TORPEDOED BY A SUBMARINE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2474, 29 May 1915, Page 6

TORPEDOED BY A SUBMARINE

NEARLY ALL THE CREW

SAVED

HOW THE TRIUMPH WAS LOST

TURKISH VERSION OF THE ATTACK

DASHING WORK BY Ell

(By Telegraph—Press Asm.—Copyright.)

London, May 27. Official. —A submarine sank H.H.S. Majestic off the Gallipoli Peninsula. Nearly all the crew were saved. , . [The Majestic was commissioned in January,. 1895: - Her displacement was 14,900 tons, length 413 ft., and beam 75ft. Her armament consisted or '4 12in. and .12 6in. guns, with 16 I'2-Pounders and 12 3-pounders. She had five .torpedo tubes, four being submerged. Her. speed was 17} knots.]

THE SINKING OF H.M.S. TRIUMPH

TURKISH STORY OF THE DISASTER.

Amsterdam, May. 27.

•' r A Turkish official message states: "The Triumph on Tuesday at. iflidd&y passed < slowly before Anburmi, accompanied by two torpedo boats. The battleship Vengeance was nearby .with some destroyers. It was evident that the Triumph intended to bombard ,the trenches. ' ~ "A German submarine approached unnoticed, and her torpedo struck amidBhips. The Triumph listed until her upper deck touched the water, and capsized, nine minutes later. She floated keel upwards for twenty minutes. The destroyers saved the orew, who rushed to the deck. The Turkish artillery, with shrapnel, could easily have blown up th© rescuing boats, but through feelings of humanity did not hinder the rescue. •"Tho submarine escaped undamaged."London, May 21. A Constantinople telegram states that the Triumph was torpedoed at noon tbn the 25th. t -j - iL . There was a terrible explosion. The vessel turned on her side within a •minute. Seven minutes later she turned and floated awhile keel upwards, and then sank rapidly. BRITISH SUBMARINE'S DARING EXPLOITS 'ENTERS CONSTANTINOPLE HARBOUR AND ATTACKS THE ■ ■ ARSENAL. London, May 27. The 'Admiralty reports that the British submarine Ell sank a vessel in the Sea of Marmora, Tho vessel had a great quantity of heavy-gun ammunition on hoard. . Ell also torpedoed a supply ship alongside the pier at Rodosto, against a transport. Finallv sho entered Constantinople itself, and exploded a torpedo alongsiao the arsenal. ' London, May 28, 1.30 a.m. The High Commissioner's report:— . . Submarine Ell sunk, in the Sea of Marmora,- a vessel containing much 'ammunition, heavy howitzers, gun mountings, and six-inch gun, also torpedoed a supply ship with a heavy oar do of stores. The submarine entered Constantinople and torpedoed a transport lying alongside the arsenal.

.TURKISH DESTROYER TORPEDOED BY FRENCH SUBMARINE.

London, May 27. . Router's agent has reported tiiat a French submarine torpedoed a. Turkish destroyer not far from Constantinople.

AUSTRALIANS' WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT

"THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY IRRESISTIBLE."

(Rec. May. 28, 5.40 p.m.)

London, May 27. A naval officer at the Dardanelles writes to the "Times" as follows: : "The Australians obtained the most startling success. We ruslied sis thousand of thein ashore in. half an hour 3 and they were absolutely irresistible. The first two boats were wiped out, but the remainder went through everything as if there never existed barbed wire entanglements, which did not check them. . "Tho trenches were child's play. They did not fire much, but used the bayonets with tremendous effect, killing every Turk and German that could be reached, and capturing the deadly machine guns. Then they charged up a hill seven hundred feet high, clearing everything beforo them. Hot shrapnel fire drove them down partly, but they doggedly dug themselves in half-way lip, achieving a wonderful performance. Tho landing was a great blow to the Turco-Germans, who thought tho place was impregnable."— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)

OFFICIAL AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT'S STORY.

