New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-05
Repel Counter Attacks
with Great Loss to Turks
and Push On.
NEW FORCE LANDS
IN ASIA MINOR
Allies Disembark at EpheSus-
Governor of Smyrna Said To
Be Ready to Surrender.
fnr c,hl. 70 III Trihnne

London, May 4-The British landing
columns are pushing their offensive
against the Turkish forces in the in
terror Of the Gallipoi Peninsula in
their campaign 70 capture the forts
protecting the European side Of the
Dardanelles, according 10 official an
nouncements issued here tonight by
the War Office and Admiralty.
Throughout Saturday and Sunday
nights. the War Office says, the Turks
launched strong and determined at
tacks In mass against the British posi-
tions. constantly bringing up fresh
troops TO the assault. The British,
after repulsing every attack, and in
ficting enormous losses on the Turkish
columns. suddenly charged and drove
the opposing forces out OF their posi-
tions. The invading forces then start
ed on their advance into the interior.
War Office Reticent.
The War Office statement does not
mention whether this phase of the oper-
ations is the work of the force when
established itself across the end Of the
peninsula from Eski Hissarlik TO the
Egean. the Australian and New Lea-
land troops which were reported as
fighting their way toward the strait
from Sari Bair, near the coast but
further up the narrow tongue Of land,
or the detachment which Berlin an
nounced was attacking the city of CALI
poll, near the entrance of the Sea OF
Marmora.
In the mean time, according to dis
patches from Mitylene, the warships OF
the Allies are keeping up an incessant
pounding against the forts Of the
strait.
Ono message from this source says
that Allied troops have landed near the
site of ancient Ephesus, $50 miles from
the Dardanelles and 80 miles down the
coast from Smyrna.
The fortresses around the latter city
are being bombarded by an Allied
squadron, according TO another Nifty
lene dispatch. while a telegram from
Athens says that the Governor of
Smyrna has entered into fresh negotia-
tions with the Allies for the surrender
Of the town. There is nothing in the
messages to indicate whether the bonn
bardment preceded the reported nego-
tiations or followed their failure.
Petrograd announces officially that
| the Russian Black Sea feet yesterday
bombarded the Notifications on the
right flank of the Tchataljs position
and a post on the Kara-Burnu littoral
The official version of the fighting on
the Gallipoli Peninsula, issued to-day
| from Constantinople, says:
ITO increase the limited extent of
[ ground he held near Aviburnu the
enemy yesterday attempted new ad-
vance on his left wing, but by our
counter attacks he was first driven
back, with heavy losses, into very
rocky valleys and afterward to the
coast.
Battleship Damaged.
an the meantime our artillery caused
a fire on board one of the transports,
after which other transports quickly
retired.
"The British warship Agamemnon,
which attempted TO shell Bulair, was
struck yesterday by four shells and
obliged to retire, being no longer able
to FIRE"
Mail dispatches from Kilid Bahr
show that the first series Of attacks on
the Dardanelles forts by the allied
feet, which ended March l8, did ex-
tremely little damage. Almost all the
guns struck, a correspondent with the
! Turkish army says, were repaired at
once. The masonry of the forts suf
fered only slightly, and the big guns
| Of the British battleship Queen Eliza
| beth did little more than plough up
! the earthwork facings.