, 1915-06-19
lCensored AT Jamaical

ISSUED an announcement otdtAuS 'HUt liz
fighting unit has been sunk n the Darda-
nelles except those already reported, that is,
a report that the "Agamemnon had been
sunk is incorrect.
In the House of Commons. Mr.. Asqujth,
in answer to a question by Mr.. Da,ziel, stat
ed that there was no truth in the reports
that the Allies had forced the Dardanelles,
but that it was not in the public lnteresi to
say ANYTHING now about the Dardanelles
operations, which are Of The highest import
ance and will be pushed to a successful CON
clusion.
An official bulletin states; "The situation
on the Galipoli peninsula developed into
trench warfare. After our success Oh the
4th the Turks evinced a great respect for
our offensive and by day and might they
submit to the capture of their trenches.
On Friday night Two regiments>of a brigade
of British Regulars made a simultaneous at
tack 90 The advanced Turkish trenches and
after severe fighting, which included the
killing of many snipers, they succeeded IN
maintaining themselves, despite the bombs
thrown in the captured positions. On Sun
day morning a counter-attack was made 10y
the Turks. who rushed forward with bombs,
but coming under the fire Of a naval machine
gun the squadron was anuihilated and OF
the ullN WHO dlbuCh0Q IAlAl1 NV"A WV
counted before that part OF our trench. The
situation is favourable to our forces but ne
cessarily slow. The Turkish offensive has
sensibly Weakened
Explaining the Coalition Ministry, during
the discussion on the vote Of credit, Mr..
Asquith demanded for himself and his new
colleagues the staunchest adherence Of their
respective political parties. The word coall-
ton, he said, has not a pleasant favour Ia
the vocabulary of British politics, and pre-
vious departures from the British system Of
party government had been found wanting
in dignity and success. Until the last mo-
ment he had doubted how he could best
respond to the call of public duty, the stu
alton being unparalleled in British history.
The demand upon the energies Of the nation
and the patience and foresight Of the Gov
erument, and the confidence felt by the one
in the other, were not to be measured by any
precedent. He decided slowly and reluctant
ly, but without doubt or heslta ion, that
what was necessary was such a broadening
of the basis of Government as would remove
even the semblauce Of a one-stded or parry
character. This should demonstrate beyond
all possibility of doubt to our people at
home and across the seas and to the whole
world, our Allies, our enemies and the neu-
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war with its fluctuations and its vjcssitudes,
the British people are more resolved than
ever with n whole heart and one purpose,
obliterating all distinction Of party to unite
every personal and political and every moral
and material force in the prosecution Ct our
cause.
Both Berlin and Vienna official bulletins
claim progress along practically the entire
southeastern front and that Lemberg is
again in danger. Mosciska, east Of Przemysl,
has been captured 10y the Austlo-G Germans,
and according to the Germans the Russians
are retiring south Of the railroad connecting
Przemysl and Lemberg, and all their coun-
ter-attacks have been repuised, with gains
for the Teutons, from a point north of
Przemysl into Bessarabin. Distant as this
front is, it is being watched closer than the
Western front, because these operations are
being pressed in an attempt to clear Galicia
of the Russians preparatory to a breathing
spell in the East to be followed by a crushing
blow at Italy. General Won Mackensen has
telegraphed the Kaiser that he hopes to cap
ture Lemberg before July.