Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
OFFENSIVE OF ALLIES ON
CALL|POL| COLLAPsEs
Supreme Commander of Turkish
Forces Declares Situation Is
Most Favorable.
SAYS THIS is WAR OF NERVES
Brave Ottoman Soldiers Not Easily
frightened by Noise-Invaders, In
Forty-Nine Days, Do Little Beside
Lose Ground Steadily.

Correspondence of Associated Press. ]
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. GAL
L1POLI. June l4.-"There are no secrets
around here. You can go anywhere
you please" said Field Marshal Liman
Won Sanders Pacha to the Associated
Press correspondent. when the latter
presented his credentials and asked for
permission to visit the front.
may add that the military situa-
ton is most favorable for u.s." he con-
tihued. We intend driving the Brit
ish out OF Ari Burnu, bcfo.e long. But
we are in no hurry because we can
achieve that without making the sac
rifices which might still be necessary
to get rid of the enemy"
Inc supreme commander Of the
turkish forces on the Gallipoli PENN
sula Is man somewhat advanced in
years. but remarkably we'll preserved
he Is about six feet tall and we'll pro-
portfoned In body; there is a soft
quality in the lines Of his face and the
expression OF his eyes. Liman Pacha
came to Turkey in the sumner OF 1913
to assist as head of the German mill
tary mission. in the reorganization Of
the Ottoman army. He has been an
ihoetatiSlble worker in ths.t capacity
ana the splendid conduct of the Sultan's
! troops In this war may be said 10 he
largely due to the reforms instituted on
his advice.
In his conversation with the Associ.
ated Press correspondent, Liman pacho
outlined briefly the course which mill.
tAry events on the peninsula had taken
since the landing in the last week q,
April.
In forty-nine days uhe interview
occurred on June 10 the allies have
done little beside losing ground
steadily" said the commander.
| Their offensive collapsed as soon as
we were able to counteract their tactics
1t must be borne in mlad that this
happened despite n superiority in ar.
tillery that left our own arm of thai
character no chance whatever. Fo,
days and days the allied ships bonn
oarded and searched every part or the
| peninsula with an artillery fire as ga
wore and incessant as, on the whole 4
was unproductive Of results favorab,.
to the British and French troops
viii say that the moral effect Of a heay,
oombardment is not as lasting in tn,
case OF Turkish troops as the allie.
may have expected. Our brave Otto
man soldiers arc not easily frightened
by noise. owing to their splendid nerve,
and this is a war Of nerves, q war 1,
which strong nerves mean victory"
Later In the day tho corresponden
was given letter by Liman Pacha /,
which all commanders at the front wer,
requested to permit an inspection o
their sectors OF the holder On tn,
following day. June IL. the positions a
Ari Burnu were visited.
THINKS INDIRECT FIRE
WASTE OF AMMUNITIO.
But in the Aegean Sea- two British
cruisers were maneuverinR when tn
ride TO Arr Burnu began. Since $50
a. NJ. they had kept up a rather sever
bombardment OF certain parts of In
peninsula, Passing through the sec
ton under fire II was obvious that in
direct hrc. without observers. is n vast
OF ammunition. The fire Of the cruis
ers WAS purely chance" work. n
aeroplane or captive balloon was uI
and the heavy shells exploded In tn
open and on the wheatfelds. Ninet