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Show STRIVE TO OPEN TURKISTUTRAITS ALLIES HOPE TO SUPPLY RUSSIA WITH NEEDED MUNITIONS BY FORCING DARDANELLES. Russians Are Fighting Desperately to Extricate Themselves From Cordon of Austro-German Troops Pressing Press-ing Them in Poland. While the Russians are fighting desperately des-perately to extricate themselves from the cordon of Austro-German troops, which is steadily pressing them more closely in Poland, their allies are working work-ing feverishly and with considerable success to open the Dardanelles, through which they hope to pour into Russia much needed munitions of war. Since Saturday night, when fresh British forces were landed on the Gal-lipoli Gal-lipoli peninsula, there has been continuous con-tinuous fighting on the Krithia road. Although Enver Pasha, the Turkish Turk-ish minister of war, admits the allies have landed 50,000 fresh men in their new operations, he seemingly is optimistic opti-mistic as to the final results of the campaign. Two regiments of the newly new-ly landed forces, according to Enver Pasha, were virtually annihilated, only sixty men escaping death or wounds, and these were captured. The war minister added that they can cope with every situation the allies can create for them. On the eastern front, Kovno is the danger point in the Russian line. The armies of Grand Duke Nicholas apparently ap-parently have arrested the German offensive against Riga and Dvinsk, but are being hard pressed on the Kovno front, which the Germans are attacking with guns of all calibers, Including the famous 16-inch cannon which no fortress hitherto has been able to withstand. |