Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1915 — WIN AT DARDANELLES [ARTICLE]

WIN AT DARDANELLES

ALLIES OCCUPY TWO HILLS AT GALLIPOLI. London Dispatch Also Says That 4,000 Prisoners Were Captured. London, July 16.—“ The allies on Monday made four assaults on the Turkish positions on the Gallipoli peninsula,” says a dispatch to the Daily Express from Athens. “They finally occupied two hills defending Krithia and took 4,000 Turkish prisoners,” The official British press representative with the allies’ forces in the Dardanelles in a dispatch dated July 7 and reaching London by way of Alexandria, Egypt, July 14, says: “A successful allied advance on the left wing June 28 alarmed the enemy seriously, causing him to bring up heavy re-enforcements, including raw troops, and he has been launching vigorous counter attacks ever since then in a vain effort to recover his lest ground. “Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, hurried down from Constantinople to stimulate his troops, a great banner being hoisted on Achl Baba to signalize his arrival. There had been some dissension among the Turkish leaders, especially regarding the advisability of counter-attacks, but Enver Pasha insisted upon general attacks, which were undertaken repeatedly with great bravery and tremendous losses, masses of Turkish troops fading away before the allies’ artillery. “Recently the Turks have been adding extensively to the defensive possibilities of their positions in an effort to prevent any further advance by our troops, and the Turkish soldiers have been given special orders prohibiting their retirement under any circumstances. Their officers have been directed to shoot soldiers who attempt to retire.”