The Dardanelles.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

ON CALLIPOLI. ADVANCE OK THE ALLIES. Mi!. BAU'i'I.ETT'S REPORT. Received July ].">, !.».15 p.m. Loudon, July 1"). Mr. A.-lnneiid Ilartlelt reports that a suecesMul advance of our left wing on •luiie twenty-eighth seems to have seriously alarmed the enemy and caused him grave anxiety lor the safety of his right flunk. Having brought up fresh troops, whereof sonic: were raw Asian levies, he has been counter-attacking vigorously ever since, making the most desperate eilorts to recover the lost trenches. EXVER PASHA'S INFLUENCE.

Enver Pasha came from Constantinople to stimulate "the faithful" v.o fresh exertions, and a great banner was hoisted at Achi liaba symbolical of his arrival. There are also dissensions in the Turkish camp, for the generals on the spot have gained experience of the futility of massed counter-attacks against the entrenched Britishers, and they opposed any attempt to recover the. lost ground, arguing that it was better to await our fresh advance, but Enver Pasha insisted on a, .general attack along the whole line. ATTACK FADES AWAY. It is rexr.ted that, thirty fr.e-:h battalions wire engaged in this move. The enemy were particularly severely bandied on our Kit wing, being caugiit between our lield guns, howitzers, and enfilading lire destroyers. In fact, the enemy's massed advances simply faded away before our artillery and accurate infantry lire. In our centre and on our right wing the Turks on occasions sapped up close, and fought on evener terms, but in not a single instance were they able to maintain a lodgment in our trenches. Their artillery was inactive on the 28th, lint apparently received fresh supplies, and lired largely during the last throe days, but their iire was without effect The Asiatic batteries were also active, ami our troops had .a bad time at the beach and the Lancashire landing, but we wcje too well dug in to sillier except frum direct hits.

GALLANTRY OF THE ENEMY. • Our 'officers are loud in their praises of the extreme gallantry and indifference to death shown by the Turkish infantry. Superlative as he proved himself to v .c in defence, his method of attack was crude and wasteful. Ho does not possess a scientific knowledge of carrying out an attack like our infantry. Supported by artillery the Turk is clever at sapping and in the use of bombs, whereof he possesses a large supply, but when he attempts to carry positions at the bayonet point he is invariably beaten with enormous loss. Before attack he masses several battalions in natural features of the ground, under cover and hidden from view. Then tile mass surges forward in irreguiar formation, slowly and without apparent enthusiasm. DEAD LYING IX HUNDREDS. Received July 15, 0.50 p.m. London, July 15. Mr. Bartlett continues:—Our artillery, with early information, concentrates and breaks up the gatherings before they have a chance of leaving cover. Sometimes a few of the bravest and most determined reach our parapet*, only to be shot down, but the majority scatter, leaving the snipers, who causemost of our casualties, in broken ground. The net result of the Turkish efforts has been that an enormous number lias been killed and wounded during the last week. All along our line the dead are lying in hundreds, while thousands of wounded have gone to Constantinople. ' A HAPPY INTERVENTION.

From our standpoint Envcr's in' vention has been a happy inspiration. His activity is possibly only temporary, as he has taken the opportunity of General von Sanders' wound to try his own methods of driving us into the sea. The Turkish recklessness in throwing away thousands of lives points to their having unlimited troops on the peninsula; in fact, it would seem that we are fighting the whole Turkish army, which bus been withdrawn from elsewhere and concentrated at Thrace and Gallipoli. TURKS' DRASTIC ORDERS. From eaptured orders it is, evident that the Turkish commanders are worried by the facility wherewith we have taken trenches in the last two advances. Drastic steps are being taken to prevent a repetition; men are strictly forbidden, to' .retire, and the ollicers arc ordered to shoot them if they do. Any officer refusing to shoot his men will be shot himself. Meanwhile the Turks have constructed four new lines of trenches, of great strength, in front, of our left wim.'. whil.-t men are digging all round Ae!]i Baba and Krithia.

KHITHIA DOMINATED. Athens, July 14. The Allies, after four attacks, occupied two hill- covering Krithia. SOI-DIEH* KEJOICE. Paris, July 14. The "Miir.-ciilnise" was sung all along the front, after (lie successful attack on the Turkish positions. It is cmil'inued thai the British right, in conjunction with the French left, gained important ground, inilicfing heavy losses un the Turks and.Germans. "iTT.KISiI MITICUI.TIKS. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Alliens states" that, anticipating an attack by the Allies' submarines, the Turks have installed defence stations un the European and Asiatic shores of the Sea of Marmora. The Turks arc experiencing difficulty in levictualling the'troops on the Peninsula on account of insull'ieicnt commimication;.- i Tiie Cologne GazeUe unconsciously reveals the tvrannic German methods of governing Turkey. There are German ofilcials throughout the country, and gendarmes'arc guarding the railways at all important points. THE FI.KKT AT "WORK; Athens, duly 14. The fleet is bombarding positions •across the peninsula, including Kilid liahr and tile Asiatic foils. The latter do not reply unle.-s the warship; approach close. " WORKS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Received July 'IS, 8.15 p.m. Paris, July !.">. 1.,. Temps states that the Germans have eonsti'iicted an ,aeroplane repairing workshop at Constantinople, and a dvv ; dock at Stenia .liny to assemble submarine parts received via ISulgaria. They have also a shell factory at Chichli; ' which is almost entirely staffed by Germans.