THE DARDANELLES

Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES

DELAYED NEWS. TURKS ATT'YCV AT ANZAC. Received Dec. !>, f1.20 p.m. Sydney, Dec. fl. Captain Bean cabled, on date November 20, that the Turks, probably uncertain whether we. were wif"dr:i\Ying from tin; Peninsula, attacked the Anzac position, at the point where we arc nearest the summit on the main ridge, using bombs. None o>" the Turk-, reached our trenches. The enemy losse-; were possibly sixty, and eras k - »vp, nil.

GENERAL MACKENSEN AT GALUPOLI. TURKEY'S INTERNAL DISSENSIONS. MORE LARGE GUNS BROUGHT THROUGH. Received Dec. !». 0.20 p.m. Rome,. Deo. 0. General Mackensen has arrived at Constantinople incognito, bent on dominating tile internal situation, which iz causing anxiety, and seeking to reconcile Talaat Bey and Enver Pasiio. General Mackensen visited the Oallipoli front, to which n number of )2in. guns have been sent. They were brought to Constantinople by the first through train from Germany. Four thousand secret agents are assisting General Mackensen.

TURKISH REPORT. CLAIMS MINOR SUCCESSES. Received Dec. If), 12.5;" i a.m. Constantinople. Dec. !). A communique says that a six hours' vigorous attack on Monday enabled us to approach the enemy's main position, and prevented the enemy establishing himself in fortified- positions at Kettelawarah. In artillery duels at Sedd-ul-Bahr, Anafarta, and Ariburmi we destroyed some trenches.