CONSTANTINOPLE ATTACKED

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5

CONSTANTINOPLE ATTACKED

SULTAirS PALACE BISIItvItt THREAT OF BOMBARDMENT BOTH BY SEA AND LAND i . ' - i ••••'.. - ~~~ WHiTfi FLAq Treachery. | YOUNG TURKS SUBDUE PERA AFTER SHARP FIQHT. (•i,aotm.io3—NoiiviooS3v ssaud—Havuaaiaiia) .. • (Reo.-April 2G, 0.30 a.m.) Constantinople, April 25. While the troops from Salonika were attacking Pera, the north-cast quarter of Constantinople, the artillerists at the barMcki of Taxinij in tho contre of Pera, treacherously hoisted the whlto flan, and Ttnticed the Salonika infantry to advance ovor open j ground to receive their surrender. The artillerists then opened fire, compelling the infantry to retreat; Thereuffoh iht Salonika troops' batteries shelled the Barracks, which their men [ rushed and closed with tho defenders. Dtsperafe hand-to-hand fighting" followed in (he coiirtyord, dfid in thi cerriiterj/ at {he rear. » YILDIZ AN EkCfeLLEMT DEFENSIVE .POSITION. t - THE NAVY JOINS THE ATTACKERS. : i , • Aprii 2G, 0.53 diiiii) ' 1 , London, : April 25. . ' Reutor's Constarltlnople corrfespo'nderit at 8 o'clock last (Saturday) evening reported that Cdmpleto trahqullity reigfis in the city,- bUt that anxious looks are turned in tho 1 . direction of Ylldlr Kioski the Palace of the Sultan, on. tho outskirts of Pera. A portion of the Yiidlz garrison refuses to submit,-the position offering excellent posslbilitids for defenco, and the ndlghbourhdiid having been alii) by thi. de> ■ fendeß. ; '- ,' ■. Shiivket Pisha, leader df thi Salonika troops, has concentrated large fortfes round tho Pdlacb. Troops jtave been pourod in slrtce noon, arid sevdrdl batterieJ Hai/e bfceti : Vpldiited oh thd heights. / The Turkish fleet has returned, and has anchored opposite Ylldli to cooperate with, the Salonika forces; ' ■ : , Shevket Pasha has sent an ultimatum to the Sultan that unless Yildiz Kiosk Is sUfrcnderedj It will be bombarded from sea and lahd.