REPORTED LANDING.
ITALIAN PREPARATIONS. SUCCESSES: EAST AND WEST. SOUTH AFRICAN VICTORY. General Sir lan Hamilton is commander of the Dardanelles expeditionary force. A report from Berlin states that an Anglo-French force of 20,000 has been landed at Enos, a Turkish port on the /Egean Sea. The allied warships have bombarded Turkish positions on Gallipoli Peninsula. The sailing of all Italian trans-Atlantic liners has been suspended, and the vessels have been taken over as auxiliary cruisers and transports. The French report continued progress in Alsace, where their forces are advancing northwards and westwards of the German fortified town of Colmar. The British have repulsed further attacks in Flanders. All shipping between Britain and Holland has been suspended by order of the British authorities. A German submarine shelled a trawler in the North Sea. During the week, out of 1500 arrivals and departures, only one British merchant ship was sunk. The South African forces have won another victory in German South-west Africa.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15900, 24 April 1915, Page 7
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