THE ASIATIC SIDE.
TURKS PREPARING DEFENCES
LONDON, July 28
The " Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent says arrivals from the Dardanelles .state that the Turks apparently believe the Allies will choose the Asia Minor coast for a new attack, and are feverishly fortifying the shore from Kuni Kale to Bfiba Kalessi. The whole length is being bored with trenches, at which work thousands of Greeks and other Christians are forced to assist. Strong fortifications are being built on this side, and a number of howitzers, from Smyrna have basn placed behind the hills rising from Mendere, and the plain of Troy is heavily entrenched.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8204, 29 July 1915, Page 5
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102THE ASIATIC SIDE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8204, 29 July 1915, Page 5
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