AT THE DARDANELLES.
FURTHER ADVANCE MADE
AUSTRALASIANS DO FINE WORK
TURKS SUFFER ENORMOUS
LOSSSES
FLEET RESUMES BOMBARDMENT
A GIGANTIC CLOUD OF SMOKE
ATHENS, May 4. The majority of the vital points of the Dardanelles defences are invested.
The Australians and New Zealanders fought magnificently against the welleq nipped enemy. The night fighting has been particularly hot. A pall of smoke 20 miles long overhanr(; the straits. LONDON, May 4. | The Press Bureau states that on Saturday and Sunday nights the enemy made strong and determined attacks en masse against the Allies' position at Gallipoli," and constantly brought up fresh-troops. All the attacks were repulsed, with enormous (losses 'to the enemy. The Allies have assumed the offensive, and are advancing into the interior. The 'Evening News' " correspondent at Athens states that the A^ies are making a furious onslaught on the Turkish positions, and are steadily advancing and establishing themselves solidly hi their new positions. ATHENS, May 4. The Allies' warships have resumei the bombardment of the 'Dardanelles and the Smyrna forts. ~
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20347, 6 May 1915, Page 6
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170AT THE DARDANELLES. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20347, 6 May 1915, Page 6
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