UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF FIGHTING.
DESTROYER ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA. ENEMY'S SUBMARINES ACTIVE. MERCHANT VESSELS AND DESTROYER SUNK. AMERICAN SHIP ATTACKED. (274 th DAY OF THE WAR.)
THE DARDANELLES. BRITISH ADVANCE. REPORTED CAPTURE OF COMMANDING HILL. NARROWS FORTS BOMBARDED. ATHENS, May 2. The British at Sedd-el-Bahr advanced and captured Karaba Tepeh hill, commanding a large portion of the peninsula. Its capture greatly facilitates the destruction of the Turkish mobile batteries, which have seriously hampered the mine-sweeping. The town of I>ardadeh is reported to have been destroyed. Turkish troops have been concentrated in the vicinity of Maidos. " The fleet violently bombarded tho Nagara forts, whioh did not reply. - A report from Mitylene states, that the purpose of tho French troops, which was to facilitate the British landing at Sedd-el-Bahr, having been achieved, they have re-embarked from Kum Kale for a secret destination, (Received May 3rd, 9.20 p.m.) j ATHENS, May 3. Reliablo advices from Constantinople state that five thousand Turkish wpunded have arrived from the Dardanelles.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15269, 4 May 1915, Page 7
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