South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-29
0TT0MANS FLEE AT
NIGHT AFTER BATTLE
British Plan to Occupy All of
Peninsula of GaIIipOIi While
French Press Forward to
ConStantinOple.

LONDON. April 29-The capture
OF an entire battalion of Turkish
troops on the Peninsula Of GallipOli,
near the Gulf of Suvla after a violent
battle that lasted all day, is reported
in a dispatch received today from
Athens. Both British and French
troops participated in this engagement
which was fought on Wednesday.
Suvla gulf lies south or Suvla Burnu
on the west coast of the strip of land
which forms the northern shore of
The Dardanelles. The point where this
tight took place is about 10 miles
north of the position which the allies
were reported i'm official dispatches to
have taken up and fortified across the
peninsula. two miles from its south
Crn base.
All dispatches indicate that the sec
end great attempt to force the Oar
danelles is now in full progress. with
the Anglo French forces attacking by
land and by sea. At the same time
extensive operations are reported from
the coast of Asia Minor. where three
werships penetrated the Gulf of
Smyrna on Tuesday and bombarded
the Turkish forts defending the city.
Gain solid FOOthOld
Official advices TO the admiralty
from Vice Admiral John Michael
DerOck. snow thta the allies have at
least gained a solid foOthOld upon the
peninsula Of GalIipOli The British
and their French allies have establish
cd a line OF positions across the Gal
hpOh peninsula from "a point begin
ming near Eski Hissarlik, where they
are supported by about 90 machine
guns and many batteries of cannon
landed from the transports. This is
mixed force. being composed of Brit
ish and French regulars. marines. In
"a M Nrre .T1 L. 4
40 take and consolidate their posi-
lions under a heavy fire from the
Turkish guns. but no credence what
soeVer is placed i'm REPORTS from Con-
StantinOple and Berlin To the effect
that 5000 men of the allied army
were driven into the sea and 1900
others were made prisoners
However. the government has pre-
pared the public mind for news of big
losses from the Dardanelles sphere OF
operations by enumerating the enor-
NOUS difficulties that the allies have
been completed to overcome in the
operations upon the peninsula.
Expect Move ON Forts.
with the southern tip of the penin-
Sula IN the possession of the allies il
Is expected that another concentrated
bombar|ment upon the Turkish forts
lining the DardanelleS is imminent
DispatcheG from Tenedos indicated
that the recent cannonade from the
allied fleet had been of "a desultory
character 10 enable the mine sweep
crs TO operate and clear the way for
The men of war 10 approach the mar
rows.
a squadron from the allied fleet has
been bombarding the Turkish works
at kaba Tepe. on the Aegean sea side
oi the peninsula, TO open the way fOI
land operations at that point.
a Mltylene dispatch 10 the Times
mated Wednesday says that a cannon
ade could be heard from the direction
of the Dardanelles lasting three hours
a dispatch 60 the Express from Sal
onlka reports muuny among the
Turkish officers ON the staff of Field
Marshal Won Der GOltz. eight OF them
lesigniug rather than take part in the
iighting ia the Dardanelles sphere.
ATHENS. April 29-Details Of the
first big land engagement fought bv
the Ansio-French allies and the Turks
IN the Dardanelles sphere of opera
tions We're received here today and
they showed that the British and
French had won clean victory. de-
spite the stubborn resistance Of the
Turks The Turkish losses were
heavy hut the allies also suffered Sc
Nerely m assaults against the Turkish
The battle began at dawn on We'd
nesday and lasted > hours. the Turk
ish forces retiring under cover OF
darkness last night
Although there are some French
troops operating with the British on
the European side of the Dardanelles
the most OF the French have been de
tailed for service against the Turkish
land forces on the ASiatic side Ii is
estimated in some dispatches that
there are only $4,000 Turks on the
PENINSULA of GalipOh. but there are
undoubtedly many more.
The objective of the British Is 70
occupy all OF the peninsula OF CALI
poll. while the French press forward
toward Constantinople along the
southern Httoral OF the straits.
Ships OF the Anglo-French fleet
bombarded Turkish forts on the Oar
danelles. notably Fort kilhd Bahr, FOR
] . hours on Tuesday.
ELEVEN DIE IN WRECK