THE ATTACK ON THE DARDANELLES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2443, 23 April 1915, Page 5

THE ATTACK ON THE DARDANELLES

RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO CO-OPERATE

REPORTED LANDING OF ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS

, , London, 'April 21. An Odessa message says that the Allies are awaiting en expedition from the Black Sea to co-operate in the Dardanelles. They have already increased the stringency of the blockade. —(''Times and Sydney "Sun" Services.) An official message from Berlin states that thirty-five thousand AngloFrench troops havk landed at Mudros (in the island of Lemnos, west of the Dardanelles). It is believed that the action in the Dardanelles is about to be resumed. ' . The Suez Canal has been fortified for its entire length. The strength of the troops is comparatively weak. A new attack is expected in the vicinity of Port Said.

RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS ACTIVE

TEN TURKISH VESSELS SUNK.

. , Petrograd, April 21. Russian torpedo boats at Anatolia, Asia Minor, on April 18 and 19 sank ten Turkish vessels, with ammunition and stores.

The High Commissioner reports:—

. London. April 21, 2.15 p.m. Russian torpedo-boat destroyers in the den bombarded Turkish positions at Arkliane, near the villages of ~c . ui and Vitze.

THE ATTACK ON THE SULTAN OF EGYPT.

Cairo, April 21. Tho Sultan of Egypt's would-be assassin lias been sentenced to denlh

THE SLAV-ITALIAN PROBLEM

ROME NEWSPAPER'S' HINT TO RUSSIA

London, April 21. The Pome newspaper "Ciornajed Italia/' deploring the fact thsjt Pussia has not. explicitly accepted the national Italian programme, states that every problem resolves itself into Italian and Slav, and both countries are seeking H iliHiilit t.-i iif'tllf vp ;ih UHelelbt-lili<Jl»J4 WtHiaii Ihsie and jwwttx "Sua" Services.)*