The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-13
Allies by Heavy Bombardment Regain Ground Lost Early
 in the War.
Turks Recapture Trenches, By Desperate BayOnet
 Charges.

fE0RS0 months A&lV0 p<aSSed-<S1A hlAS position war between the Allies and lthe Turks at Ari Burnt and Seddul- iBahr started. On May A. the Turkish ltr0Ops had dug and occupied the trenches in which, with few eceP- lfions they are stiu found today
 | OfEepsives by the Allies, and coun- beer-oGeensfves by the Turks, have led ltOEbut s1ight changes in the terrains IOccupfed immediately after the land ling of the Allied troops during the lIae5t szxeaIzs Of Apri7. At Ari Burnt kvexy z4Ele 8terrain has been lost by Iaakzsn ds hxle temporary changes ts3A been som hat greater and suaums&freQuent at Seddul-Bahr, both Tlunks&and Allies. have strained con- htauf1yueEery resource to regain what had 6San auat In most cases the AL hBaaanaRe Ha~occurled lost trenches by VaR0ue Of overwhelming bombard- nnan&H,asgsz1zae the Turks have retaken. 3&anAg E09E EEenohes at tho point of the bmiuOe,sss as a, rule. L1atteriy. too. the pMaB@Kadne shas sbeen$ often employ Eed bw bhEh sides when a trench of tx1aeMnpF1anen4aaaadst0 ito be taken, or when, Lslzah hads&o be re-oocupied-
 OHng the klast three weeks stposi- Isfon f1ghdug on the Gallipoh pen Efuatfza Eas dfnnanishedf to what may Eh@. &eFsned its rhinimuzn- The Turks 1Ehela nok pressed the Allies, because. l HnEe the time being. little was to be telaned by driving the French and Ian1tszskEorcass from the peninsula It 1h9s been argued here, that 50 long as the AIHes are at Ar1 Barnu and EGndlduEBahr, other landing opera tE0ns elsewhere are unlikely. The Al S1faA landed on the peninsula under l<z1anc0VerxofAa naval artillery fire the flVa0Aenoe of which has not yet been lforgOt4en by the Turks To have the Isazne expagience on some other part of the Esuropeansi Asiatic coast tdoes not appeal to the Turks,
 \ Meanwhile the naval and land artiI- T 1ery of the Allies is no longer as ac- tive as 1t has been in the past The Iacf1on radius of both armies has been greatly limited by the nearness ito one another of the opposing trenches. Several weeks ago, the Turks and AL les tried to make bombardment of the otherSside's trenches as easy and safe by marking their own trenches with little white signs The first step Z in this direction, was taken by the Turk ABut the Allies soon discover ed what had been done, and placed < similar signs along their trenches Then the British and French trenches were marked with a Eght-yeifow sign for the guidance of tae Allied naval and land artillery The Turks learned of this and placed similar signs along their own trenches. Several lombard rnerts attempted after that led to sheIling oness own posistion Since then the trench has become the safest place against artillery fire near the front.
 That the artillery markers. the signs spoken of, are of nosNa1ue when exposed by both sides, is due tolthe factSthat the lines of trenches rurN in and out of one another, and that, us-, ually. either side must so label several
 trenches running paralel1 to the ad- { vance position which esta bIished the boundary of the terrain that may be shelled without placing friendly troops in jeopardy This condition is largely .responsibIe for the IOnA spell of in- had, though the presence of the Ger man submarine has also had a deter rent effect Everything considered; it may be said that under present con ditfons, the Turkish artillery, ,Son the peninsula. can do as much work as I the numerically greatly superior All lied artillery.
 On the British and French troops this has had no good influence. As an fnfantryman, the Turk Is fully the equal. If not the superior, of the' I Frenchman and Britisher In addi- { ton, the Anatolian peasant, who forms fully .85 per cent of the Turk tsh forces on the peninsula, has the 1 advantage of being used to the c1i-
 mate, which during the summer has made itself felt in a surfeit of stifling
 heat. Together with the enforced likeness of the Allied ship batteries, these circumstances seem to have caused a feeling in the British and French trenches which does not au- gur we1I@for speedy advance on constantinopIe.
 There is no longer any doubt that the Allies believed firmly that the out ammuntion- Prisoners of war, and the letters andA diaries found in the Allied trenches, have again. and i again reiterated this.( But this state ! of affairs has never set in- During the last two weeks the Turkish bat on the Anatolian shore of the tDarda- nelless have been very actIve, and have shPwn that there is no lack of ammunition to be hoped for, owing to the resourcefu1ness of the men forming the Ottoman General Staff. Employees of the Krupp esta blishrnent are making artillery ammunition of all sorts in and near this city. The Turks have the situation so we'll in hand now that even shells of the largest calibres are being turned out under the management of German ordnanee officers brought here for the purpose Even an infantry rifle fac tory is now in operation.
 The coming of autumn will render the position of the Allied troops on the peninsula even more precariou us
 should they have failed by that time to advance considera bly beyond their present positions So far the Allies have found it impossible to establish near Seddu1-Bahr and Ari Burnu the supply bases that will be needed when during the fail and winter
 months bad weather will make it inn possible to ship, from the adjacent islands of Impros, Lenpnos and Tene- dos, in the piece-meal fashion in, which this is now done, the food and ammunition required by the Allied troops. Large supply ships nearing the coast of the peninsula are regu- 1arIy driven off by the Turkish ar tiIIery. As the result of this the vessels are generally lightered out to the open sea, athd the barges brought in during the EightN With a high sea running in tile fall and winter this <5e-