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ALLIES ARE LANDING
TROOPS FOR ATTACK
ON THEDARDANELLES
"a szsiss' -
All Indications Point
to Strong Attack on
Forts.
DUEL IS FOUGHT
Turkish Batteries Around
Enos Cannonade Warships
Protecting Land Force.

| Berlin, Germany (via wireless to
lle)-The Tages Zeitung today
publishes a special despatch. the or
lglnal OF which, however, is not given
saying that 10000 British and
French troops have been landed near
Enos. in European Turkey on the
north side Of the gulf of Saros Heavy
cannonading took place between the
Turkish batteries around Enos and
the warships of the Allies.
dispatch received in Berlin from
Athens says that great activity has
been noted among British forces on
he island of Lemnos, which lies to
the west of the entrance to the
Dardanelles. Troops on transports
are arriving daily at Lemnos from
Alexandria. Egypt; the censorship is
more rigid and all indications point
to strong movement against the
Dardaneles at an early date.
British Defeat in Africa.
Official news from German East
Africa of the defeat of the British
forces on January Is and 10, In
two days battle at a point near
Jasslni, has just reached Berlin. The
British forces lost some 200 men in
killed. Their total casualties amount
ed to about 700. These include the
capture of four companies of men.
Three hundred and fifty rifles, one
machine gun and 10000 rounds of
ammunition fell into the hands of
the Geramns The loss to the Ger
mans was seven officers and eleven
men killed and 3S wounded.
Malta island. off the ocast of Ger
n net A ft.ia {1I I,v
the British on January 10th
Means Biggest Attack Yet
The above dispatch concerning ope
ations in Turkey indicates that land
and sea attack on the Dardanelles,
on larger scale than at any time
since the allies began the effort to
win Constantinople, is apparently
imminent. No heavy fighting has oc-
curred since the attempt to force the
straits month ago, in which three
allied battleships were lost. an Off
cial statement from Constantinople
says that six torpedo boats attempted
to penetrate the straits Monday night
and that yesterday there was an en-
gagement between the warships and
Turkish Notifications, presumably in
connection with the landing of troops
London, England.-At a patriotic
tic demonstration in Rome, men,
Der of the Italian senate addressed
manifesto to the people to the ef-
feet that a consolidation is approach
ing for Italians who have waited and
SUFFERED referring evidently to the
nations desire to absorb "unredeem-
ed Italy" or Austrian provinces to
the north.
Austria is reported to have con-
centrated troops hastily along the
border in fear of an invasion by 1tal-
ian troops, but the German ambas-
sa dor at Rome denies that a rupture
between Italy and Austria is immin-
ent.
Berlin says that Tarnow. Galicia,
has been evacuated by the Russians.
on account of effective attacks by the
Austrian artillery.
English newspapers are devotng
columns to comment on the opto-
mistic speech at Newcastle last night
by Premier Asquith, the utterances
of the premier in substance putting
into effect sort of industrial con-
scription by which employers shall
forego some of their profits and the
trade unions shall agree to suspend
some of their rules necessary in
times of peace and the taxpayers Will
and indemnity to factories
where loss and injury are caused by
the communicating of the govern
ment.
Petrograd. Russia-The German
aeroplanes raided the town OF Bialy-
stock, Russian Poland Tuesday MORN
ing, and threw down upon it over
100 bombs.
French Bombs Cause Vomiting.
Berlin Germany.-The German
army headquarters says:
''In the Argonne the French have
employed a bomb, the effect of which
men to vomit.
early yesterday an aviator of the
enemy dropped bombs on the town
Of Leorrach in Baden, damaging a
silk factory belonging to Swiss as
we'll as two other houses and injur-
ng several civilians.
''In reply to the dropping of
bombs by the Russians on Insterburg
and Gumbinnen, both open towns sit
lated outside the zone of operations
We dropped $50 bombs yesterday on
he railway junction at Bailystock."
Pcssimistic View for Italy.
Rome, Italy.-The MessaggerO
publishes an interview with Senator
carafa, giving pessimistic forecast
ii the outcome Of negotiations be-
ween Italy and Austria. He says the
Austro-Italian conversations are not
satisfactorily.
Their failure will be followed by
rupture between Rome and Vienna"
he senator credits the German am
,assador with saving