GREAT ATTACK.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 6379, 8 May 1915, Page 5

GREAT ATTACK.

Sombre and Magnificent.

T'h=_ s.ene at tin height of the engagement w** .-otnHro nl' magnificent. We c-mli-fee djvvn the coast asf>r as Seddul Bthr. Three warships blazed away. On shore the rifle and miciine g m rat'lo was incessin', and the h lis wi;e.abliz3 from shell fire, whilo mases of troops were on the beaches waiting to tike their pla-fs in the frenche*. TVs gre.t atfa-.k lasted for two hairs. We received messages th »t the ships' fire was inflicting awful bosses on the

enemy. A fist bfijonot and pudden ch irge was male bv the colonial*, before which the Turks br ke ar.d fled, amidst a p-rfect torrent of shells from tho ships. - The Turks fell brick sul!ei and checked. They kept up an incessant fire throughout the day, but the c dor.ia's were now dug in". j S im'_ prisoners were ciptured by the Australimn*, inihi liqaf offi_ers, who siid the Turk* wero becoming deni r alised bv the gunfire and the Germans hal difficulty ia getting them to attack DESPERATE FIGHTING. Rec May 8, 2.2 a m Athens, May 7 The Abies captuted the he;ghts facing Suaudere Fort. The A lie* are advancing steadily, and are devoting their attention to a section between G tbatepe aid Seddul Bahr. The Turks were reinforced by a division and desperate fighting is in progress, the Allies endeavouring to prevent the reinforcements junctijniag with the other Turkish forces. The looses on both sides are heavy. Three Russian airmen bombed Constantinople, inflicting considerable damage. The Toll of War. Rec May 8, 2.2 a m Sydney, May-8 Lieut. W. Hodgs ;n, who was wounded in tbe Dardineiles figh ing, has succumbed. Two hundred and thirtv five men were wounded. Bridge Destroyed. Athens. May 7 \s the result ot a British avi-tor destroying a bridge at l'anderta, communication with Smyrna and toe Dardanelles is interrupted and the transport of troops and supplies is hampered. FRENCH CREATE DIVERSION. Rec May 8, 10 5 am Paiis, May 7 Official—A regiment of colonial infantry on April 25 wi h a battery of seventy fivtrs, which was ordered to create a diversion on the Asiatic shore, landed at Kumkales-i under protection of the guns o. the French irhiis. . The disembarkation was carried out under good conditions. The force marched to Kenishehi and a fierce fight begun at nig-litand continued the following day. The Turks, who were in greatly tuperior numbers, suffered heavily and a few hundred were taken prisoners. The re-embarkation of the troops was effected ou the night of the 2fit,h_ with the support of the warships. Meanwh'le large force landed at Gi lipoli.