Sydney, May 28. Captain Bean, tho official 'Australian correspondent witk the Forces at the Dardanelles, cabling on. May 23, says:— After three days' attack by the Allied infantry on the Turkish positions, tho Australian Brigade received orders to be in fighting column of line with the Now Zealand Brigade. Pour hundred yards ahead lay the British trench, the most advanced position, not connected with the communication trenches. It was the only scrap of cover for twelve hundred yards. The moment tho leading companies appeared they were met with a steady fire. The operations were carried out as calmly as if in Egypt. A perfect hail of shrapnel followed, out of which camo the infantry as if nothing was happening. It reached the British trench, where it took a breather; and then advanced across the open ground, the men dropping fast, for a further five Jiundrod yards, where it dug in and held the position.

TURKISH LOSSES GREATER THAN FIRST ESTIMATED. London, May 27. Tha Press Bureau at Cairo says that General Birdwood reports that during the- suspension to bury the Turkish dead much larger losses than the three thousand came to .light. Two other areas were covered with Turkish doad. Four hundred corpses were oountcd in a space: of eighty yards by a hundred yards. The Turkish burying parties worked quietly and quickly. All were supplied with cotton-wool prepared with some solution to deaden the stench—a most necessary and needed precaution." Over twelve hundred Turkish rifles were picked up on our side of tho dividing lino during the suspension. _ !We rushod and occupied a trench on Tuesday in front of Cos s brigade.

TURKS" TERRORISED BY INCESSANT ATTACKS. Athens, May 27. 'Allies' reinforcements are arriving at the Dardanelles. The Turks appear terrorised by the incessant attacks, the Allios' shells falling liko a veritable rain of fire.

ALLIED ADVANCE ON KRITfIIA

THE WAR OFFICE NARRATIVE

(Rec. May 28, 2 p.m.) London, May 27, 8.30 p.m. ' Thn War Office narrative of the 'Allied advancc on Krithia states:— The fighting from May 6 to May 8 was severe, but a larger proportion aC "Rrtficfi rasualfciea r6prcs6iifc only slight wounds. The Australasians at Sari Bair despite the sending of reinforcements to support tho main advance, successfully held their own, and resisted all att,lCK, l'hc French fought with' magnificent courage and dash, and suffered hfiaV ln o aWack at a quarter to 11 011 the night of the oth wm brilliaatLr. oar.

ried out bv the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Australian battalions, who earned with the bayonet three lines of Turkish trendies al >S;m Hair, and established themselves thcroin. „ , , ... , , , A heavy Turkish counter-attack at dawn 011 the 10th forced the Australasians to fall hack on their original trendies, hut their artillery was in readiness, and opened lire at close range. , . . , _ Tho execution was terrible. The Turks lay so thick upon the giounu as to form an obstacle. . , Further French, British, and Australian troops arrived on tho iUtli, 11th, and 12th. On the night, of tho 12th the British 29th Division attacked .the onomy's extreme right under cover of the artillery and miantiy. A double company of Gurkhas crept along under tho precipitous sea clifts and occupied a cleft. The Allied line dug themselves in. and the left on Hie next night further advanced, and made the Indian Brigade s position soc . uie - . 10 Allied artillery, aided by acroplano observation, destroyed a Jurltisli b-incli howitzer, exploded a wagon load of heavy gun ammunition, ana also demolished some new Turkish entrenchmonts. . , On tho 17th, General Bridges was mortally wounded during an attacK on the Australian position, his death causing irreparable loss to his command. Tho French troops, supported bv the Royal Naval Division, further advanced on the night of the 18tli. Continuous fire was maintained on the night of the 19th against the Australian and New Zealand troops, but no attack was delivered.

ALLIES HOLD A STRONG FORIFIED LINE,

(Rec. May 28, 9.30 p.m.)

Athens, May 28.

On Thursday the Allies at Sedd-el-Bahr advanced ten kilometres (6 miles), and hold a fortified line between Krithia and Achi Baba. Bayonet charges inflicted heavy losses on the Turks.