The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
FIGURE FOOTHOLD IN TURKISH SOIL BUT LOSE HEAVILY |DUR|NG OPERATION rmy Entrenched Behind
 Barbed Wire Entangle- lnents Fights Desperately,
 But Is Forced Back
 LIANT FLEET AIDS HANDING OF FORCES
 WITH TERRIFIC FIRE .iselnbarkation of Troops Began April 25-Turkish l Counter Attacks Repulsed
 After Fierce Fighting

London, April S0-(1Os15 ?. m.) ster serieus fighting, in which the Hrks offered . stubborn resistance, tatlsA troops, according to an official afenent issued tonight, have estab- shea themselves on the GaIlipoli pcn- suIa and advanced considerablc dis nee toward the nsrr0ws of the Dar- lne1les, while the French have cleared lpe Kun Kaleh, on the Asiatic side
 the straits, of Turks.
 Thus. 1t may be said that the second Id most serious attempt to force the ardAnelles has been fairly launched The Turks. under German officers aced every obstacle in the way of e invaders. but against the fire of e allied fleet and the gallantry of e army they were forced to fall back he British forces lost heavily in the ,eration.
 Land at Six Points
 Six points were selected for the land gs, which commenced at daylight of pril 25. At five points they were
  ccessful immediately. but at the kth. near seddul Bahr. the troops ere unable to advance until even E. The Australians and New zeaI- iders landed on the west coast of the kllipoli peninsula. directly across the untry from the strongly fortified trrows. The other British troops dis hbarked at the extreme end of the ninsula and by the 2Sth, when it was fcided to give the men a rest and time enable the positions to be consoll- tied. they had reached Krithia. on Ie Toad which runs along the benin la and over which they will join their Imrades from the dominions and at- ck the forts guarding the narrows the rear.
 The French took possession of Csnc um Kaleh after they had previously taSkeo toward Yenil Shehr, . to the luth on the Asia Min4r coast.
 while this was proc4eding the fleet, esioes covering the Banding of the ooYs' Kept up a bomS Sardment of the rtf in the Dardanell1b and prevented Endorsements from Reaching Turkey om the Sea of Markora. One Turk
 troop ship was s k by the Brit
 pattieship Queen lizabeth, which believed again to i've been firing er big guns across e peninsula. di- cted by airmen. m troop ship vas TX OH Maidos own we'll inside e narroWs. which CT the battleship liumph bombarded Id set on fire,
 Five Hundred lCaptured
 Hhe official accoun4 os tha landsng the allied troops dCes not hear .,,,t D overoptimistic 3ranorts \ts m, tecian towns which receded ;N3n1 hich mentioned thou nds of nr,son- as having been cf tur.d the ,o- VI of men taken by a1iios heinz ISRen as 500. These Y. c,,t ofs ,.v ye fire of the ships.
 L Neither does the rep rt mention cr. F.aticns off smyrna o3 in inc Culf cf troe against the Buls 1sne oS Forts 1t 1t 10 certain that .tas.s.s ,rs,,ts a,c . stng watched to kE-t rst,ror@..s ents reaching the s'' e'''Ao' V Besides the news fr( &,. n. ,,1.,,.. ,e British public waS %acS -ssth .s,ss al sensations today: NV s$~s.~r. Su. 1s,s of days French official lf .'ss. ts,s1s ,s,, o, ene ceneh .nes }erman fleet was t if transpired tl1 S3., s.,.,,s ,.,.sss Nt yet explained, <sS:..,s .'s SHss ,huGh< the1r blg l1u6 <. 7 EsSs-[r
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