TURKEY'S LAST STRUGGLE

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13329, 31 July 1915, Page 5

TURKEY'S LAST STRUGGLE

THE MINOR. THINGS THAT COUNT. SUCCESS OP CONSIDERABLE STBAtEGIC IMPOETANCE : • STRONG TURKISH POSITION .CAPTUEED, Received Jul? 30,. 8.30 p.to. \ v . ' LONDON, July 30. • Eeuter's Dardanelles correspondent states: "Between: days/of big tilings ■\ve are now getting little affairs of ooimderablo strategic significance from :i liltie work. ' •

■Front a commanding gully has maintained'an irritating, fire since llif" lllli ripnnVri' sector qf our now |n;«ili(m. ; l'li!ft had'fo'bo stoWd.' The TVmirii (iVs (mured a heavy lire, and ■Mien in Jh.e■ hiding .sunshine -willi the dlisl 'hi Hie"ffali I ,'. the iucii eliiir'ged' mid brilliantly- captured the I,l'isilioii-.. There were heavy enemy losses.;. ;. • - '..' The three hundred yards of trenches I'oiiiiinjj i'lie enceinte in our new'line weir so'paekcdwith Turkish dead that I liev wore Tills is a- section Ihat-was'talceh and lost-'.several times during the last big effort, The* enemy a rtillery was ■ very, active. during .the as•sault:'"" -.-•'. A«. .'• 'f- '.';'. .;.

: TI6KTING AN UNsiBiGN TOE, • > DANGER AND COMEDY OE TRENCH WABFAHE THE TIGHT FOE APHI 818 I Rpff-iwl July 30,. 8.(50 p.m. LONDON, July 30 .Tlit! Exchange Telegraph .Company's' eonespomlpiil .it |lip Dnidanellcs mitt": Tn tlni nivisililp \mi, n man silting An tin' liif;l]nst nlwmhon point can sf( nothing ol ilie to, alHio]i£fh lip. kiiimi llyit /lipip die comities', nipn fiml pus umlpi Ins voiy evos Dewiiliiiifi the Infllp of Achi Balia liq ?nys;—"A long , Irlialu line )gnps out c£ liolps, (hinges a black gap a few .rnids ahead, nfid - .ilisippcai? The jnen have simply gone fioiii oue'liblu into another, 'but it means a? captured tnn,. n l> ' . I ' I

lengthen 'tKcii*range n | seep'lul tre'iich is tushed in till 4 sumo way, yet not Tlivlt is, visible. t v ' , Theie if> )iq 'such-luxury as resting after a sojoui'n in t'lie trcnalios, Thord is rifle fiic, men come to flic rear nnil tlioip follows sholl the from nil calibres from Aehi Balm In "the Asiatic Coast, , ENDURANCE AND ORGANISATION' OPERATIONS CONDUCTED' UNDER ADVERSE "CONDITIONS. j TTME FOR GENERAL ADVANCE • : AT HAND. ' ;■■■ Received July HI), f) p.m. 1 The Excliimgo Telegraph 'Company 's correspondent continues: . The Turk ftuiift always "pot" at • (Itn Mfisli iships entering ami loavmpf tho linrltour. ... v.< . •' The' Allies are fif.liio.vinrj woiHlerif by ; patience; endurance, a,nil-■■ organisa-tion;-The naval .win;,' continues smashing the.-, villages, ami- wrecking t'he giijis, Jmt jliis is ewiitially n land campaign: • .Operations innv. malto some .-progress slowly,, tout < a-, visit, ■ reveals"what' ah. immense«. organisation • .'W-'flCMmplish while jighliiigjoii a -firntfr (.fooling.) Th'o precipitous'cHll's at Ihe landing stage wfijohfiiiodc.tile name.ol ! :the.Auplrala's-. inns- famous fail*to,arouse .woiulerincnt after, seeing- tlxis 'gi ; ea't /network '.of •oV .ganisajtion.,.'Defecto ;in • ; , organintion would lie. fatal■ in- this trene'lr'.warfare,.: . It. is, .a.; (jliestion whetheivthe; snows and', frost-bite of •.Flanders''.are ndt' minor ills .when, compared with this enervating heat and sunstroke;. The men ' out .before the fighting begins. • f- ■

'.■ The Turk, prisoners, are dejected; This is n hopeful.'.sign,- and if' Uio: Allies can. now- press their advantage,.; final success'is .assured,.-- . ■

