The Dardanelles.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 297, 25 May 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

A NOBLE DEATH. OFFICER WHO LED OUR MEN. A BRILLIANT CHARGE. Received May 24, 4.30 p.m. London, May 23. Tlie Daily Chronicle's Mitylene correspondent states that Colonel Doughty Wyllic, of the stall' superintending the landing of the Australasians, saw from a ship gallant and fruitless charges to the trenches when numbers fell, particularly ollicers. Colonel Wyllic asked permission to help, which was reluctantly granted, and on going ashore he ran in front of tlie foremost Australasians and shouted to the men to follow. Inspired by the magnetism of the example, the Australasians responded with a cheer, and rushed up the fire-swept slippery incline and carried position after position until the enemy was cleared out. s Colonel Wyllie was shot dead, but not before he knew the summit had been won and the Turks would no longer harms the landing.

BULGARIAN PROPERTY TAKEN. MANY TURKISH DESERTERS. Athens, May 23. Several officers and five hundred 'Turkish soldiers deserted at Smyrna and were taken aboard a British warship. Sofia, May 23. The Turks, needing military transports, seized one hundred Bulgarian railway trucks in Turkey, which were conveying the goods of Bulgarian merchants. The Bulgarian Government has made representations to the Porte.

FURIOUS TURKISH ATTACK. VON SANDERS IN COMMAND. COMPLETELY REPULSED BY BRITISH. Received May 24, 8.15 p.m. Paris, :May 24. Official: Two Turkish divisions, under General von Bunders' personal command, made a furious attack on tlic British near ("ial)ti Tape. They were completely repulsed with very heavy losses.

A SUBMARINE'S EXPLOIT. BAMAOE IN SEA GE MARMORA. SEVERAL VESSELS >SI NK. Received May, 24, S.IS p.m. London. May 24. The Admiralty announces that in the recent, operations of the El 4, in hoi passage to the Sea of Marmora the submarine sank a Turkish «uiil>o..t of the ISerkifavel class. While in the Sea of Marmora she sunk a transport on April 2!lth, Ji gim'hoat en May 3rd, a very fafc transport full of troops on May 10° and compelled a small steamer to run aground on May 13. The submarine returned on May 18. ... The Admiralty states fiat it is impossihle to do full justice to this great achievement.