Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-22
WAR
ON GALLIPOLI
GAINS NOTHING
Only Minor Gains Made by
Either Allies or Turks in the
First Three Months of
Strategic Battling,

ttDIStdHlINeHles Aug, &c., fNADtIN
three months have passed since the
opposition" war between the allies and
the Turks. at Arr Burnu and Seddm-
Bahr started ON May 4 the Turkish
troops had dug and occupied the
trenches in which. with few excep-
uous they are stin found today.
Oiffensives by the allies. and counter
affcusUes by the Turks. have led To-
but slight changes i'm the terralus oc-
cupod Immediately after the landing
~ the allied troops during the last
week of April. AT Ari Burnu very
little terrain has been lost by either
side. While temporary changes have
been somewhat greater and more fire.
uuent 8t Seddul-Ba both Turks
and allies have strained constantly
every resource TO regain what hdd
been lost In most cases the allies
have reoccupied lost trenches by yir-
tine of overwhelming commandments
while the Turks have rctaken their
lost trenches at the point of the bay
ouet as rule Latterly, too, the
sappcr's mine has been often employ
ed by both sides when trench of the
opponent had to be taken, or when d
trench had TO be reoccupied
Fighting al Minimum
During the last three weeks "posi-
ton fighting on the GalipoH PENN
sula has diminished to what may be
termed its minimum The Turks have
not pressed the allies. because. for the
time being, little was to be gained by
driving the French and English forces
from the peninsula Tt has been ar
gued here that, so long as the allies
are at Arr Burnu and Seddul- Bahr.
other landing operations elsewhere are
unlikely The allies landed on the
peninsula under the cover of naval
artillery fire the violence of which
has not yet been forgotten bv the
Turks To have the same experience
on some other part Of the European
OF Asiatic. coast. does not appeal to
the Turks.
Meanwhile the naval and land ar
tIlery OF the allies is NO longer as
active as it has been in the past. The
action radius of both arms has been
greatly limited by the nearness to one
another of the opposing trenches.
Several weeks ago the Turks and all
lies tried to make bombardment of
the other sides trenches easy and safe
by marking their own trenches with
little white signs The first step in
this direction was taken by tn Turks.
But the allies soon discovered what
had been done, and placed similar
signs along their trenches Then the
British ana French trenches were
marked with a light-yellow sign for
The guidance of the allied naval and
land artillery The Turks learned Of
this and placed similar signs along
their own trenches Several bonn
hardments attempted after that led to
Smelling ones own positions. Since
then the trench has become the safest
place against artillery fire near the
front
Markers, Not Always Useful
That the artillery markers. the
signs spoken of. are of no value when
exposed by both sides is due to the
fact that the lines of trenches run in
and out of one another. and that, usu-
ally, either side must SO label several
trenches running parallel to the adj
vance position which established the
boundary Of the terrain that may be-
shellcd without placing friendly troops
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