TRAPPING THE TURKS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4008, 14 August 1915, Page 5

TRAPPING THE TURKS.

f FURTHER §iO¥E Si ALLIES’ PROpRAMNE

RUSSIA • TO LAND FORGE FROM BLAGM SEA.

TURKS PREPARING TO DEFEND THEIr

CAPITAL

TYPHUS RAGINS AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

ENEMY LOSING THEIR MORALE.

(United Press Association. —Copyright.) A AW YORK. Au-ust 12. A United Press correspondent who visited Turkey states the Turks continue to make feverish preparations for a last stand at Constantinople. The best German genius has perfected the defences west and north. The Russian landing- from (he Black Sea will be met by determined resistance. One hundred thousand Christians have constructed thedefences. Only Mussulmans arc employed in the ibhiing hue. Strategic railways are being constructed in many directions, assisting in the* defence of Gallipoli and thereafter Constantinople. Typhus is ragin' l, at Constantinople. i’ucre are hundreds of deaths daily, Ismael Bey, a near relative of the Sultan, is ;ni..)ng the victims. Mohammedans accused the Germans of po.-oinug the cisterns. Reuter’s Cairo correspondent, states that, the Turks are losing their morale, and it is much easier to capture trenches. Army orders reveal manifold threats to stimulate the advance. Officers m-e required to pledge themselves to lead unwaveringly. MORE TURKISH NAVAL LOSSES. BATTLES.iI I P AND HUN BOAT SUNK. • SPLENDID WORK BY BRITISH SUBMARINES. LONDON, August 12. The Admiralty announce that British submarines sank a Turkish battleship at the entrain.’' 5 to the Sea of Alarm ora on Sunday, and torpedoed an empty transport at the Dardanelles. * Tin* Turks .state that the battleship w.m the Barburossa < which was reported sunk some day.> ago). It. is surmised in naval circles that the announcement that the Barburossa has been lost is intended to cover the more serious loss of the (xoeben or Breslau. « A British submarine torpedoed the Turkish gunboat Berk-i-Satvei at the Dardanelles. RINGING THE CHANCES. ONE SUBMARINE, MANY NUMBERS. PATE OP THE BRESLAU (Received August- si, 8.10 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, August I-'!. Ah employee of the Constantinople bran h <»f a Danish sal-va'-’e company relates that the cruiser Breslau is lying in St. Enin dock covered with canvas hiding the yawning holes she ved in her fight with the Russian warships in the. Black See, when the commander and twenty men were reported killed. ' There is only one large German submarine and two of an old type at Constantinople, and the former frequently changes its nutuber to impress the Turks wiili the enormous submarine strength in Turkish waters. > Mitylene reports that after making the Baroarossa the sub-, niarine drew inshore and shelled a column o.t troops marching towards GalliooH. causing heavy casualties. British aeroplanes on Tuesday bombarded Idpidik. near Smvrna. destroying the telephone oiliec and eight houses. \ British destroyer accompanying the aircraft bombarded the town. The death roll is estimated at 2000. The Governor of Smyrna, behoving a general attack was m progress, sent 8000 troops to protect the coast.

THE 0 ALL S ®OLI FIGBT?N G. MOST NOTEWOIf/H! V BATTLE. ITA Til ATT PRESS PRAISSS A U STR ALA STANS. (Received July V->. 10.20 p.rn. > LONDON, August id. "The TelograpliV’ Romo correspondent slides 1 hat the recent Allied progress in Gallipoli is equal in importance to any previous successes. The Allies havo discovered on the west coast ol the Peninsula a vulnerable point in the Turkish defences and this will enable a further rapid advance. _ The Turks are hastily transporting artillery from lUtlair against the front. There, is u violent Turkish • attack on Ari flnrnii. Three acropliou-H directed the Turkish fine The whole. Italian press praises the valor of the A astralians and New Zealanders at Aiizac. ■ The ‘T'or.-ice del. Lasiera” says it is one of the most nofeworlhy - nor -•- in the campaign. The “fsc" o!o” says the Australasia ns’ dash ami bravery carried the day