THE DARDANELLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 106, 6 May 1915, Page 7

THE DARDANELLES

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS FIERCE BAYONET CHARGES TRIBUTE TO THE RED CROSS SERVICE. (13y Telegraph,— Press Association.— CopyrigUL,) (Received May 6, 9 a.m.) LONDON, sth May. Renter's correspondent at Cairo reports that tho Dardanelles fighting reveals many 6tories of da*h and courage on the part of the Australians and Ncvr s£eatanders. They jumped out of the boats and waded ashore neck deep, and then tool? three ridges in succession in a running fight extending for throe miles. One soldier said .'-""Nothing stopped us. Our big lads lifted the Turks on the ends of their bayonets and hurled j them over their heads. The Turks fan screaming and howling with fear after ' the first rush. Others of oura camo up and helped to storm the ridges and consolidate our new positions. Tho enemy's firo_ of shrapnel, from machineguns, and rifle* was terrific throughout, but our men never wavered. Our casualties were heavy, but very many of the wounds aro slight, and tho men. will reappear in the fighting line in a few weeks.'* Some of the wounded cay the Red Cross worked magnificently. Tho ambulance men were under fire continually, tho Turks making a, dead set against them, and shooting them down, mercilessly. It has been established that the Turks used Duin-dum bullets. The Turks' lowes were enormous, the bayonet rushes doing great slaughter. MESSAGE FROM MITYLENE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS BY THE BRITISH. (TIMES AND SVD.VEr SUN SKRVtCES.) LONDON, sth May. A Mitylene message, which is unconfirmed, if true, indicates substantial progress by the British expedition. The Australasians were operating from the north-west j from a base at Saribair, on tho other side of the peninsula from Maidos. The other British troops were operating from the south-west, with a base at the extremity of the peninsula, whence they were reported on Friday to have advanced five miles. , (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) TURKISH COLUMNS FORCED TO SURRENDER BURNING tJFviLLAGES. ATHENS, sth May. Heavy naval guns are operating with the Army, and have isolated a number of Turkish columns in various points of the peninsula. These have been forced i to surrender" ' J The enemy burns every village he abandons. THE TURKISH ARMY NUMBER OF MEN UNDER ARMS MOVE IN EGYPT TO BE MADE IN JUNE. LONDON. sth May. The Daily Chronicle's Constantinople correspondent states that it is estimated that 800,000 Turks a,re under arms, excluding 200.000 Christians who are digging trenches and constructing roads ancf bridges. Field-Marshal yon. der Goltz commands 100,000 around Adrianople, the Ohataldja line, and Constantinople. Djemal Pasha has 150,000 men treatening Egypt, there are 50,000 and in Bagdad and 180,000 in the Caucasus. General yon Sanders has 70,000 in the Dardanelles, and 35,000 at Smyrna. Pic'-e-l drafts are with the headquarterß at Gallipoli The Turks believe that unless the Allies land 300,000 men it will be impossible to force the Dardanelles. Their chief nervousness is fear that I Bulgaria may co-operato with the Allies. Germans man Fort Hamided, south of | Chanak, and the other forts _ are garrisoned by Turks, with a sprinkling of Germans. _ ( i The campaign ih the Caucasus is stated to have come to a standstill owing to typhus, 150 persons dying daily. Meanwhile, the Egyptian expeditions are absorbing more and more of the Turks' energies. The next attempt in June will be more formidable. A light railway branching off the Hedjad line north-east of Akabah will be finished in six weeks. Howitzers, with German gunners, aro being sent. ANOTHER REQUEST FOR INFORMATION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. LONDON, sth May. In the House of Commons, Mr. Roland M'Neill asked Mr. llarcomi (Secretary of State for the Colonies) whether the Australasians' achievements had been published m Aubtralasia, and if he would give the Bnti&h public an opportunity of appreciating their gallantry. Mr. Harcourt asked that tho question be lepeated to-morrow. (Received May 6. 11 a.m.) LONDON, sth May. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies), m reply to Mr. M'Neill. said he had personally sent congratulatory j telegrams to Australia and New Zealand. Tho publication of details rested with the War Office. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS $UBY BOMBARDMENT OK TF£*FORTIFICATION^ PEITOGKA-i}. sth May. Tho fleet br'i' 1 , „Hcd tho fortifications on tho ri V ink of the Chataldju, position and V Kara. Burtm on the seashore. [ConsUnunc, J© is defended on tile land side by a line of forts, which ex tends acroos the mainland from tho Black Sea. coast to the Sea of Marmora, about thirty miles from the Bosphorus The town of Chataldja. lie» close to the line, and gives it* namo to the whole system of defences, Kara Burnu. or Cape Kara, is on th«v Black Sea coast, thirl v milee west of the Bosphorus.] Turkish Aeroplanes DROP BOMBS WARSHIPS BRING THEM DOWN. (Received May 6, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, sth May. Two Turkish, aeroplanes dropped bombs

doing any harm. The warships brought down both and made prisoner the German aviators.