The Dardanelles.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 306, 4 June 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

) VIGOROUS FIGHTING. ENEMY LOSES heavily. I" ALLIES' POSITIONS MAINTAINED. Received June 3, 8.30 p.m. London, Juno 2. Official: At the Dardanelles close hand-to-hand fighting occurred on Tuesday oi the northern front at a point known as Quinn's Post. Our men rushed two ol the enemy's saps with the intention ol filling them, ,but a heavy (bombing check ed the work. One party fell Iback and the other held on between our firing line and the enemy's. The action necessitated heavy artillerj support, to which the enemy) replied vigorously, regardless of expense. T'.it enemy lost heavily. On the southern section the Turks repeatedly attacked the French right on Tuesday night. They twice re-oecupied the fort captured on the 29th ult., but were driven out, and the new French .front remains intact. On the British front all is quiet. TURKS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED. MASSED ATTACKS CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES. Athens, Juno 2. Two hundred and fifty thousand .Turks are strongly entrenched in strong positions, with at "least one German officer per unit. Turkish prisoners state that the fire of the warships makes the peninsula - -sheet of flame. Attacks are, therefore, confined to the night, when the warships are unable to fire for fear of hitting their own men. The Turkish adoption of the German system of massed attacks is responsible for heavy losses, which were estimated at a hundred thousand to Saturday. TURKS DRIVEN BACK. SLOW BUT SURE PROGRESS. Received June 4, 12.20. a.m. London, June 3. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent states that the enemy have been expelled from an eminence before Ivrithia. There is equally (rood news from the Xiistrplia# e!de« 'At Galba Tepe wa are settling- down to slow and tedious but sure progress. TURKS LOSE HEAVILY. TURNING MOVEMENT DEFEATEO. NEW ZEALANDERS TO THE FORE. "THE FIRE OF HELL." i | Received June 4, 12.20 a.m.

Athens, June 3. Mitylene reports that the troops whi:h landed on the Peninsula played an important part in repulsing the Turkish attacks. Several Turkish companies attempted a turning movement against two New Zealand regiments, but failed, ow--7 ing to the violent fire of the British 1 ships. The Turks lost heavily, and a ' small party of survivors surrendered. r Hestia states that the Germans, re- ' volver in hand, drive the Turks forward " and the result is enormous losses. The ' German officers also lost heavily. r A wounded man describes the fire of ' the Allies' warships as a "fire of hell." 1 ' AUSTRALASIANS' PR-IDE IN TASK. BRAVERY OF RED CROSSERS. GERMAN AND TURKISH ATROCITIES. QUICKLY AVENGED. Fremantle, June 2. 1 Router's Cairo correspondent's reports ' of the fighting at Gallipoli, as published " in newly, arrived papers, state that the Australasians are very clieerful, and 1 ,speak with glowing pride of the part they played in the great fight. They ! are proud to have been chosen for the task, the success of which depended en- ■ tirely upon extraordinary dash and dar- j ' ing. When the wounded heard of the ' rejoicings in Australia and New Zea- | land, they cheered and cried: "We are ' going to do better when we get back." One of the participants told the story that he saw two New Zealanders chasing eleven Turks, who, with -terrorstricken faces, howled and wailed. All speak highly of the Red Crossers, who moved about absolutely fearlessly, and many brave men fell while attending wounded comrades. 'Die correspondent declares that all of them deserves the Victoria Cross. The fire was appalling, yet the Red Crossers moved about in the open, not thinking of their own lives. The Turks behaved disgracefully, fir- - ing on the Red Crossers at every opiiorj tunity. One Australian saw a Turk slash out a long knife at a Red Crosser, who -was carrying a wounded New Zoalander. The narrator put a bullet through the Turk. Another, himself badly wounded, saw a wounded German officer, after receiving the attention of a Red Crosser, shot the latter in the back as he turned away. The narrator managed to crawl to the German, and finished him with the bayonet. Renter mentions that the Australa- . sians should have nt least 41100 injured, the greater number of wounds, however, i being slight, and the men will he in the firing line again -within a mouth, so that the losses are not so great as they seem.