The Dardanelles

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 308, 7 June 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles

SUCCESS BY COLONIALS. SUMMIT OF KRiTiflA KKACHEi) "S ib.re ALLIES' POSITION CONSOLIDATEI bt its Received June 7, 12.10 a.m. , , Athens, .June fi. as The lurks, on Monduy, vigorously 'i tackrd the Australians 011 the heighl 1111 of ICrithia, and a violent battle lastc lie twelve hours. After the Australia counter-attack the Turks abandoned ti: .summit. Tho Australians' victory coi solidated the Allies' position on tlic pei 'k insula. Ie trench warfare. ho _ 82 | S) COLONIALS' POSITION" rMPREGb- NIABLE. ENEMY SNIPERS ACTIVE. ® Received Juno 0, 3.20 pan. , London, Juno 5. " Tcnedos reports that night attach on the Australian trenches continue, Mll m the daytime, apart from shrapnel, the cuemy-K main activity is confined to cloverly coik-o<tUhl snipers. Tiie Australian position is impregnable. They have dug themselves Ln much against their own inclination, but |. lin.vo resigned themselves to trench war- [, fare. The enemy maintains at nightB time a constant aimless fusillade with . the intention, presumably, to forestal s anv advance 011 our part. 'Parties of snipers crawl past the Bri- , tisn and French lines, and hide in trees or empty trenches, and snipe isolated ofheers and then rob them. Some were caught with their pockets full of British and French money. ATTACK ON THE TURKS. COMBINED ASSAULT BEGUN. (Received June C, 2 p.m. London, June 5. A combined general assault on the Turkish positions at Gallipoli has begun. HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES. COLONIALS DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES. Received June fi, 2.15 p.m. Athens, June 0. , Tho Australasians particularly distinguished themselves fighting for the heights of Krithia. The Turkish casualties were ten thousand. The Turks obtained a twelve bonus' armistice to bury their dead." REINFORCEMENTS FOR ALLIES. •London. June 4. A message from Mitvlene states that ,i. German aeroplane bombed Mihltos, in

' the Island of I.cmnos, Eighteen ' Zouaves were killed or wounded. The 5 Allies' reinforcements continue to disembark on the JeninsulfC. j. i-sjy,