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Show oo ALLIES CAPTURE i IuKaIihI i I KIY Mitylene. July 1. It is reported the ' allies have occupied Krithia, on the ' Gallipoll peninsula. ; A French torpedo boat yesterday ' effectively bombarded the Turkish en- ' campment opposite Chio, and also ' shelled the village of Sigapziki. ' Krithia has been the new objective ( of the British-French forces, and is of much strategic importauce. The Dardanelles, via London, July 1 The allies are now in tne position of havmg to storm an Immensely strong fortress, the advanced works of which, by an amazing feat of arms we alrpady hold. The Australians and New Zealanders have made a lodgment upon onq of the strongest advanced works of the KIlid Eahr P ateau. They threaten tne commu-nications commu-nications of the fortress and are driving driv-ing against them a large part of the garrison which is composed of the flower of the Turkish armv 7.nJWMhstand,ng tlieir cnsualtieK, of 70,000. the troops are fightiug with gallantry and desperation. On, the night of June 11-12 there was a brilliant brilli-ant action by a regiment of South Wales borderers, which resulted Jin a gdin of two trenches. On Jun'e 16 the enemy, led by a Turkish-German i-i officer, made an assault on the trenclv 1- es of the Eighty-eighth brigade, bui d were driven off with loss, d On June 21 It was determined to 5 strengthen tho line upon the extreme "" right. All through the morning the cannonade proceeded, and by noon the second division of the French had, on j5 the left, stormed and captured all the Turkish trenches of tho first two lines. On the right the first division, after 1 reaching their objective, had fallen back. Again they advanced and again ' took the trenches, and again they were driven out. At this moment a message was sent to say the trenches must be recap-f recap-f tured and held. The British guns and howitzers were asked for and lent at once. The bombardment was resumed resum-ed and continued throughout the afternoon. aft-ernoon. At 5 30 o'clock it seemed as though everj' gun on earth was pour- ing shells Into the Turkish lines. Turks Great' Fighters. At 6 o'clock the third assault was delivered. In one trench there was a temporary shortage of ammunition The enemy fought oven with stones and sticks. The first battalion came hurrying up from tho Turkish right to reinforce; they were caught on open ground by the drumming 75's and melted away. Six hundred yards of Turkish trenches were taken and still the bombardment bom-bardment continued In oracr to ward off the counter-attack anticipated. The Turkish casualties were at least 7000. One tronch. 200 yards long and ten feet deep, was brimming over with the dead. They were valiant, those dead men. French officers who have fought In the west, say that as a fighting unit one Turk is worth two Germans. With his back to the wall the Turk is magnificent. GREEK BANDS MOVING TOWARD BERAT, ALBANIA Rome. July 1, via Paris, July 2, 5:20 a. m. A dispatch to the Tribune from Antivari, Montenegro, says two large Greek bands are advancing toward Be-rat, Be-rat, Albania, after occupying the villages vil-lages along the way. |