Evening star., 1915-06-23
Allies Report Substantial Sue
cesses on the GallipoIi
Peninsula.
FRENCH TROOPS BEAR
BRUNT OF THE FIGHTING
Thousand Moslems Believed to Have
Been Killed in Fierce Fight on
Evening of June 10.

LoNbON, Juno 2S.-Substantial sue
cess has been achieved by the allied
forces operating against the Turkish
forces on the Gallipoli peninsula, ac-
cording to an official statement from
the headquarters of the Mediterranean
expeditionary force. 1t says:
AFTER twenty-four hours Of heavy
and continuous fighting sustained sue
cess has been achieved. AS already re-
ported, the battle of June and re-
suited In a good advance Of the center
to which neither the right nor the left
was able to conform. the reason being
that the Turkish positions on the front
age tanks are naturally strong and
exceedingly we'll fortified.
French Seize Trenches.
"At 4:3o o'clock yesterday (date not
given). Gen. Gouraud commander OF
the French expeditionary force) began
an attack upon the line of the for
midable works which run along he
reves Dere. BY noon the I'd French
Division had stormed and captured ali
the Turkish first and second line
trenches opposite their front. including
the famous Harecourt Cot redoubt, with
it's subsidiary maze of entanglements
and communication trenches.
"On their right the first French division.
after fierce fighting, also took the TURKISH
trenches opposite their front, but were
counter attacked SO heavily that they
were forced to fall back. Again this di-
vision attacked and storIned the position
and again were driven out.
British Get in Action.
"Ihe bombardment Of the Turkish left
was resumed, the British guns and
howitzers lending their aid to the French
artillery as in the previous attack At
about o'clock in the evening a fine at
tack was launched. Six hundred yards
of the Turkish first line trenches were
taken, and. despite heavy counter attacks
during the night, especially at 3 80 am,
all the captured positions are still in our
hands,
"The enemy lost very heavily. One
Turkish battalion coming up to reinforce
was spotted by an aeroplane and prac-
tically wiped out by the '75s before the
men could scatter.
Show Contempt for Danger.
THE elan and contempt of danger
showed by the young French drafts
Of the last contingent, averaging per-
haps twenty years OF age. was much
admired by all.
During the hghtins the French bat
tleship St. Louis did excellent service
against the Asiatic batteries.
Between and o'clock in the even
ing of June 19 the Turks expended
some $50 high explosive shells on our
left and center trenches and were seen
massing for an attack. The enemy 8
heart failed themand the attack de-
generated into a fire action.
Hard Fight for Trench.
"At 7:30 o'clock one Of our brigades
attacked a Turkish trench. but were
unsuccessful, and the Turks in coun-
ter attacks effected a lodgment in their
lines at an awkward salient captured
by US on the 4th.
LAS the brigade was unable to re-
cover the lost trench, the 5th Royal
Scots, assisted by a company Of the
Worcester regiment, came to their help.
This attack was ably organized and
brilliantly carried out to a successful
issue.
"Prisoners state that the Turks ex-
pected that their bombardment with
high explosives would have cleared us
out altogether and were much dlsap-
pointed at so little impression being
made, though the trenches were much
damaged.
The Turkish dead are estimated at
800 in front of one brigade alone and
1000 In all parts is a low estimate"