The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-01
TURKS URGED ON BY GER.
NAN OFFICERS OFFER
STUBBORN REsIs-
TANCE
TROOPS LANDED.
PROTECTED BY
ALLIED FLEET
British Batsleship Sinks Turkish
Troop sl1ipAIlie, Take
Five Hundred PriS-
oneEs.


: statemoit tonight saws after serious
fighting safld stubborn Turkish resis-
tonce tho Brit6ll troops are establish
cd on Gallipoli Peninsula, and have
advanco1 some distance toward the
Dardaneiles IiarrQWs The French
have cleared Cope Il Humkaieh on the
Asiatic side Of Turks.
1t is said second aud most SER
5ious ATTEMPT to force the Dardauelles
ts fairly launched. Qfiieered by Ger
mans the Turks rcsisted stubborniy.
The British lost heavily. The allied
fcet covered the tronp landings
bombarded forts and prevented REIN
forccmchts reaching the Turks.
The British battleship Queen Eliza
beth sank a. Turkish troop ship.
An Official account, says tho allies
took abovt five hundred prisoners.
q, The Jilieee eading 3os the French state
iitctit today caused the report that the
g g6iertnsin fleet vas out and had bonn
rdad Dift firll. ice e 1t was later
( 5iiist5ref1d the Germans had b40affiy
land guns Within range, fired into
ntnkirk ana Killed twenty and wound
acll forty five. it was FepDrtea that
Ia German fleht had bcca seen on the
Belgian coast. This Is doubtful be-
{ cause tic. British warships bombard-
cd zeebfuEee last night and today.
1t Is announced from the cast that
German cavalry Is circling the Rus
sian right. whicli invaded Baltic pro-
: vinces.
IS Four zeppelins reported over
, llowestoff. In Suffolk. tonight. The
reports are not confirmed.
LONDON, April .S0.--Marked pro-
gress by the allies In their efforts to
take the Dartlsls1les by land opera
tions Is ciaimed here by the Turkish
official report from Constantinople to-
day denies this and says that the al
lies: forces on both, land and sea have
met with revbrses.
While tho reports are fragmen-
tary and conflicting, the British cri-
Tics declare that they Indicate that the
British forces have established two
lines across the Gsilipoli peninsular
Of, the ElroDean side Of tho Darda-
nallos, one near the TIP and the second
at the other end near the entrance
to tho sea OF kIarmcra.
An official report from Berlin,
based on Rdsices from the Darianelles
says the severe fighting has occurred
at the town of GailIpoli, (which Hes
on s.tlie straits at the entrance to the
sea Of A1arinpra. This statement tends
to fifm the claim OF the British
that they have pushed their way
ACROSS the pbninsula at this point. lf
such q; line Is held IL would cut on
the Turkish defenders. OF the peninsp-
Ia from assistance in the way OF sup
plies and reinforceuients from Con-
Btsu1inople.
The Turkish official communication
today, however, says that the allies
forces which landed on the AsIatic
! side Of the Dafdanellsa, have been
completely eiearesi away and that 3 a
large part of the: troops which In.
,yade.i the Gallitoli pelinsula have
been dtiveH OF ahd that seyeFss war
chips end transport OF tho allies have
been damaged. 8, s
Tho 0fllciat Belgian statement says
German etteck from Eteanstrait was
ropuised This may. refer TO the en-
gaEenent deserted in The news dis.
patches In which It is said that a.
Z 900 Germans were virtually &nni-
hilatod.
Desultorx fighting continues in lie
regiuntof The Euez cacnni. It Is assert
cd here that tho Turks nre pfepaTiag
to advances for another attack on, the
British IL
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