, 1915-09-08
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London. Sept. 4th-A French ofbcial COM
nulioue saws: In the DardnnelIes N tae
last week of August there was calru through
oat the southern front. La the northern zone
the British delivered successful attacks for
ne possession OF u hiIIock west OF BufuI
Anafnrta Which was contested keenIy. In
addition to a transport sunk on The 10th of
August by one of our Nviotors while ut an
cbornoe at Achashilimuu, four transports
were torpedoed by British SUI marines, two
at he same point and two between GaIlPolI
aud Niagara, and the guns OF the bnttIeShlps
hit several vessels anchored IN the Straits.
A Tukish official statement ssys: Near
Seddel Bahr the eUemy's left wing unsuc-
c|esslully attempted to destroy our trenches,
wasting a great amount of ammunition. Two
bomba from one OF our NINE hOWllzels hi Il
trench whereupou the latter ceased bomb
throwing. On Monday our batteries III the
Struts feI ced the mine sWee per5 to rttreot
after they had approached the entrance TO
the Dardauelles, and the same batteries DIS
persed other mine sweepers near the polut OF
Seddel Bahr and successfully bombarded the
iutuutry nearby.
The battle which ended in August after q
four DAYS hand-to-hand Struggle on the
crest of Snli BuIlr, which the Anzlc Corps
1rached bat we've unable to hold OWING TO
tue TuIlIsh couuter-a1lacka ant the iaIin'e
Of 5ue cooperating Strategic movement from
S,oy}a BIN. is described by the British Pes
representatives IN he Durdaneilee rs the
mos, feIociouS sustained battle by soIdlero
stlce Iukermun, but Iukermau was over Ia n
lew houls, whereas the British forces kept
lp IL terrible combat with The Turks for four
consecutive DAYS and nights, amidst hula,
oougas and ruvIues 500 feet above the sea,
wLther ali water, %raIons and ammunltlohS had
IL be borne along paths which no not exist
except on maps, and down which every hlan
Mouuael was borne amid almost tropical heat.
it was IL comblt OF giants III u giant country
aud almost entirely uuder ground, Ooth ~I"eS
lighting to win, with utter disregard tor lie.
In every trench, sap and dugout there was
desperate hand-t0-hund fighting, which
choked the trenches almost to the top with
the dead and wounded. The battle only
came to IN end through the utter exhaustion
Of both sides.
4 despatch from Athens to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says that travellers
from Coustunliuopie report that on Friday
last the Turks burned the town of Islnid,
in Asiu Minor, and mas,acred Il lnrge mum
BIZ of us Ametlc can inhabitants.
A Russian official communicate announces
the evacuation OF the fortress Of Grodno and
the retirement OF the Russian troops TO the
right bank Of the Niemen.
A German official bulletin states: "tleld
Marshal Won Hndeuburg has stormed Car
noko, and an attack on Merecz has made
progress. On the western front of Grodno
abe outer line Of forts has fallen, and the
North German Landwehr stormed Fort
-Four, north of the Dombrova-Grodno high
load, its garrison of five hundred beng cap
tured. Late in the evening followed the
capture, 10y the Baden troops, of Fort -Four
A, further north, the garrison Of ore hun
dred and fifty beng taken prisoners, and
tue other fortlicatlons on the advanced west
era front were thrIeup'n evacuated by the
Russians. East Of the Blelowcsh forest the