DARDANELLES LAND FORCES.

Northern Advocate, 23 April 1915, Page 5

DARDANELLES LAND FORCES.

TWENTY THOUSAND AT ENOS.

FLEET BOMBARDMENT

WITHIN THE STRAITS.

TURKISH TROOPS DISPERSED

NORTH OF PERSIAN GULF.

Having in view co-operation wish the combined squadron in forcing the Dardanelles, 20,000 Brutish and French troops have been landed at Enos, to the north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Tihc. Amies' sV!ps and Turkish batteries In the Straits are exchanging a furious cannonade.

The capture of Hill 80 by the British has deprived the Germans of any screen for an adjacent hilL known as Zandpoudre, and regarded as the key of Flanders. The exploding of Hill 00 by British sappers made "the biggest crater on record." The Germans fought with great valiance, but were outmatched hy the tenacity of the British and even, tually broke down utterly,under the strain. x ■' '

Property in Britain belonging t6 Germans will be kept available for disposal as deemed advisable after ihe war. Its value is estimated at $ 84,000,000.

>ot satisfied with firing shells at a fishing trawler, the Germans on a submarine made a similar target of the crew who had taken to the boats.

••.'.Considerable damage was done by Allies' airmen to the German airship shed at Ghent.

Twenty-four of the Royal Field Artillery were drowned in connection with the -Tanitou transport incident, and it is feared that 27 others who are missing met with a similar Me.

The fight at Shaiba, in Mesopotamia, from the direction of the Persian Gulf, resulted disastrously for the Turks, who fled In disorderly rabble, losing' 2500 in killed nud wounded and 515 in prisoners. The country for 18 miles round has been cleared of their presence.