New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-19
Sc0tchmen Take 100
Yards of Ground at
kritha.Nu1lah.
BRITISH LOSE
FEWER THAN 50
Bonar Law Declares Gov
ernment Will Act on
Military Opinion.

London, Nov. lS.-The arrival Of
Lord Kitchener, British Secretary
for War, in the near East has ap.
parently aroused the British troops
on the Gallipoli Peninsula TO re-
newed activity.
Scottish troops, aided by two
British monitors and cruiser,
have captured Turkish trenches and
consolidated them, suffering rela-
lively slight casualties-fewer than
Atty men killed or wounded. The
Turks lost at least seventy men
killed in the fighting and thirty
others buried In the trenches, blown
up in sapping operations.
The British war council, which
has been visiting France, has re-
turned to London, after having ef-
fected a closer working contact be-
tween the Entente allies.
Lord Lansdowne, speaking for the
British Cabinet in the House Of
Lords, declared that the visit Of the
council was the most important step
yet taken to bring about such an
end. It is said that an accord was
reached on all diplomatic military
and naval questions.
Andrew Bonsr Law, Secretary
for the Colonies, speaking In the
House of Commons, said with refer
ence to the Dardanelles campaign
that the government would be in
fluenced solely by the best military
opinion. and believed that to be the
wisest course.
It transpired to-day during the
debate in the House Of Lords that
General Sir Charles Monro, the re-
Gently appointed commander in
.hief in the Dardanelles, has already
given his opinion as to what should
be the future policy with regard TO
the Gallipoli campaign, and Lord
Ribblesdale, who introduced the sub
iect, said that he understood that
the report Of the general favored
withdrawal. The Marquis of Lans-
downe replied that the report and
the evidence accompanying it were
not considered sufficient to enable
the government to come to a conclu-
sion.
The statement had hardly been
made when the War Office issued an
account of a successful British at
tack on the Turkish trenches on
either side of the Krithia Nullah,
which led to the belief that Lord
Kitchener, who is on the peninsula,
and who went out after General
Monro's report had been received,
had decided to persist in the opera
tions. -
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
The British official statement fo''
lows:
In the Dardanelles the 52d Divis'on
carried out a very successful asesef
on tho Turkish trenches on the lesF
instant for which careful prepsn
tions had been in progress for
considerable time.
Three mines were exploded sue
cessfully under the enemy's trenches
in the neighborhood Of the Krithia
nullah at 8 p. m. and the infantry.
pushing forward Immediately after,
captured about 100 yards Of trenches
an the east of the nullah and 120
wards or It's west.
The captured trenches were at once
consolidated and bombing parties
pushed on up 20 the Communication
trenches ard erected barbados.
simultaneously with the assault our
artillery opened on the enemy's re-
serve support trenches, TIVE 14-inch
monitors and H. NJ. s. Edgar (cruiser)
cooperating, and maintained their
fire until the position was reported
consolidated at about 8 p. m.
The enemy's batteries replied heav-
lily, but very errstically. and did little
damage. The Turks in the neigh
boring trenches. who fred heavily,
were caught By machine gun and
rifle fire and bombs and suffered
considerably, their fire becoming very
wild.
No attempt At counter-attack was
made until the night Of November
1917, when it was easily rspuised::
Our casualties were under fifty killed
and wounded. over seventy dead were
seen in the captured position, and
wounded prisoner reports that oyer
thirty were buried by the explosion
OF one mine.
The units employed were pornons<
of the 4th and 7th Royal Scots, tne
Sth and sth Scottish Rifles and tnS
AYRSHIRE Yoemsnry, ell OF the 1901"
Brigade.
Two Unpleasant Topics.
"Two topics have been raised M vn,cn
are not pleasant 10 think or tsin sSvSr
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