THE DARDANELLES.

Mataura Ensign, 13 January 1916, Page 4

THE DARDANELLES.

TURKS’ ATTACK AT HELL.ES. or It. KV.VCrATIOX OPERATION’S. Received January .13. S.ii a.m., LONDON.. Jan.j2. ■ ■ Oenerat "??iv "CT 'Afollro (in oommaiul of I lie Alediterraneau. • Expeditionary Force) reports “Tin- Turks ht tempted a heavy attack on our lines at Cape Holies On. January 7. Alter lour hound intense . bombardment in ibe afternoon they '*-nrang two mine- near the Western Birdcage. and Fusilier Bluff and a quaiv ter of an Hour later men with jixeil hayonets appeared all along Our frouts The Turkish officers were sceuyendeavs oring to make the men assault, - hut were, only successful opposite Fifth Avenue and Fusilier Bluff. The' ’Staffordshirc.t completely repulsed’ the 1 afiriek, a large proportion of the Turks, being killed ami wounded. ■ Our casualties during the attack were live of- ! : fleers ami TlO men killed and- wound-'' ed. Our naval lire on the left dank also caused considerable Turkish losses. “The evacuation operations • were • f|iiie|ly and successfully re-, timed af night. There was a calm sea 'tintil The afiernooii of .January S, when the-wea-ther .suddenly became worse. The wimd ’ increased to .‘Fi miles' an hour at midnight and it tv:is only just, possible-to use the piers, lighters being'iiupossible to carry out the programme; ‘ \Ve embarked the troops tmon destroyers alongside sunken shins at W Peach ow- ‘ ing to the connecting piers beirw. washed away. Enibai kation ,'at, (hillr; Beach was also impossible,- One- lighter;; went aohore l)tu .nevertheless the programme at W and-A’ Beaches was- completed at- ~.‘,1 0 a.m. The troops at Onllv Be ic-h embarked at 4 a.m. . v

"The Turkish artillery was ly silent during tho whole night until our stores were sot on lire shriultant*-. ously by time fuses after the ovaenation had been completed. The. Turk* then fired red lights all along th> liije and' heavily shelled the • beachex an<l trenches until after daybreak.. The. French Xavy carried oiit the French embarkation."

AUSTRALA JANS 'AT CALLIPOLjL... "NO DEED.-. MORE MARYKLLOr^ 4 ' Received January 12, S.JO a.m; LONDON. Jan.? 2. Mr SoinPrs Cox, presiding a; ?i'r George Reid',- '(ex-Ili«b Comn.issiroer for Australia and now I'nioitLst niemoe'r for St. 'George's, Hanover Square) meetieg nf Caxto-i Hall, said'that iSir George Reid would be welcomed as th«*. representative ef the wonderful Australians, and New Zealandcns mlio had wrought deeds i>uiv mat vo ! Jcu.x ih.'n any ever recorded in the military h'story of any country in the world. Lm'd Kitchener '.Minister for AYar) after his; visit. to Gallipoli !;;>d told Rt'. Hon. Walter Long ''President of the 'Local •f.'c)vernme«*r Hoard) that although he had access to reports, confidential letter* and photographs he had not.'realised' unii] he visited the snot what th& difficulties really were. Sir George Reid rVci*-red' thai his platform consisted of three iiist, the war; second, the wh-de war: third, nothing but the "war. He added that Lord' Kitchener had told him {hat. he could not. liav* 1 - believed iJiai■■ ■ t.h» conditions at Gallipoli which were so terribly difficult and .jo overwhelming in their nature could'hai'e been Mir*mounfeil.