THE DARDANELLES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16462, 14 August 1915, Page 7

THE DARDANELLES

RECENT IMPORTANT ADVANCE.

TURKS , VULNERABLE POIKT DISCOVERED.

LONDON, August 12

The Daily 'telegraph's Rome correspondent states that tbe recent pro= gress of the Allies on (iallipoii is equal in importance to any of the previous successes. The Allies have discovered that the west coast of the peninsula is the vulnerable point in tne Turkish defences, and this will enable a further rapid advance. The Turks are hastily transporting artillery from Bulair against the new front.

TURKS LOSING THEIR MORALE.

TRENCHES MORE EASILY CAP

TURED. LONDON, August 12. Reuter's Cairo correspondent states that the Turks are losing their morale, as pToved by the much easier capture of trenches. Their army orders reveal manifold threats to stimulate their advinve, and their officers are required to pledge themselves to lead unwaveringly.

THE LAST STAND

FEVERISH PREPARATIONS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. NEW YORK, August 12. A United Press correspondent who has visited Turkey says the Turks continue their feverish preparations for a last stand in Constantinople. The best German genius has perfected its defences to the west and the north. A Russian landing on the Black Sea would meet with determined resistance. He adds that 100,000 Christians have constructed the defences, as only Mussulmans are employed in the fighting line. Strategic railways are being constructed in many directions to assist in the defence of Gallipoli, and afterwards of Constantinople.

TURKISH GUNBOAT TORPEDOED. LONDON, August 12. Official -. A British submarine torpedoed the Turkish gunboat Berk-i-Satvet in the Dardanelles. [The Berk-i-Satvefc was a torpodo-gunboat built at Kiel in 1906, of >770 tons displacement, and 22 knots speed, carrying two 4in and several smaller guns, and equipped with three torpedo tube:?.]

TURKISH BATTLESHIP LOST.

WAS IT THE GOEBEN?

LONDON," August 12. The Admiralty announces that British submarines sank a Turkish battleship at -the entrance to the Sea of Marmora on. Sunday, and torpedoed an empty transport in the Dardanelles. The Turks state that the battleship was the Barbarossa. It is surmised in na.val circles that the announcement of the Barbarossa being lost is intended to cover the more serious loss of the Goeben or the Breslau.

TYPHUS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

FEELING AGAINST GERMANS.

(Times and Sydney San Services.) LONDON, August 12. Typhus is Tavaging Constantinople, where 100 deaths are taking place daily. Ismail Bey, a near relative of the Sultan, is among the victims. The Mohammedans have accused the Germans of ■poisoning their cisterns.

QUEENSLAND'S WOUNDED WELCOMED. BRISBANE, August 13. The returned wounded and sick received an enthusiastic welcome. TOWN NEAR SMYRNA BOMBARDED. HEAVY CASUALTIES. MITYLENE, August 13. (Received Aug. 13, at 11.E0 p.m.) British aeroplanes on Tuesday bombarded Idjadik, near Smyrna, destroying the telephone office and eight houses. A British destroyer accompanying the aircraft bombarded the town. The death roll is estimated at 2000. The Governor of Smyrna, believing a general attack was in progress, sent 8000 troops to protect the coast.

GOOD WORK BY SUBMARINE.

AN ENEMY COLUMN SHELLED

MITYLENE. August 13. (Received Aug. 13, at 11.50 p.m.) After sinking the Barbarossa, the submarine drew inshore and shelled a column of troops marching towards Gallipoli, causing heavy casualties.

TURKS DISPERSED BY RUSSIANS.

FLED T3EFORE THE BAYONET.

PETROGRAD, August 12. (Received Aug. 13, at 5.5 p.m.) A Caucasus communique states : We dispersed five companies of Turks, supported by four batteries, in a river valley in the Oltz region. The enemy fled in disorder before a bayonet charge.

A TURKISH ATTACK. ATHENS, August 13. (Received Aug. 13, at 7.5 p.m.) A violent Turkish attack was made on Ati Bnrnn. Three aeroplanes directed the Turkish fjre.

BRESLAU SERIOUSLY DAMAGED

GER.MAN SUBMARINE TRICK,

' COPENHAGEN, August 13. (Received Aug. 13, at 8.5 p.m.) An employee of tlie Constantinople branch of the Danish Salvage Company relates that the Breslau is lying in the Stenia Dock, covered with canvas, hiding yawning holes received in a fight with the Russian warships. The commander ami 20 mon nre reported to have been killed. Only one large German submarine and two of the old types are at Constantinople. The former frequently changes its number, to impress the Turks with the enormous submarine strength in the Turkish waters

THE LATEST SUCCESS.

TRIBUTES BY ITALIAN PRESS. NEW ZEALANDERS AND AUSTRALIANS PRAISED. ROME, August 13. ißeceived Aug. 13, at 10.30 p.m.) The whole of the Italian press praises the valour of the Australians and New Zealanders at Anzac. The Corrie dclla Sera says it is one of the most noteworthy successes of the campaign. II Szccolo says the Australasians' dash and bravery carried the day.

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