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Show WAR OPERATIONS AT DARDANELLES General Cox's Forces Repulse Re-pulse Turks With Heavy Losses, May 12. GHURKAS ADVANCE Territorials Progress May 16 and 17 Blow Up Turk Ammunition Wagons. London, May 1? 2:30 p m The following review of recent operations at the Dardanelles was given out today to-day by the official information bureau bu-reau "The following has been received from the Mediterranean region: "General Cox's forces' repulsed with heay loss an attack on his position made on May 12. The following day a double company of Ghurkas advanced ad-vanced over half a mile The ground thus won was consolidated during the ighi In spite of very strong counterattacks. counter-attacks. 'On May 1G, the Lancashire territorial terri-torial division made considerable progress during the night and on the following night adanced further The Bami da our howitzer battery, with the aid of aeroplanes, blew up the ammunition wagons of the Turkish tieavj howitzers, and later made a direct di-rect hit on one of the guns in front of the Australian and N'ew Zealand army corps. The enemy trenches and ,i aew un emplacement were demol Ished by howitzer ire Kery day sees an improvement In the Anglo-French posit ion The enemy en-emy are reported as having lost very heavily " |