THE NEW ZEALANDERS.

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

THE NEW ZEALANDERS.

A BOLI> ADVANCE. MAXY ATTACKS REPELLED. Meanwhile the Australian and NewZealand troops at Sari-Bair, who had pushed on with .the utmost boldness alter landing on Sunday, had been engaged almost constantly mth the enemy, who made strong repeated counter-attacks, which were invariably repulsed. The Australian and New Zealand

troops fought with fine spirit and determination. Early on Tuesday morning a fresh Turkish division launched an attack against Sari-Bair, preceded by heavy artillery fire. A hot engagement followed. The enemy came on boldly, time after time, but the Australian and New Zealand troops defeated every attempt, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon had resumed tho offensive. The French troops at Kum Kalo wero also four times strongly counterattacked on Monday, hut retained all their positions. Fivo hundred Turks, who, in tho course of many of these counter-attacks, wero cut off by tho firo of tho Fleet, wero made prisoners. Tho operation of landing tho Army in the face of modern weapons, and in enito of. wiro entanglements under tho sea as woll as on tho land, mines, and deep pits with spikes at tho bottom, has thus been accomplished. The Admiralty reports that tho Fleet is filled with intense admiration at the achievements of their military comrades.