COLONIALS CALM UNDER FIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15930, 29 May 1915, Page 7

COLONIALS CALM UNDER FIRE.

BATTLESHIP MAJESTIC SUNK. ■ i —■ EXPLOIT OF BRITISH SUBMARINE IN CONSTANTINOPLE HARBOUR. EXPLOSION AT SHEERNESS. TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

Reports from Athens state that the allies operating from Secid<el'Bahr, in the sonth of the Gallipoli Peninsula, have advanced six miles, and now hold a fortified line from Rrithia to Vchi Baba. A daring advance by New Zealanders, in cooperation with Australians, to an advanced position, is reported by Mr. C. £. W. Bean, the Commonwealth official correspondent. Under a hail of shrapnel the colonials carried out the operation, according to Mr. Bean's words, " as calmly as though they were in Egypt. The loss of a second battleship in the Dardanelles operations has quickly followed that of H.M.S. Triumph. The Admiralty announce that H.M.S. Majestic was torpedoed anil sunk by an enemy submarine on Thursday morning while supporting the amy in Gallipoli. Nearly all the officers and men were saved. „ The British submarine EM, after torpedoing two Turkish ships in the Sea of Marmora, entered the harbour of Con* stantinople and discharged a torpedo against the main arsenal,. It is also reported that a French submarine torpedoed a Turkish destroyer not far from Constantinople. There has been hot fighting in the region north of Arras, resulting in further successes to the allies. A cemetery east of A Main St. Nazaire, where the enemy has been strongly established, was captured. « A Dome communique states that the Italians have occupied another Austrian town. Heavy losses have been inflicted on the enemy. ..■',,.' ■ The auxiliary ship Princess Irene, which was utilised as a minc4ayer, was blown up in Sheerness Harbour as the result of an accidental explosion. A large number of rentiers and , dock workers were aboard the vessel, in addition to the crew. Estimates of the death roll vary from 200' to 400. It is officially announced that Admiral Sir Henry Bradwar* dine Jackson has been appointed First Sea Lord in succession to Lord Fisher. » Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson, a former Sea Lord, is to remain at the Admiralty in an advisory capacity;