TURKEY AT WAR
THE DARDANELLES. MR. ASQUITH DENIES RUMOURS. LONDON, June 16. Replying to Mr. Dalzicl in the Houso of Commons, Mr. Asquith said thero was no truth whatever in the constant rumours that tho Allies bad passed through the Dardanelles. Tho operation was of the highest importance, and would be pushed through to a successful conclusion. THE BRESLAU DAMAGED. .ATHENS, .Juno 16. Tho Breslau has been seriously damaged by tho Russian fleet in a recent engagement. Some Turkish torpedoers wero sunk and twelve Turkish officers and eighty sailors wore drowned. CONSTANTINOPLE TO BE DEFENDED. TIM H 3 AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. LONDON, Juno 16. Bucharest reports that tho celebrations at Constantinople commemorating the Turkish capture of tho city in the fifteenth century indicates tho Turkish resolution to defend Constantinople to tile last drop of blood and blot out tho stain of its first political act.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144708, 17 June 1915, Page 3
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146TURKEY AT WAR Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144708, 17 June 1915, Page 3
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