THE DARDANELLES.

Evening Star, Issue 15909, 15 September 1915, Page 8

THE DARDANELLES.

ENEMY SUBMARINE SUNK. PARIS, September 14.. JReceived September 15, at 9.40 a.m.) A telegram from Athens states that a iquadron of French, torpedoers patrolling between Tenedos and Mitylene sank a German submarine. "ANNIE OF ASIA" PUT OUT OF ACTION. ATHENS, September 14. (Received September 15, at 8.50 a.m.) Allied warships effectively bombarded .ihe Asiatic batteries at the Dardanelles, and it is anticipated that the Allies' encampments on Galiipoli will be securer in future from bombardment from that quarter. TURKS TIRED OF WAR, '" THEIR SUSPICIONS OF GERMANY. London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun* Services. LONDON, September 14. ' The- TimesV correspondent at Mitylene reports that signs of internal discord in Constantinople are multiplying. The resignation of the Sheik-ul-Islam is known to have been due to his disapproval of the rontirmance of the war, and it is stated -that his feeling is shared by most of the Mussulman clergy in Turkey, who have always viewed with misgiving the irreligious tendencies of the Young Turks. The Governor and Mayor of Constantinople have been restored owing to alarm at the •sufferings of the people. • TJio recall of the Turkish Ambassador ,in Berlin is stated to have been "due to the Kaiser's peremptory demand, because .he reported confidentially to the Porte that Germany and Austria "were in the last .'stages of exhaustion, and that the first .serious reverse at arras would be the signal .for utter collapse, and for counsellincr • moderation on the part of Turkey, poin£ •■intr out that, in the event of Germany beintr defeated, she would seek indulgence for iierself at the expense of her allies. this advice had. some effect, 'because the persecution of Greeks was relaxed and large numbers were .set at .liberty. RUMOR GROWS APACE. WISH FATHER TO THOUGHT. ' .■ LONDON, September 14. (Received September 15, at 8.25 a.m.) Reuter's Athens correspondent reports hat Focha, in Asia Minor, is in flames, (t is believed the Turks, are destroying' ihe coast towns and retiring to the ir£ terior in anticipation of the fall of the Dardanelles. AN ASSASSINATION. SOFIA, September 14. "• (Received September 15, at 8.50 a.m.) An attempt to assassinate Hadji Alii .Vili at Adrianople .failed, but his 12-year-old eon was killed. The murder is believed to be a Turkish act of vengeance. RUMANIAN AMBITIONS AFTER RUSSIAN REVERSES. London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun' Serrioea. LONDON, September 14. j A league for the liberation of Bessarabia is starting a campaign to awaken Rumania to the instinct of national preservation. Professors, doctors, lawyers, and journalists are joining the league. [Bessarabia is the Russian Black Sea province lying between the Dniester and the Pruth, the latter river forming the boundary between Russia and Rumania. There' is a large Rumanian element in its population.] ALONG THE SERETH. GERMANY'S LOSSES. . ROME, September 14. (Received September 15, at 9.15 a.m.) Von Lissingen's armies in six days' fighting in Galicia lost 32,000 men. taken prisoner, 60,000 killed and wounded, 73 cannon, and 110 machine guns. THE TYROL PASSES. ITALY'S WONDERFUL ALPINI. London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun' Serrioei. LONDON, September 14. 'The Times's' correspondent on the Italian front refers to the astonishing feats of the Alpini. They scaled places at Tofana and Monte Cristallo roped tor gether, and hauled up guns which now can sweep the valleys. The enemy maintain a precarious foothold on the Val Travenanzes, beyond the , Tofana ridges,' where they are preparing . for the winter. They brought up material to build huts, but these were barely . finished when the Italian guns destroyed the greater part of the new encampment. this is a desultory and dis- ■ jointed species of warfare, but really •■ each movement is carefully linked up to form part of a definite plan. | JOFFRE'S BUSY GUNS. PARIS. September 14. (Received September 15, at 8.40 a.m.) A communique states : Artillery actions . continue. Our batteries at Bois do Monmare silenced the enemy's machine guns " and made effective practice on certain ' salients in, the German line.

OUR TOTAL CASUALTIES TO END OF AUGUST. LONDON, September 14. . (Received September 15, at 9.40 a.m.) In. the House of Commons Mr Tennant, Under Secretary of War, announced that the British casualties to August 29 were : Ki11ed.—4,965 officers and 70.992 men. Wounded—s,972 officers and 241,086 men. Missing.—l,sol officers and 53,466 mon. THE ZEPPELINS. A SOLITARY RAIDER DOES NO HARM. LONDON, September 14. (Received September 15, at 9.20 a.m.) Official : A Zeppelin visited the east coast last night and dropped bombs. Our stationary and mobile anti-aircraft guns were brought into action. Neither casualties nor damage resulted from the visit. FRENCH STEAMER'S SURVIVORS. LONDON, September 14. (Received September.ls, at 8.50 a.m.) A further batch of 16 persons from the torpedoed French steamer Ville de Mostaganens have been saved, leaving five still missing.