Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
French Particularly Active in
Fighting on GaIIipoIi
i Peninsula.
COLONIALS PURSUE FOE
BEYOND OBJECTIVE
Moslem Counter Attacks Repu1sed
Constantinople Denies Presence
of Famine Epidemics.

LONDON, July cS-Allied forces
operating on the Gallipoli peninsula
have made steady progress against the
Turks according to dispatches. Both
the French and British have captured
several trenches in recent fighting.
The latest report received from Gen.
Sir Ian Hamilton commander-in chief
of the British expeditionary forces at
the IA rdanelles. rccounting the opera
tions up to Wednesday. was given out
last night by the official press bureau
IT follows:
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton reports that in
the northern section of operations a
raiding party rushed trench on the
front of our line during the night of
July is. All the enemy fed except one,
who was killed.
"On July 10 an anti-aircraft gun was
located and hit with the second round
from one of our guns. The fifth round
blew it into the air.
Turks Are Repulsed.
'On the southern area the Turks on
July is made an attack on some newly
captured trenches In the French sec
ton, but were repuIsed with ease.
steady progress daily. consolidating
and in some cases extending the
trenches won the 18th and 18th.
yesterday. the 2lst. small redoubt
was captured with insignificant loss.
and a successful attack was made on
part of communication trench held by
the enemy. A Turkish machine gun OPP
posite our left was knocked out by the
French artillery.
In, both sections the enemy's artil-
lery has been active.
French Gain Trenches.
PARIS. July 23.-Exploits of the
French expeditionary force on the CAL
1ipo1i peninsula June 81 and 80. in the
region OF Kereves Yere are recounted
In an official statement issued last
night regarding the operations in the
Dardanelles. Four trenches. forming
steps on slope between the sea and
ravine opening from the village. were
chosen as the objective for an attack
the 21st. A west wind covered the field
of battle with clouds of dust swept up
by the artillery preparations.
suddenly. about IL o'clock. metallic
flashes streaked the shroud of yellow
dust and the clash Of hayonets and
swords the infantry leaped to the
assault. One after another the trenches
fell before the impetuous charge of
the French troops which carried them
almost to the heights of Krithia. be-
w
saault was aimed. An entire Turkish
company. surprised in the first trench,
surrendered without resistance.
Counter Attacks Fail.
Counter attacks the following
nights" says the official report. failed
to bulge the victorious forces. The
French left completed June 80 the ad-
vantage gained on the 21st by captur-
called the quadrilateral,' at the head of
the Kreves Dere ravine. Seven lines
were taken by assault, certain colonial
troops. carried away by their enthu-
siasm. puruing the enemy beyond the
objective fixed.
These coIonials were almost sur
rounded but were able to regain the
'quadrilateral.' We remained in the
undisputed possession of these trench
es after the enemy had made one I'M
successful and disastrous counter at
tack. 1t was here that Gen. Gouraud
was wounded.
Cruisers Aid in Attack.
The night of July As the Turks.
heavily reinforced aided by aeroplanes
and five cruisers of the Barbarossa
type. undertook a general attack. They
seemed to have lost their spirit, how
ever. Their hesitating advance was
met by the allies with murderous fire,
which was held until the last possible
moment and which inflicted terrible
losses without foot of gain for the
enemy.
Seventeen allied aviators attacked
the enemy aerodrome at Chsnak the
afternoon of the 4th. Explosive bombs
were dropped on the principal hangar,
which was set on fire.
Wounded by Shell.
Gen. n. J. F. Gouraud. who was COM
mander of the French forces in the
Dardanelles. was wounded by a shell
which fell near an ambulance while
he was visiting the wounded. His
wound was not considered dangerous,
but it was deemed advisable for him
20 return TO France.
The latest naval records show only
two vessels owned by Turkey of the
type of the kheyr-ed-dinB a rbarossa