The Dardanelles

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles

BOMBARDMENT BY ALLIES. Ti'!! K iSi! <'AMI' WSI'KIISKD. I.e e.\. d ■' 11. V L l I. i',2.-i I',.in. Atilci!-. duly •>! Ti:c A.ii.'d -ynaoron on Tue-day hoineai'ded several I'O.nis in tin- (.ill)' of Adrann, and di-per-cd a Turkish i ain|inieiit. A d!riti-h de-troyer bombarded Aivall liarraeks. w iiit-ii tin* Turks abandoned.

TURKS" OPTIMISM. A IIkAVY (ASUALTY I'.frT. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Loudon, .July "2(1. A Cairo message states that a European who left Constantinople on July :f reports that ,">O,OOO Turks arc wounded at Constantinople, besides those at Adrianople, Smyrna, the Dardanelles, ami ports on the Sea of Marmora. The proportion of the killed is high. The heavy casualties are the only cause for anxiety which the leaders admit: their optimism is otherwise undiminished Until disaster overtakes the Turks the position of the leaders seems secure. Food is fairly abundant, with the exception of rice. Shopkeepers have been ordered to surrender silk stockings, laee, feminine underclothing, and false hair, presumably for the benefit of the female friends of the (lerman officers. Much newly-coined gold lias arrived at Constantinople, and the chief officials are believed to have been paid till the middle of June.