GENERAL ATTACK BY BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS
HEIGHT CARRIED WITH BAYONET NEAR KEITHIA.
NO COUNTERATTACK ATTEMPTED BY TURKS,
(Received May 12. 11.5 p.m.)
Paris, May 12.
An official communique states: "British and French forces in South Gallipoli, supported by the fleet, delivered a general attack on the evening of May 8 on Turkish positions which had been penetrated on the 7th. The troops with remarkable dash and vigour carried several lines of trenches and a height adjoining Krithia with the
bavonet. " "During the 9th they fortified themselves on the ground von The Turks did not attempt to counter-attack."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15916, 13 May 1915, Page 7
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