WAR ON TURKEY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 473, 16 August 1915, Page 8

WAR ON TURKEY.

FURTHER SUCCESS AT THE DARDANELLES. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENTS PARIS, August 14. Aii official announcement about the Dardanelles operations says:— "Since the 6th, the British have successfully landed in the region of Suvla Bay, and made further progress at Gaba Tepe, where, after violent fighting, they gained a footing on the slopes of Sari Bair, taking prisoner over 650 men and capturing- nine machine-guns. The operations continue to develop at this point. . "Turkish efforts to break our line in the south failed. Since the 7th [operations on the French front ! have been principally artillery duels, ! to our advantage. LONDON, August 14. A Berlin wireless message "belittles the recent landings of the French and British on Gallipoli. It mentions that 1500 landed in Suvla Bay and attempted to outflank the position at Ari Burnu, but were repulsed. [Suvla Bay is about five miles north of Gaba Tepe. ,Sari Bair is between four and five miles to the east, and about the same distance from Gaba Tepe.] SHELLING OF JAFFA. FRENCH CRUISER'S EFFORT. PARIS, August 14. A statement issued by the Minister of Marine says that on August 12, after giving the Turkish Governor adequate notice to enable the neighbourhood to be evacuated, a French cruiser bombarded and destroyed a Germany factory at Jaffa, where munitions and boats were being turned out, destined for an attack on the Suez Canal. IN THE CAUCASUS. TURKISH OFFENSIVE SMASHED. PETROGRAD, August 14. The following official report has been issued:— The Turks twice assumed the offensive along the whole front in the Passin Valley. We allowed them to approach to two hundred yards, and then twice repulsed them with enormous losses, capturing six officers and one hundred and thirty men. Our cavalry had several successes. One Cossack captured a patrol of seven men. A SMART RAID. NEW ZEALANDERS' SUCCESS. SYDNEY, August 14. Captain Bean, writing on July 3, describes two minor expeditions to

demolish Turkish observation posts. One at Gaba Tepe, by a hundred Australians, failed owing to the strong defence of barbed wire entanglements. The other party, New Zealanders, landed at a point north of Anzac and found the whole crew of the observation station asleep. Amongst them were several gendarmes in smart blue uniforms. Two escaped and 15 were captured. It was the most successful little raid that has been accomplished.