The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-28
FIFTH BRITISH
BATTLESHIP SUNK


30 Yards IN front, which the br,sad. Of
zen. Cox rushed. was occupied bv our
men" ~ w"
rne press bureau has also issued a
narrative OF the military operations on
'ne 'aiIipoli peninsula from MAY 6 TO 10
as follows "
ON Nav 6 after the arrival OF fresh
,,oops' including part of the territorial
ciNision. n general advance of tho ailied
troops occurred under cover Of the Are
maintained by the allied fleets ON the
nignt OF NAY 3 and 8 a portion OF the
australian and New Zealand army corps
ha" oeeh transferred from KAPPA Tepe
w order TO take part In the attack
very severe fighting occurred all day
~ nightfall the whole allied linz had
neen advanced 1000 to 1900 yards. but
."e 'eit OF the advance had been checked
ny a strong Turkish redoub, manned
with machine guns. At dusk the French
troops had obtained possession OF an
IMPORTANT technical point. which was
thoroughly fortified during the night to
serve as "a pivot for further operations
me attack continued on MAY I. the
french troops improving their posItlon,
whi'e on the left the Nineteenth Division
succeeded at sunset In driving the enemy
from Krithia.
inc attack was resumed on Nav 8
ana an advance was made In the face OF
u heaNy hre. The French attacked the
Turkish trenches with the bayonet and
'ne whole line. except the extreme left.
advanced steadily.
During the night the Turks att. mpted
. counter attack. but were repulsed with
neaNN loss. During the three DAYS fight
ING the Australian corps at Sari Bair,
III spite OF having sent heavy reinforce
mtnts TO support the main attack. sue
'essfully resisted all attacks. The fight
ihE during these three days was severe,
nut happily a large proportion of the
british casualties are slight wounds. II
~ clearly demonstrated that the Turkish
hetences are strongly constructed and
their capture must be achieved by slow
methods Of trench warfare.
"The French throughout these opera
lions fought with magnificent courage
dash and suffered a heavy loss.
ON May ? the ground already gained
was consolidated and mt 10 AS o'clock In
the evening an attack was brilliantly
carried out by the Fifteenth and six
teenth battalions and the Fourth AUS
tralian Infantry brigade. who attacked
and carried with the bayonet three lines
OF tren hes ut Sari I'air and established
themselves there. In the Turkish al
lacks launched at dawn Of May 10 the
Australians were forced back to their
original trenches. but the machine gun
corps. which was in readiness, opened
fire on the enemy at close range and
the execution done by II was terrible.
Turks lay so thickly upon the ground as
to form obstacles.
ION May 10, IL and IL reenforcements
OF French. British and Australian troops
arrived. On the night of May IL me
OF the Th!rty-ninth Division. under
Major-Gen. Hunter Weston. under
took the attack on the enemy on the
extreme right. Under cover of a dem
onstration OF artillery the infantry ana
a double company OF Ghurkas crept
along under precipitous sea clirs and
occupied a cleft in front of the allied
lire. where they dug themselves In. on
the night of the 18th and lao the allied
line again further advanced To a position
which the indian brigade made secure.
q May ~ the Twenty-ninth Division
worked further and established itself l.
trenches 200 yards in advance OF the
Allies.
"a further advance was made on IN,
night Of May Is by the French. sup
por ed by the Royal Naval Division.