THE DARDANELLES

Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES

A GREAT VICTORY. THE WHITE GURKHAS. TREBLED THE AREA GAINED. London, August 11. Sir lan Hamilton reports that th*e gallantry and dash of the .Australians and New Zealanders have trebted the area held. AT KRITHIA. GOOD ADVANCE MADE. Received August 13, 1.45 a.m. Athens, August 12. The Allies' offensive is concentrated »long the whole front of the Krithia sector. On t'ho seventh we captured two trenches of great importance. An artillery duel with Aclii Baba continues with great activity. TURKS DEPRESSED. TURKEY TIRING OF CAMPAIGN. Soflia, August 11. Since the return of Youssouf Izzedin. the Turkish Jim apparent, from the Dardanelles the Turks have been increasingly depressed. Outside the. Committee of Cjuion of Progress and thejr immediate friends, there are many signs that Turkey is tiring of the campaign and that there is an increasing enmity towards the Germans. There is a possibility of the resistance on the Gallipoli Peninsula soon coming to an end. London, August 11. The Press Bureau states that Sir lan Hamilton reports that severe fighting continued yesterday on the Gallipoii Peninsula, mainly at Ansae, in the northern zone. 'The positions occupied vvere slightly varied in places and the general result is that the aiva held at Anzac has been nearly treb'ed, owing chiefly to the gallantry and dash of the Australian and New" Zealand Army Corps. No further progress ' has betn made to the north. The troops inflict ed heavy losses. It is reported that the French battleship St. Louis put out of action five out of six guns in the Asiatic batteries. TURKISH STATEMENT. Constantinople, August 11. The Turkish Minister of War, in an interview, said the Allies had landed 50,000 troops at the Dardanelles.