of Wounds.—Lieutenant Dickson ami I'aterson; Corporals Mowker, l.vshon, „nd Laurie: Private.- Hardiou*. Llhott, llanliuc o'l.i,,rv, liroomliall Scollin, Connor, Bailey, Ifawkes, Wynn, and Sheaf. ' Bied of Pneumonia. Limner Williams and Private Connoll Woui.ded.-l.i(, ; ,(en„ ;i ts 'lM.sve;!, Parton, haddy, Combes. Ce.ldes „ n d Southern, and 03 non-oomniissio.icd officers and men.