THE FIGHT AT 'QUINN'S POST, -MASSED TURKISH 6 ARTILLERY. ■ vIN DEFENCE; COLONIALS' EFFECTIVE' MINING OPERATIONS.' Received -July 30, 9.50 p.in, ' ' SYDNEY, July 30! ; ■ Captain 8ean,.... cabling from Gaba Tepa on the 19th July, says: "We are faced' by from' forty to fifty 'guns. About;half; offiiem are fourteen ;to I fifteen pounders,.and the rest four, five, 'six, .'and eight pomi'devs. Occasionally there are.ten and eleven, inch era, with a sprinkling of lighter guns, H whose positions can be rapidly changed;; and which can be placed within a few hundred yards of our trenches "and quiekty remover],' There are also ancient mortars, iliuging twelve inch bombs, The, amount, of tunnelling-done by the ■ Australians 1 and New Zealanders may be judged by the fact that. Itipy have already blown. Bp seventceji mines on- ground opposing .Qiiinii's. Post, in almost every ease destroying a Turkish tunnel.. \

■ The ;'New Zenlanders in one day threw,s7o bombs from Quinn's. Post, which, 'the engineers have recently altered out of all recognition."' .'.

AEROPLANE ATTACK .ON SMYRNA GAfIWOHIIS AND RETJ3OI- DEPOT DESTROYED. Bwivoil Jtilv 30/ UMiV.junv ' MITYLENE, July no. TW Turks hnvr;' f-viilmifk 'oblaiiiiyl largo snpjilics nf heavy armmiiiiUoi] enabling-them 'in keep iin fi- sitslniiici] ■artilloVy ■firi 1 ; V; ■' ' ■' . lv «n PrtMivli 'fiovofMfi*; again.-: atlackod Smyrna, ilosl rnyinjr t)ie gasworks and i'lie pdrol ilppol. ■ THE BATTLE 0E NASIRIYEII.; 1 TURKS RETREAT TWENTY-FIVB ■ MILES; ■

LONDON, July 2fl;: The-Press .Bureau'states that as a result of the action at Nasiriyeh on the Euphrates on Hie iMlh, the Turks have relrealed"2o in ties, Their, casualties' were LTiOfl, whereof 11 were officers and fi!10 prisoners..'- Our own ensuo'lties were 564, inchulini? 137 killed andNriiss-' ing, ~ . ■' • . ■•.

ON THE PENINSULA, ■; A SOLDIER'B EXHORTATION, ALLIED FORCE FIRMLY ' ESTABLISHED. • ' LONDON, July 2!), . ' Renter's coiTOspondeui. witli the Moditerraiiean expedition quotes'a battalion wlin, an (hey were, crouehinii' in a 'dug-out wafehing the shells lmi'sling, said: '.For goodness sflke toll \ihe people' nt Home what ; a iremowloiß proposition we are up against," .

Renter's correspondent continues that, by dogged.determination and -homevic courage the Allies are no longer "holding' on by the skin of their teeth," but a supreme task lies ahead of them. Fire has ravished the soil, whiehis'furrowed as though it had been- the scene-of a a Titanic ploughing competition. In every acre .there 'are fragments of. shell which aggregate, iron enough to' build a battleship, There lies a trackless waste ever which barbed wire of enormous gauge trails, across the scorched yellow 'stubble overy. dozen yards 'tali mile 3up the roast., , ■ -The. Australians'-and New Zealanders are holding a. wonderful cliff, perchedlike an enclave,• which .compels"-the Turk's "to maintain at" least two divisions to counter..a permanent thrust at their communications, <•- '

' The. Turks are being abundantly fed, which" is a great factor in sustaining war"; worthiness,- 'Prisoners, admit weariness, but. say that Hie Turks am still■'(•oiiviiiefM that, England has con : .spired to betray Diem, to JJussia. They still ■i , «'g!ivi'l''tli('''!iui.ioxfllinn :if bai'Me,slii|is building in i'lii|r|aiid'as an iicf,' : of piracy, while they. view.. Germany ,as a hi'ii'ofnetqr lor "'iv.iiij; theiii I lie .'Gnnbeii'iiinl Breslaii ■ au'd'■■ sending , submarines to a tine k (he Allies': warships.' v : .: