ALLIES SAID TO BE PROGRESSING AT DARDANELLES.
NAVIGATION IN SEA OF MARMORA CEASES. GERMAN PLENIPOTENTIARY BRINGS SULTAN GOLD. (Received September 13. 9 p.m.) Rome, September 12It is learned from Constantinople that the allies are daily making progress as the result of" intensified attacks on Anafarta. Owing to submarines, navigation in the Sea of Marmora has completely ceased. The Sultan has received the German plenipotentiary. It is believed the latter brought several millions of francs in gold in his baggage. The Turks were informed that his arrival was the precursor of a great German invasion of Italy.
LAST FIVE DAYS VERY CALM. REPORT FROM THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. Wellington, September 13. The High Commissioner has sent the following report from London under date September 12: "At the Dardanelles the last five days have been very calm. The Turks, on several occasions, opened violent artillery actions in the northern zone, but did not leave their trenches. In the southern zone our trench mortars destroyed two little forts, and caused appreciable losses to the enemy."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16022, 14 September 1915, Page 7
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171ALLIES SAID TO BE PROGRESSING AT DARDANELLES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16022, 14 September 1915, Page 7
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