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Show ALLIES GAINING ON DARDANELLES Troops Having a Hard Struggle, Strug-gle, But Are Making Headway. London, Aug. 25. Land, sea, air and submarine attacks against the Turks In a great concerted effort by tho British, French and Russians to force the Dardanelles, take Constantinople Constanti-nople and gain tho support of the wavering Balkan states arc roportod tonight. A Russian aeroplane squadron bombarded Constantinople on Monday, Mon-day, according to semi-official reports, killing or wounding forty-one persons, per-sons, of whom eight wore Greeks and throe Armenians Co-operating with the allied fleet shelling the Dardanelles forts, a Russian Rus-sian battlo squadron has appeared off the Bosphorus driving the Turkish Turk-ish warships to tho protection of Its forts, which are now being bombarded bombard-ed bv the Russian vasspIq Trenches Captured. Operating in tho northern, zone of Galllpoll, British troops have captured S00 yards of Turkish trenches, according ac-cording to an official admiralty report Issued In Paris, registering one of the largest single gains jot reported. The trenches wero stormed by Australian Aus-tralian troops landed recently In a surprise attack at Suvla bay Meanwhile, tho British In the region of Krlthla and AvI-Burnu have commenced com-menced strong operations on a large scale and are reported to be making satisfactory progress, while at the same time the French, by a brilliant Infantry action, have captured a Turkish Turk-ish observation post at the southern nnrl nf fVio nonlnatilo nrwl li-ivn ochh. llshed themselves In a position of strategic Importance While tho soldiers have been battling bat-tling their way forward through the rugged peninsula of Galllpoll, fighting fight-ing day and night In the fierce heat, the warships of tlio Anglo-French fleet have not been Idle. French warships have shelled Acba Shlllman, on the European side of the Dardanelles, causing heavy damages tp the Turkish defenses, according to the French admiralty statement, while two other allied vessels, darting dart-ing into the mine-Infested waters of the narrows have bombarded the batteries bat-teries at Kastana A British submarine, according to Mltylene advices, has torpedoed and sunk four Turkish transports en routo to Galllpoll with a large number of troops. A French aviator has bombarded another an-other Turkish transport, at anchor in Nagara roads, causing, it is reported, heavy loss of life on board. While the hospitils In Constantinople Constantino-ple filled with wounded and every building available being converted into in-to a hospltil, tho Turks, though reported re-ported as having abandoned hope that they will be able to retain either the Dardanelles or their capital, are rushing rush-ing more troops to tho defense of the strait A dispatch tonight from Ath ens eiaies mat -iu uuu u urKlsu troops withdrawn from other fronts are being be-ing hurriedly dispatched to Galllpoll Capital in Panic. Tho Turkish capital Is reported in a stale bordering on panic, which has been Intensified by tho Russian air raid, which had a particularly distressing dis-tressing effect on the most superstitious supersti-tious part of the Ottoman population. The Young Turks arc reported to be sending urgent appeals to Berlin for assistance Emissaries are said to have "been dispatched to plead with the German war office for a quick move against Serbia and the Balkans In an effort to cut through to Constantinople and lift the pressure which Is rapidly carrying Turkey under un-der Ixmdon optimism is , Increasing The operations in the Dardanelles now entirely overshadow, in the British Brit-ish mind, tho campaign in the east It is believed that early relief will bo brought to Russia through the opening of the straits Some observers observ-ers e en go as far as to state that the noxt few weeks will seo the opening of tho waterway. Decision Expected. Both military and political purposes are being served by the Dardanelles drlvo, coming as it does coincidental' with the meeting of tho Servian parliament par-liament and the cabinet changes in Greece. The cabinet ministers at NIsh are In frequent session to frame a reply to the demands of Bulgaria that Servla code territory In Macedonia Macedo-nia In return for the support of her arms against the central empires. It is reported that the decision will bo made known In twenty-four hours. Things have reached such a stage, according to the best Information here, that the allies no longer requlro the aid of the Balkan states In the Dardanelles operations, but seek their support In the operations which would follow against the Turkish armies and against Austria, 0 Tho allies now have sufficient power of their own to carry out successfully their operations against the straits, it Is believed, and this will bo increased by the arrival of Italian warships and troops now I reported en route to Galllpoll It Is confidently expected that Bulgaria Bul-garia will turn the tide In the Balkans Balk-ans In favor of the quadruple entente, en-tente, according to observers of international inter-national affairs here. Turkey is not believed to commit Sofia to either a benevolent neutrality or support of arms |