New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-07
Asduith Tells How Allies
Press Forward Under
Hot Fire.
TURKISH REPORT
DENIES OCCUPATION
French, Australians and New
ZealanderS Defeat Counter At
tackS and Gain Ground.

London. May An Athens dispatch
to "The Daily Mail Says;
"The Allied troops after short en-
fragments which caused heavy losses
10 the Turl< capturc.l the heights fac
ing Souian Dere fort, four miles west
Of Kilid Bahr. The possession of these
heights promises the speedy reduction
Of Souain Dere, which covers Kilid
Bahr.
The Allies later continued their sue
ccsscs, turning their attention 10 the
section of the peninsula between Gaba
Tcpe and Seddul Bahr.
"An entire division of Turkish re-
Inducements arrived on the peninsula
and desperate fighting is under way to
prevent them ctIccting a junction with
the troops in holding the positions IN
the lower part of the peninsula"
London. May G.-The operations in
the Dardanelles are being pressed for
ward under highly satisfactory condl-
tions. Premier Asquith told the House
of Commons this afternoon. The
Premier spoke in part as follows:
at daybreak on April % the land
ing occurred, the troops making use
of six landing places. B. nlghtfaIl
10000 men had been dsembarked IN
the face Of a fierce opposition by IN,
fantry and artillery intrenchcd behind
successive lines of wire entanglements.
"The leading troops Of the Twenty
ninth Division were held up all day to
the west Of Scddul-Bahr, but at sunset
they succeeded i'm a fine attack along
the heights. which made possible the
taking of a good position covering the
decentralization of the remainder or
the division.
THE landing brigade Of the Aus
tralian and New Zealand corps went
ashore at Gaba Tepc at $3.50 a. m. in
complete silence. The enemy opened
a heavy fire at pointblank range, but
the beach was rushed with good effect
and the attack carried out with the
utmost dash up the slope.
French forces effected a landing at
Kun Kalch, and advanced with great
gallantry. Every report speaks of the
MAGNIFICENT cooperation Of the naval
forces. The casualties were very
heavy and included the death Of Brga-
der General Napier.
During April 26 the Decentralization
continued. The troops ashore were
subjected to continuous and deter
mined attacks from the enemy, but
these in every case were repulsed with
heavy losses. The Twenty Divi-
sion, under command of General Hun
ter. with great valor carried the Turk
ish position at Seddul-Bahr, which
consisted Of rocky ravines, ruined
houses, and wire cntanglements.
by the evening of April y the
Twentv-ninth Division was firmly es-
tablished across the Gallipoli PENN
sula, having advanced two miles from
the point Of landing. They were
Joined by French troops, who, having
fulfilled the task of silencing the hos
tile batteries on the Asiatic coast
which interfered with the landing on
the Gallipoli Peninsula, had recrOsSed
the Straits. The Australian and New
Zealand Corps defeated every counter
attack and steadily gained ground.
"The Decentralization continued April
2S and %. By Nav 2 a further advance
had been made by the French end OF
British troops on the southern end of
the peninsula, and the Australian and
New Zealand Corps had been reinforced
bv the Royal Naval Division. The po-
sitions everywhere had been consoli-
dated.
an the successful performance of
this, one Of the most difficult opera
tons Of the war. a landing on an open
beach in the face of determined oppo-
sition, the troops engaged displayed
unsurpassed courage and skill.
"The operations are now being con-
tinued and pressed forward under
highly satisfactory conditions"
Constantinople, May (via wireless
TO Berlin and London The following
official statement regarding the opera
lions in the Dardanelles was issued
this afternoon by the Turkish War
Office:
THE unfavorable situation of the
enemy in the Dardanelles remains un-
changed. Reports from Athens re-
garding the occupation of Gallipoli
and Niagara by landing forces are un-
true.
"The Gallipoli Peninsula is entirely
at our disposal for military move
meuts. The enemy holds only two
points on the coast. Seddul-Bahr and
Avi-Burnu, thanks TO the constant FIR
ing of his ships. The enemy is unable
TO make any moves against the Turk
ish encircling forces.
"The Asiatic coast has been freed of
our enemies"