THE WAR ON GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2500, 29 June 1915, Page 5

THE WAR ON GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

TURKISH PRISONERS ARRIVE AT CAIRO By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright riii London, June 26. I luce tnoiisa ud I urkisli prisoners have arrived at Cairo. Many are J!".''lill1 ill' 1 " and were only given a week's training bol'ore going to the P n ." relates that after he had lircd his rifle for the first timo a sergeant look it Irom him Iho officers loudly praise the courage and shooting of the Allies. Thev thaiiklully accepted of tobacco and water from the Allies' wounded while being escorted to the beach. Most of tho prisoners declare that they did not want to fight, hut that utey had to obey their officers. They regard it as Germany's war. Thoy admit heavy losses, two regiments being almost destroyed on the south front, whilst others were terribly mauled. They had sufficient food and cartridges, -but little heavy gun ammunition. THE GERMAN FORCES IN THE DARDANELLES. ffiec. June 28, 6 p.m.) ti,„ in? i c l r, , London, Juno 27. n i frankfurter Zeitung states that the German forces in tho Dardanelles do not exceed thirty officers and five hundred men. BRITISH "TIN-FISH'' AT CONSTANTINOPLE STORY OF BRITISH SUBMARINE'S VISIT. v (Rec. June 29, 0.40 a.m.) THi el u C of i Constantinople, describing tie visit of the British Submarine running hither raz g r "^( a(i6 sllot "'to i' l ® harbour, and people began wX »-h wi d - tl,,the ?-- Sold , iersoll transports fired their rifles at the uatei whi.e others jumped into the sea, or on to tho quav. a stoaufer with wounded StaraboUl ' While Mt to pro°eS d buf tofeeftW'" "h™ 3 "" 6 all ° Wcd 3 traMpo ' t "' ith WOlmded Marmo^^W^ o^'! 15 ! 1 bumped around the Sea of B ' slltms an ythmg, until Sunday morning, ien outouo Constantinople wo saw a big gunboat and gave lier 'tin' fisli' ° "We siVhted mll ". ltes ' As s h o heoled she opened fire and hitlour periscope. i . slght i d a steamer on the Monday, and stopped her. A Yankee corcuTslw, 1°", > a bl "i f ' but "' G oXilmine d l' er found a six-inch board, so we ble "he" 1 qUantlty of teavy on , riTefl'^ti^r2^» ng n TO ot^ n T 1 Constantinople "on 'Tuesday and » nk a t r alls P° rt » alld the other exploded asl ore. and f,m,rf' S' a «er passing tho Narrows, wo rose, to the surface, and found a mine hanging over the boats. We chucked it- off' sniaYtly." '