Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-06-11
Take Two Lines Of Works Along
Three-MiIe Front.
FIGHTING IS VERY DESPERATE
Heavy eombardment by Ships Of the
Allied Fleet Precedes the Gen.
erai Advance.

London, June 7.-Ohicial announce
! ment was made that the British and
| French troops at the Dardanelles, as
a result of their new offensive move
ment, have captured two lines OF
Turkish trenches along three-mile
front The statement follows:
"On the night of June "a, the
! Turks, having heavily bombarded a
small fort in front of the extreme
right French position. which previous
ly had been captured, launched an in
! fantry attack against it which was
repulsed with heavy loss to the enc
my. At the same time the Turks set
; fire to scrub in front of the left cen
ter of the position occupied by the
British division and attacked, but met
with no success.
"On the morning of June Sir Ian
Hamilton ordered general attack on
the Turkish trenches in the southern
area of the Gallipoli peninsula, pre-
coded by heavy bombardment by all
guns, assisted by battleships, cruisers
and destroyers.
AT a given signal the troops rush
cd forward with the bayonet. They
were Immediately successful all along
, the line, except in one spot, where
the heavy wire ENHANCEMENT was not
destroyed by the bombardmsRt
| Indian troops OF our extreme left
o.
captured two lines Of trenches, but
owing to the fact that the troops on
their right were hung up by this wire
ENHANCEMENT they were obliged to
retire to their original line.
"The regular division made good
progress on the left center. capturing
. strong redoubt and two lines Of
trenches beyond it. about five hun
dred yards in advance Of their origi-
nal line.
Unable TO Retain Position.
| "The territorial division on our
center did brilliantly. advancing 600
yards and capturing three lines Of
trenches, but though the advanced
! captured trench was held all day and
half Of the ensuing night. they had to
be ordered back In the morning to
! the second captured, line. as both
their TANKS were exposed.
"The naval division on our right
center captured a redoubt and for
midable line of trenches constructed
In three tiers 300 yards to their front,
but they, too. had to be ordered back
owing to the heavy fire.
"The French second division ad-
vanced with great gallantry and elan.
They retook for the fourth time that
deadly redoubt they call Laharicot,
, but unfortunately counter attacks
through prepared communication
trenches and under cover Of an &C.
curate shell fire were able to recap
ture 1t.
ION the French extreme right the
French captured a strong line Of
trenches which, though heavily coun-
ter attacked twice during the night,
they still hold.
1--WE captured 400 prisoners. includ-
ing ten onicers. Among the prison
ers were five German officers. the re-
mains Of a volunteer machine gun de-
tachment from the Goeben (the Turk
ish cruiser Sultan Selim). Their Of
ficer was killed and the machine gun
was destroyed.
During the night Information was
received that enemy reinforcements
we're advancing from the direction Of
Maidos toward Krithia. Thereupon,
Lieutenant General Birdwood arrang-
ed to attack the trenches in front Of
Quinn's post at 10 p. M. which was
successfully carried out. and the cap
tured trenches held throughout the
night. The Turkish casualty was very
heavy"