FIERCE BATTLE REPORTED IN SUVLA BAY.
ENTIRE TUBKISI BATTALION CAPTURED.
AUSTRALIANS INSTAL BATTERIES ALONG COAST.
Athens, April. 20.
Reports have been received here of a fierce battle on Wednesday at Suvla Bay, on the Saros coast of the Peninsula of Gallipoli. The Turks sustained heavy losses in the fighting, and the allies captured an entire battalion.
It is reported from Volo, on the east coast of Greece, that a portion of the Australian troops participating in the Dardanelles operations disembarked on Tuesday and immediately installed their batteries along the coast.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15906, 1 May 1915, Page 7
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90FIERCE BATTLE REPORTED IN SUVLA BAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15906, 1 May 1915, Page 7
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