THE DARDANELLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144713, 23 June 1915, Page 3

THE DARDANELLES.

VIGOROUS TURKISH ATTACKS. ON AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS, RSI’ELEED WITH GREAT LOSS'. (Received June 2.3, 8.10 a.m.) LONDON. June 22. Router’s correspondent in the Dardanelles, under date Hay 22, says lie visited trenches of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps which repelled the Turkish attack on tlie-lSth. The opposed lines .are,mostly from 50 to 200 yards apart. The scone can only lie viewed by a periscope, and even then one must lie prepared lo have the instrument .smashed by snipers’ fire directly they see it. The Turirish cleat! are everywliei e a lew yards from the Uvnches, in some places too ,tliick io count. The fighting was hottest in two parts of tile trenches railed Quinn's Post and Tile Pope's Head. The latter is a-bill •150 ft. high, forming an island in tho line of trenches, separated by a deep gully on each side from the rest of the lino. This is’a paradise for Turkish snipers. The attack began at midnight with a bombardment oi unprecedented vigour witli shells of all calibres. It was literally impossible to put a bead out of the dugoiits till the bail of shrapnel abated, I’m the damage was slight,' .Heavy rifle i lire followed, and at 3. o'clock in tiro morning there was an attack in force on tho whole line. The main objective was Quinn’s Post. At some points tho Turks reached the trenches and were shot down. Many were, actually killed in the trenches. The attacks were repeated at short intervals witli tho same disastrous results. The enemy made a last grand attack at mid-day on tho 19th. There was another thundering bombardment by’ every typo of projectile, but our casualties "wore singularly few. The Turks again gallantly attacked Quinn’s Post, but withered away before the blast of rifle and Maxim fire. Prisoners said that the Turks brought up a fresh division for this attack. Apparently halt wero sacrificed. After the battle a Turkish ofliccr, with a doctor and stretcher-bearers, appeared facing tho Australian and Now Zealand trenches. Tho Australian divisional commander went out and mot them. They asked for an armistice to remove tho dead and wounded. As night was approaching and the enemy s trenches wore seen bristling with double rows of armed yueu, tho divisional commander said ho had no power to arrange an armistice, and suggested that tho Turks should renew tho application in the morning. Meanwhile ho would resume hostilities in ton minutes. Thereupon tho party withdrew. Apparently the Turks intended to take advantage of the suspension of artillery fire to mass mem in tho trenches. Later, under cover of tho humanitarian activity of tho doctors in tho space between tho lines, masses advanced with fixed bayonets behind a screen of soldiers .without weapons who held up their hands as if to surrender. Tho Australians detected tho ruse and rifles and gnus spoke all along tho line, and tho Turks paid dearly* for tho attempt to abuse tho Red Cross flag.

GALLIPOLI. BOMBARDED.

GREAT DAMAGE REPORTED (Received Jane 23, 8.55 a.m.) PARIS, June 22. . A dispatch to Lo Journal dos Dobats sa.vs that tho Allied fleets on Monday bombarded Gallipoli. There were immense flames in different parts of tho town, and it was'believed that tho munition docks and several ■ military warehouses were on firo. THE ACHI BABA POSITION. A SMALL GIBRALTAR. ALEXANDRIA. Juno 22. Further wounded "men have arrived from Cape Hellos and.Gaba Tone. They describe Aohi Baba, as a small Gibraltar. If- tho British soldiers held the position it would never be taken. Tho Turks, during an attack on May 18, wore warned that if they wavered and attempted to retire they would bo annihilated by their own machine-guns.-Tho first lino flung itself on tho ground a hundred yards from tho Australian and New Zealand trenches, .ind maintained a hot rifle fire. The second lino came on at tho double, and passed through them. Tho first line then rose and followed, tho, whole coming on in closo formation, with" bayonets fixed. Our guns mot thorn at point-blank range with terrible effect. British reinforcements are continually arriving at Gallipoli and important headway is now expected. LONDON, June 21. An Australian at the Dardanelles writes:—Tho Turks seem to bo making their last desperate stand before their eviction from Europe, and tho fighting has become one continuous battle, day and night. Wo are more like spectators than anything else. The wily Turk very seldom shows himself outside his trenches, and is dug in so Skilfully that artillery has not much effect. There is one hill whore tho Turks have been entrencehd since tho Start. Wo have covered it with shells, knocked lumps off it, and raked it for days, and when wo ceased the Turk came out with his six-inch guns and spit at us.

THE ROLL OF HONOUR. NEW ZEALAND LOSSES. DEATHS PROM WOUNDS. Wellington, June 22. Casualty list No. 83, issued to-night at 11.30, is:'— DIED O*F WOUNDS. (On hospital ship Silicia, Juno 7-15). Canterbury Battalion. Private William Alexander Lockwood Private Herbert David Manning. Private M‘Arthur.

