The Dardanelles.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 431, 10 August 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

Enemy Battleships Torpedoed. Turks Would be Peaceful and Happy If Allah Would Remove Enver. tPBMI AMOCIATION —OOPTBISKX.] (Received 10, 8.40 a.m.) Constantinople, Aug. to. OFFICIAL. The battleship Kheyr ed Din Barbarossa, 9901 10ns, carrying six 1 tin. guns formerly the Kurfurst Friederi c h Wilhelm) has been sunk by an Allied submarine. The majority of the crew were saved. MAORI HAKA STARTLES THE OTTOMAN. London, Aug. 9. A New Zealand officer describes the Mann contingent at. the Dardanelles welcoming the pakchn general by dancing a haka. The perplexed Turks in the trenches a hundred yards auay listened to the bloodthirsty i.ercnade, and the Turkish newspaper “ Tanite ” published a paragraph saving that for the first time in history the Straits had to endure an-attack by cannibals.

Athens, Aug. 9. Arrivals from Smyrna report that the wounded regard Gallipoli as the devil's'own abode. If they are lucky enough to escape from bursting shells, they have still to lace their German taskmaster-,’ revolvers. They were told that the day of triumph was near. Exon if the reported victories are Hue, 'h p y ask what will their triumph be? 1 hey never hated the Ang oFrench, and would cease fighting if Allah would only remove Enver Pasha ;Turkish Minister for War) and his followers.