The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
BRITISH CAPTURE
 TWO TRENCH LINES
 IN DARDANELLE
Three Additional Lines Are Stormed West of Saghir Dere, Says Report From
 General Hamilton

London, June 3o.--t5;Is p. m.)-A British official statement issued today dealing with the operations in the DardaneIles, announces that two lines es Turkish trenches have been cap that three lines have been stormcd to the west of that place.
 The statement says:
 Gen Sir Ian Hamilton reports that the plan of operations on June 2S was to throw forward the left of his line southwest of Krithia, pivoting on a point about one mile from the sea and after advancing on the extreme left for about a half a mile establish a new line fac ing east on the ground thus gained.
 This plan entailed the capture of two lines of Turkish trenches east of Sa aghir Dere and five lines to the west
 An Australian corps was ordered to cooperate by making a vigorous demon- stration. The action was followed with a bombardment by heavy artillery. The as- sistance rendered by the French was val uable
 At 1O:2o o'clock the field artillery opened fire to cut the wire in front of the Turkish trenches. This was effectively done and it's effect on one of the enemv's trenches near the sea was great Ae- curate fire of the cruiser Talbot and the destroyers Scorpion and Wolverine kept down his artillery fire from that quarter
 At 10:45 a. m a small Turkish ad- vanced work in Saghir Dere known as the 'Bommerang redoubt' was assaulted. This fort had long been source of trouble.
 Works Are Taken
 After a special bombardment by a French mortar and while the bomba rd- ment of the surrounding trenches was at it's height a part of the border regi- ment at the exact moment prescribed leaped from their trenches as one man like a pack of hounds pouring out of cover and raced across and took the work brilliantly.
 The artillery bombardment increased in intensity until Il a. m., when the range was heightened. The infantry then ad- vaneed and an infantry attack was carried out with great dash along the whole line.
 West of Saghir Dere three lines of
 
 sition. The trenches were full of dead Turks. Many have been buried by the bombardment. One hundred prisoners were taken.
 East of the Ravine the Royal Scots made fine attack, capturing two lines of trenches which had been assigned as their objective, but the remainder If the brigade on their right was una ble to get forward.
 At 1t:30 o'clock the Royal Fusiliers led it's brigade in the second phase of the attack to the west of the ravine. The brigade advanced, taking two mere lines of trenches and reached the objective allotted them the Lancashire Fusiliers inclining half to the right and forming a line to connect with 5oLr new positions east of the ravine
 The northernmost objective had now been obtained. but the Gurkhas pressing on under the cliffs, captured an important knoll still further for vTard--actually due west of Krithia ' his they fortified and held during the night. making our total gain on the left precisely 1000 yards
 During the afternoon the trenches S a small portion of which mained un captured, on the right were attacked ut the enemy held on stubbornly, sup ported by machine guns and artillery, and the attacks did not succeed
 During the night the enemy counter attacked on the furtherest trenches sained. but was repulsed with heavy loss. A party of Turks who penetrated from the flank between the two lines of captured trenches was subjected 10 much gun fire at daybreak and sui fered heavily. The survivors surren- ocred.
 Except for small portion of trenches already mentioned which still is held by the enemy, all and more than was hoped for from the opera tions has been gained. On the ex- treme left, the line has been pushed forward to a specially strong point well beyond the limit of the advance originally contemplated.
 "All engag ged did well but certainly il ( chief factor in the success was the splendid attack carried out by the Twenty division, whose conduct o;l this, as on previous occasions, was beyond praise.'