The Dardanelles.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

MORE TRENCHES TAKEN. BRILLIANT FRENCH ATTACK, TURKISH ATTACKS REPULSED. ALLIES' GAINS CONSOLIDATED. Received July 3, 5 p.m. London, July 2. The Press Bureau states:— General Sir lan Hamilton reports that on the afternoon of the 2flt'i hostile columns moving- west from north of Aclii Baba and south from Kilid Balir towards the Turkish right indicated the enemy was preparing a counter-attack on the position captured on the 28th. During the evening two mine galleries in front of our right centre were blown in and afterwards the enemy subjected the trenches for "two hours to heavy rifle, mac'line-gun and some artillery fire. After a lull there was another outburst of tire, and the Turks made a determined attack on our left with the bayonet, which we repulsed witli heavy Turkish loss. The Turks on the southern front made a concentrated attack along the coast. The Wolverine got her searchlight and her gums on the main body and caused heavy loss. The eastern attack was pressed closer under heary artillery, fire, but finally the attack was cheeked iovtv varda from our paiapet. Bomb attacks were intermittent and shelling was continued, but there was no further general attack. T-ie French moved out at 0.30 o'clock next morning, and b.v 7.30 o'clock they had captured a strong- system of entrenchments immediately in front of the left centre, the line which they call the Zuadri lateral. The French bombardment drove out a number of Turks, inflicting much execution during the retreat. Subsequently the trendies prolonging the Zuadri lateral to the south were captured, after more serious fighting, thus rounding off the gains which the French had made on the 21st. The enemy's losses everywhere were considerable, and the cajitured position was consolidated. TURKISH TROOPSHIP SUNK. BRITISH SUBMARINE'S SUCCESS. Received July 4, 3.35 p.m. London, July 3. Reuters Athens correspondent reports that a British submarine sank a steamer | full of troops in the Sea of Marmora. GKRiIUN SUBMARINES. I Received July 5, 12.5 a.m. Athens, July 4. German submarines are in the Golden Horn. WOUNDED COLONIALS. MEN ARRIVE AT FREMANTLE. Received July 4, 5 p.m. Fremantlc, July 3. A steamer has unexpectedly arrived from the Dardanelles en route to New Zealand, conveying thirteen officers and 268 men, siek and wounded. The majority participated in the landing at Gaba Tepe and show visible signs of contact with the enemy, A general char-ic- ' teristic of the men is their cheerfulness. Major Mackenzie, Captains Mitchell ami t Withers, and eight Australian nurses ] loaned to New Zealand are also on board. (The steamer referred to is presumably the A\ illochra, which was due at ' 11'emantle on I<riday, and is expected to reach Wellington about the 11th ' inst.) A NEW ZICA LANDER'S FEAT. Received July 4, 5.5 p.m. London, July 3. The award of the D.S.O. to Lieutenant Cecil I'reyberg, a New Zcalander, serving at the Dardanelles, was for swimming ashore and towing rafts with flares and, although alone, reconnoitring the enemy's position for two hours. Later lie swam back. THE TRUTH BECOMING KNOWN. Copenhagen, July 2. An officer of the mercantile marine who was recently at Constantinople states that "the Turks were at first under the impression that the Allies had failed at the Dardanelles, but now it is manifest that they are slowly gaining ground. Tlis impression was that the Turks could not hold out much longer, and that foreigners assisting ill the defence would have a terrible time if Constantinople capitulated. The Turkish population on the Oallipoli Pen-insula-was on the friendliest terms with the Allies, because, they paid in gold, whereas the Germans paid in paper. The Allies are on the .point of becoming masters of the .Sea of Marmora. TURKS REPULSED. London, July 2. General Sir Tan Hamilton reports that determined Turkish counter-attacks at Achi Baba on .Tune 2!) were repulsed. The French captured a strong system of entrenchments on June 30, when the enemy's losses were very considerable.