BATTLESHIP TRIUMPH TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2473, 28 May 1915, Page 6

BATTLESHIP TRIUMPH TORPEDOED

I THE GULF OF SAROS . SUNK WHILE COVERING THE COLONIALS OFFICIAL REVIEW OF TWO WEEKS' - (By Telegraph—Press 'Assn.—Copyright.) , _ Lrntlon, May 27. Official.—A submarine'sank the British battleship Triumph off Gallipoli. The captain and most of the officers and crew were saved. < The Triumph was operating in support of the Australians and New Zea* landers., ' , j Our destroyers chased the submarine until dark. A report received via Amsterdam from the Turkish Headquarters states that the Triumph was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Saros. The Triumph and he; Bister ship, the Swiftsure, were purchased from Chile in 1903, on the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war, the purchase price being ; £949,900 each. Her nominal displacement is 11,800 Length on the water-line. 458 ft.; beam, 71ft.; and length overall, 470 ft. The armament con-, i fisted of four lOin. (45 cal.), fourteen 7.6 in. (11.50 cal.), and smaller guns. j THE TURKISH ASSAULT ON GABA TEPE CRACK CORPS COMPLETELY BEATEN. : . ' Athens, May 26. , • Reports from Mitylene state t!hat fierce fighting is in progress on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Turks are retreating. ... Paris, May 26. The recent Turkish attack near Gaba, Tepe was carefully prepared. General Von Sanders's objects in inflicting a check to the Allies were to raise the spirits of the Turks and reassure tho public, which is profoundly impressed by the heavy Turkish losses. ... General Von Sanders brought up his First Army Corps, a crack organisation which had been reserved for tie defence of Constantinople. Their landing was greatly hampered by a bombardment from aeroplanes. Two divisions attacked the Australians and New'Zealanders at night on' May 18, but the Turks were completely beaten, losing 2000 killed and 5000 wounded. At the south end of the Peninsula the French were faced by strong defensive works. In fierce bayonet and hand grenade fighting, a colonial infantry- • man named Labarte took the lead. Entering a Turkish trench' he threw grenades, stopped a counter-attack, and prevented the machine-guns being used until he fell wounded. BRITISH SUBMARINE ACTIVE IN SEA OF MARMORA - TRANSPORTS AND TORPEDO BOATS SUNK. Athens, Mar 26. The Balkan News Agency states that a British submarine in the \Sea of Marmora on Monday sank three Turkish transports carrying troops and am- - munition, two torpedo boats, and a collier. Only twelve of the sailors on the torpedo boats reached the Thracian coast. _ The submarine returned safely to Tenedos.' REINFORCEMENTS' FROM THE CAUCASUS. (Rec. May 27, 11.35 p.m.) . . ' . .' . Athens, May 27. Owing? tcf 'their heavy losses in Gal lipoli, the Turks are receiving incessant - reinforcements from the Caucasus.