Auckland Battalion. Private Herbert Howe. Private Hugh Latimer Tuke. Wellington Battalion. Private Roderick Bethunc. Auckland Battalion. Private Albert Anker. Private Horace James Jemmett. Private Alfred John Pcoroal. Private Reginald Frederick Morton. Private Ernest Gordon Guillaume. Auckland Mounted Rifles. Trooper Charles John Victor Munn. Canterbury’ Battalion. Private Alfred Henry Turner. Private Robert'Louis Forbes. Private John Ludwig Ziegler. Private Frank George AVaghorn, Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Trooper Frederick William Kerr. Divisional Signal Corps. Private CH\-o Napier Cargill. Wellington .Mounted Rifles. Trooper Aaron Anderson Clarke. A FURTHER LIST. WELLINGTON, Juno 23. DIED OF WOUNDS ON HOSPITAL SHIP. Divisional Signal Corps. Private C. T. Cargill (June 15). DIED OF WOUNDS IN EGYPTIAN HOSPITAL. Wellington Mounted Rifles, Trooper W. Clarke (June 20). WOUNDED ARRI VED AT MALTA. Auckland Battalion. Lance-Corporal A. E. Adams. Private A. Aislabie. Private 11. Adams. Private H. Bates. Private G. M. Bambery. Private J. Butterworth. Private E. J. Burgess. Private C. J. Clnridgc. Private G. J. Cotlingham. Private C. 0. Dawes. Private J. A. Dunn. * Private 11. G. Farnall. Private T. A. Gemming. Private W. F. Hamilton. Private P. Hcnncssy. Private W. J. Johansen. Sergeant E. R. Johnston. Private C. Jarvis. Private W. M‘Kay. Private R. Merrick. Private IV. J. J. M'Laughlin, Private T. Mather. Private W. A. Mills. Private P. O’Brien. Private W. B. Osborne. Private S. M. Purdic. Private N. Veart. , Private L. Robertsbaw. Private G. N. Quarrio. Private C. L. Reeves. * Private D, K. Stewart. Corporal S. T. Soddon. Private V. J. Stiehbury. Private F. P. Underwood. Private W. Barnard. Private E. Battcnsby. Private A. V. Cullen. Private L. C. ColquhoUn, Private P. H. Chandler. Private N. H. Cowley. Private E. F. G. Crisp. Sergeant H. E. Calano. Sergeant A. E. Ceakloy. Bugler L. H. Dos Forges. Private J. Duncan. Private, S. L. Diugloy. Private S. T. Dawson. Lance-Corporal T. Dale. Corporal A. B. Fordyco. Private S. J. C. Graydon (not previously reported). Private G. Hodgson. Private A. L. Kirk. Private R. H. Marshall. Private J. S. Mills. Corporal D. O’Brien. Lance-Corporal J. N. Pattullo. Private S. Pemberton. Private J. Read. Private E. C. Nees. Private A. Ridgcrs. Private J. P. Stompsou. Private G. P. Sband. Private W. G. Utting, Sergeant D. A. Vincent. Corporal P. Warbrick (not previously reported). Corporal J. Willis. Sergeant A. K. Weston, Corporal A. Whitham. Private S. C. Wells. Private A. J. Walton. Sergeant G. W. Wright. Private W. E- Williams. Auckland Mounted Regiment. Trooper G. Kingdom Otago Infantry Battalion. Corporal R. A. Savage. FIT FOR SERVICE, AND PROCEEDING TO EGYPT. Private P. Lawson. Corporal P. T. Mullen (not previously reported). Auckland Battalion. - Private O. Green (not previously reported). Private N. Matbeson (not previously reported). Private J. Martin. Private O. Pullman. Private F. J. Ruano (transferred from Canterbury Battalion). Private P. Ryan. Private E. O. Simpcringhnm. Private M. Vincent. INVALIDED AND'LEFT FOR ENGLAND. Private T. W. Cnthbertson. Sergeant J. G. Gasparich. Sergeant H. N. Hall. Private H. Jones. Private J. J. Morris. Private R. Page. Corporal H. G.'Wilcox. Auckland Mounted Rifles. Private A. G. Duftell. Trooper C. H. Finlayson. ARRIVED AT MALTA. Tho following have arrived nt Malta: Auckland Battalion. Private H. Seed. Private A. Todd. Private N. Godkin. Private P. Silva. Private E. Hopstroff. REPORTED WOUNDED. Tho following aro reported wounded: Canterbury Battalion. Private S. L. Andrews. Private R. Brown. Private A. G. Dix. Private R. K. B. Brosuan. Sergeant A. H. Guy. • Wellington Battalion. Private R. Cogar. Otago Battalion. Private D. Connell. Private R. Leisbman. Divisional Train. Driver. C. Hopkins,

DIED OP WOUNDS. ‘Canterbury Battalion. Private J. P. Nolan {Juno 7). Wellington Battalion. Private J. E. Hastings (Juno 7). Private N. J. H. Strawbridgo (Juno 7). Pick! Ambulance Corps. Private H. W. Paterson (June 7). KILLED IN ACTION. Field Ambulance Corps. Private J. W. Bennett (Juno 11).Auckland Battalion. Private W. W. Webb (Juno 11). Private J. Huflcy. (June 2). Private H. Williams (Juno 4). Private F. Gibbons (June, 4). Private J. A. Harp (June 5). Private J. M. Johnson (Juno 5).