THE ENEMY IN GALLIPOLI

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2479, 4 June 1915, Page 5

THE ENEMY IN GALLIPOLI

250,000 STRONGLY ENTRENCHED • PENINSULA A SHEET OF FLAME r 7 7 t 7 , Athens, June 2. j wo hundred and fifty thousand Turks are perfectly entrenched sji strong posit ions, and with at lcust one German oflicer per unit. I urkish prisoners state that the fire of the warsliips makes tlie peninsula ii sln?ot ol liiinie. J jig attacks, therefore, are confined to tho Jiight, when tlio warships are "ualjlo to fire, for fear of hitting t'lieir own troops. Jho 1 urkish adoption of the German system of massed attacks i 6 responsible tor tlie losses, which are estimated at 100,000 to Saturday. The High Commissioner reports:— , in , . . ~ . . , London, June 2, 11.15 p.m. On Monday close hand-to-hand fighting occurred on our northern front. In the northern section, in our position iu front of Quinn's Post, two saps of the enemy were rushed by tho British, with tho intention of filling them m but heavy bombing by the enemy checked the work, one party having to fall back. The other, party still holds its position between the firing line and that of the enemy; This action necessitated heavy artillery support the enemy replying vigorously, regardless of expense. Throughout the fitting the enemy lost heavily. southern section the Turks repeatedly attacked the Frenoh rHit on Monday and Tuesday, twice jeoooupying the fort which the latter captured on May 2!). On both occasions the enemy was driven out, the new French front remaining intact." TREACHEROUS ATTACKS ON RED CROSS MEN London, June 2. Router s Agent at Cairo states that the reports of the fighting on tho Gallipoli Peninsula in newly-arrived papers state that the Australasians aro very cheerful and speak glowingly of their pride in the part they plaved in , gr° a t ngbt. are proud to have been chosen for a task the success of which depended entirely upon their extraordinary dash and daring When tho wounded heard of tho rejoicings in Australia and New Zealand t-'ier cheered and cried: "We are going to do better when we get back." ... Red Gross Heroes. All speak highly of the Red Cross men, who moved about absolutely fearlessly. Many brave men fell while attending the wounded, and their ccmrades declare that all of them deserve the Victoria Cross. The fire was appa ling, yot tho Red Cross men moved in the open, never thinkinc of tlioir own lives. fa .The Turks behaved disgracefully, firing on the Red Cross at every opportunity. Olio Australian saw a Turk takeout a long knift against a Red Cross man carrying a wounded New Zealander. The narrator put his bayonet through the Turk. J c " Another, himself badly wounded, saw a wounded German officer, after receiving attention from a Red Cross man, shoot tho latter in the back as 10 turned away. The narrator managed to crawl to the German, and finished lum with tho bayonet. . . One of the participants said that he saw two New Zealanders cliasinir eleven lurks, who, with terror-stricken faces, howled and wailed. Renter mentions that the Australasians should have had four thousand injured ; a great number, however, wore only sligbtlv hurt, and would lie in the firm? line again within a month, so the losses wore not "reat as • they r,ught seem. " J THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CAUCASUS Tho High Commissioner reports:— ut ii n London, Juno 2, 1.40 p.m. . Caucasus, in tho direction of Olti, Russian patrols repulsed t'ho lurkish outposts at Akha and Todon. In the region of Van, in the vallev of .Vlanghelaft, the Turks were forced to retire."