THE NEW BRITISH LANDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15997, 16 August 1915, Page 7

THE NEW BRITISH LANDING

FOOTING GAINED ON SARI BAIR. RUSSIA'S STAND BEHIND WARSAW v l GERMAN CHECK IN BALTIC. TROOPS DANGEROUSLY SITUATED.

The new landing effected by the allies on the coast of the Gallipoli Peninsula is officially stated in a communique from Paris to be in the region of Suvla Bay, which lies north of the Australasian landing=place. After violent fighting it is reported that the British hare gained a footing on the slopes of Sari Bair. Operations continue to develop at this point, where there is every reason to believe that the New Zalanders' and Australians are engaged. The Australian official correspondent reports that a party of New Zealanders surprised and surrounded a Turkish obserration post while the defenders were asleep, and captured most of the Turks. A French cruiser bombarded and destroyed a German factory at Jaffa, where munitions and boats for the contemplated attack on the Suez Canal were being prepared. In the process of their withdrawal to the new line of defence along the River Bug the Russians have abandoned Sokolow, Siedlce, and Lukow. Their counter=stroke to the German advance is progressing successfully. The Germans have been forced back southeast of Mitau, and are also retreating from Dvinsk. It is reported that the Russians cut the German line between Ponewesh and Vilkomir, north-west of Vilna, causing the Germans to retreat hurriedly from Vilko. mir. The.Russian line now extends from Lomza, 78 miles northeast of Warsaw, to Wlodawa, due south of Brest Litovsk, on the Bug, offering a convex front to the Germans. The Russians are described as being in full command of the situation, while the Germans are short of the men necessary for the prosecution of a campaign further into Russia. Wlodawa was for a short ; time in the hands of the Germans. As this endangered large Russian forces order was given that the town must be —. retaken, and reinforcements accomplished this. ;• "Two Zeppelins dropped bombs on the East Coast of England, killing six civilians and injuring 23. The British Admiralty states that one Zeppelin was probably damaged. ', , A Dutch report states that a single Zeppelin was observed returning to Germany. 'i K. ,' Allied aeroplanes dropped bombs on airsheds near Ghent, .?" With successful results. Another Austrian submarine has been sunk by the Italians. An intense struggle is proceeding in the Cadoric Alps, on the Austro-Italian frontier. Violent Austrian efforts to retake lost positions have failed. The Italians are advancing along the Sexten Valley, which gives access to Eastern Tyrol. Telegrams from Athens announce the meeting of the Greek Parliament, which may be followed by the formation of a Ministry under the Premiership of M. Venizelos, and a material change in the position in the Balkans. M. Venizelos, whose party form a considerable majority of the new Parliament, I favours intervention on the side of the allies.