SUCCESSFUL LAND ATTACK.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15268, 3 May 1915, Page 7

SUCCESSFUL LAND ATTACK.

ALLIES FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.

NEW ZEALANDERS FIERCELY ENGAGED.

BOLD OFFENSIVE AND STUBBORN

DEFENCE.

NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN

CASUALTIES.

THE LANDING.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

SIX POINTS ATTACKED.

AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEA-

LANDEKS TOGETHER

FORCES VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED.

SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS MADE.

The High Commissioner reports: — LONDON, April 30 (11.20 p.m.) At the Dardanelles, the disembarkation of the Army began before sunrise on Sunday, April 25th. ' . Six different beaches were used in tho operation, which, was covered by the whole of the Allied Fleet. Tho landing was immediately successful at five beaches, although it was opposed with vigour by the stronglyentrenched enemy, whose successive lines of trenches were protected by barbed wire entanglements—in some places fifty yards wide-supported by artillery. ' >' .■„. , On tho sixth "beach, near bedd-el-Bahr, our troops could not advance until tho evening, when a fine attack by British infantry in the direction ot Gape Tekehi relieved the pressure on their front. • The arrangements for landins were concerted with the utmost detail between tho Fleet and the Army. The result of the first day's operations was the establishment of strong British, Australasian, and French forces tit three main points, namely, Australian and New Zealand troops on the lower slopes of Sari-Uair to the north of Gaba Tepe, Bntieh troops at Cape Tekeh, Cape Helles, and near Morto Bay, and the French on the Asiatic shore at -Kum Kale, after a gallant attack, towards the village of Yeni Shehr. In the afternoon, strong counter-at-tacks by the enemy began hard fighting. The disembarkation of tho Army proceeded continuously, favoured by good weather. At daybreak on Monday, the enemy were still holding the village, and a position at Sedd-el-Bahr, which has a labyrinth of caves, ruins, trenches, pits and barbed wire entanglements. Aided by the gunfire of the Fleet, this position' was stormed by tho British in a frontal attack through undamaged wire entanglements. Sedd-el-Bahr was taken about two o'clock in the afternoon. Four pompoms were captured. The situation at this end of tho peninsula is thus definitely secured, and tho disembarkation of the French and British forces is proceeding. On Tuesday morn'ms. after repulsing a Turkish attnek upon the left towards Capo Holies, the Allies advanced, and at S o'clock in the evening were established on an entrenched line from a point two miles north of Cape Pekeh to a small plateau above the Detetth battery. From this line an advance has since been made to the neighbourhood of Krithia.