Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
ALLIES LAND At
SIX POINTS NEAR
THE DARDANELLES
British War Office Reports Success.
full Operations Against the
Turks.
STEADY ADVANCE IS MADE
Moslems Put up Hard Fights and
Many Attacks Are Re-
pulsed.
STEADY ADVANCE IS MADE

London, May 1.-The British war
office last night made public an Of
fetal communication concerning the
operations of the allies against the
Dardanelles:
''The Decentralization of the army
in the Dardanelles began before
sunrise on April rs. Six different
beaches were used, and the opera
ton was coered by the whole fleet.
'The landing was Immediately
successful on five beaches, although
it was opposed with vigor by a
strongly entrenched enemy in sue
cessive lines which were protected
by barbed wire entanglements, in
some places fifty yards wide and sup
ported by artillery.
"On the sixth beach, near seddul
Bahr, the troops could not advance
until evening, when a fine attack
by the British infantry from the d.
rection of Cape Tekeh relieved the
pressure on their front. The ar
engagements for landing had been
concerted in the utmost limit be-
tween the fleet and army.
''The result of the first days oper-
ations was the establishment of
strong forces of British, Australian
and French troops at three points,
namely, the Australian and New
Zealand troops on the lower slopes
of Sari Bair, to the north Of Gaba
Tepe, of British troops at Cape Te-
ken, at Helles, and near Moto bay,
and of French force on the Asiatic
shore at Kun Kaleh, after a gallant
attack toward Yeni Shehr.
During the afternoon of the 25th
strong counter attacks by the en-
envy began and hard fighting took
place. Meanwhile, the disembarka-
ton of the army proceeded and was
continually favored by good wealth
er.
"At daybreak on the 26th the en-
envy was still holding the village
and position of Seddul Bahr, which
was a labyrinth of caves, ruins,
trenches, pits and entanglements.
Aided by the gun fire of the fleet,
this position was stormed by the
British in frontal attack through
wire entanglements.
Seddul Bahr was taken about 2 p.
M, four pof-poms being captured.
The situation at this end Of the pen
insula thus was definitely secured
and the Decentralization of French
and British forces proceeded.
ION the morning of the 9th, af-
ter repulsing a Turkish attack upon
their left toward Cape Helles, the
allied force advanced and at p. m.
was established in an entrenched
line running from point about two
miles north of Cape Tekeh to e
small plateau above De Tots bat
terry. From this line an advance
since has been made to the neigh
borhood of Krithia
Meanwhile, the Australian and
New Zealand troops at Sari Bair,
who pushed on with the utmost
1oldness, after the landing on the
25th had been engaged almost con-
with the enemy, who made
strong repeated counter attacks
which invariably were repulsed.
The Australian and New Zealand
;roops fought with a fine spirit of
con the morning of the 9th a
'resh Turkish division was launched
against Sari Bair, preceded by a
heavy artillery fire. A hot engage
nent followed. The enemy came on
boldly, time after time, but the Aus
,ralian and New Zealand troops de-
'eated their every attempt and by
}. m. had resumed the offensive"