THE DARDANELLES.
DEFENCES OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
' FBVKKISH PREPARATIONS .BEING MADE. (Received August 13, 8.30 a.m.) NKW YORK, August'l2. ..-_ A United Press correspondent who ; visited Turkey .states that the Turks continue foverish preparations for a - last stand at Constantinople. The best Gorman genius lias perfected the defouc.es on tho west and "north, and a Russian lauding from tho Black Sea will moot/ with a. determined resistance. One hundred thousand Christians constructed the defences, only Mussulmansbeing employed in the fighting line. Strategic ijaihvjiys h;ivr> • been enn-structed-hl-many directions to assist in the defence or' Gallipoli, and t)ie>'tsaftw of Constantinople.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8216, 13 August 1915, Page 4
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95THE DARDANELLES. DEFENCES OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8216, 13 August 1915, Page 4
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