, 1915-05-05

with intense satisfaction | bear of the sue
cess which III the face Of determined re is
lance, has attended the colnbiued naval and
military operations in the Dardnnelles.
PIeose convey to all ranks, including those
Of our Allies, my hearty congratulate ions on
this splendid achievements,
An official statement announces TINT salts
factory progress is being made in the opera
tious in the Dardanelles aud is more moder-
ate than the unofficial and contradictory
accounts in the evening papers. Six puiuts.
were selected i0l landings, which commenced
at daylight on Sunday and az five points
were immediately successful, bat uear
Seddul Bahr the troops were unable to
advance until the evening. The Australians
and New ZealandoIs landed on the West coast
OF the GuljpoIi peninsula, across from the
fortified narroWs. Other British troops had
disembarked at the extreme end Of the per
iDsulu by Wednesday, when it Hps decide /
to give the mel a rest and time to enable the
positions TO be conso idated. The French took
possession Of Cape Kun Kale after they had
previously attacked towards Yenikenj Sh lr.
to the south Oh the Asia Minor olst. While
this was proceeding, the fleet, besides covel-
ing the landing Of the troops, bpmbsrded
the forts ia the Dardanelles and prevented re-
Inducements from arriving from the SEN Of
MamoIa. One Turkish troopship was suuk
by The Queen Elizabeth, 1t is believed by
firing her great guns across the Gallipoli
peninsula directed b. ailmen, and another
troopship was sunk eff MnIdos, which place
the battIesAip "Iriumph' iater bomblrded
and set on fire, five hundred prisoners being
taken by the Allies, having been cut IF ~
the fire from the ships.
A semi. weekly despatch from Field Mar
sha! Sir John French states "The sitAtion
I., ,,t oloDraJ 1Ili,0 In. lot E,,tr. o;,Ek
hours. The neiehboulhood of Ypres has
been the scene Of great artillery activity,
but throughout this period there were no
other operations as far Hs the Britieh army
was concerned. On our immediate left the
French made couuter-attaeks on Friday,
supported by our artillery which made sem
sibIe progress. Or Friday a German nero
plane which was fired ut by our guns, was
brought down in our lines east OF Hprcs.
Successful mining operations have been ear
ried out southwest of Nytschaed and the
neighboulhood OF GiYenchy-
The Admiralty in Il sta emeDt says that tie
lumour that German warship s had lombard
ed Dunkilk probably originated IN misrend-
ing the French communicate. The sholtns
OF Dunkirk is now reported by aerial recon
nuisance to have been from land guns, n}Al1
n reconnaissance was made by the British also
tOOstend, which was fOun to be cleared of alb
important craft. A taube aeroplone appear
ed TO- 900 feet mp, but when three miles OF
il was chased by u naval ueroplaue and forced
to retire.
The correspondent of the "Times" in
Northern France states that the trst
she'll fell in Dunkirk on Thursday after
noon, almost simultaneously three Ger
man aeroplnnes being seen to be lowering
overhead. and soon other shells came IN
quick succession, indicating that the Ger
mans had brought their big guns into range
and that the fire was being directed by the
airmen. The bombardment continued for
80 minutes, during which the Inhabitants
hid in cellars or fed. The military autholi-
ties of Dunkirk were powerless to reply to
the enemy's big guns. whose whereabouts
were unknown, but they opened a furious
fire on the aeroplanes and drove them off.
On Friday morning all was quiet and the
bombardment had not been renewed up to
noon.
Passengers who have arrived in London
from France say that the shells which fell ia
Dunkirk were Of large cnlibie and Supposed
Nv came from guns seventeen miles inland,
An Englishman who was III the town during
the bombardment says that the German ar
tllerv cot the range quickly and that the
rO - In+orvolc. of five r,ibIfa, o,,v