THE GUNS IN THE CHANAK FORTRESS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 5

THE GUNS IN THE CHANAK FORTRESS

IMPRESSIONS OF A NEUTBAL OFFICER. " (Rec. June 7, 8.50 p.m.) 'pi iin 'i mi i, London. June 7. ~ N . JJal| y telegraph s correspondent, referring to the Chanak fort* ('» the N'arrowsj, sstates: "A neutral army officer estimates that two thousand shells fell into Chanak when the Allied Fleet tried to force tho Narrows .yet only twenty-six were killed and fifty-two wounded iii tlio forts. 'When • S 4°u e . 5 1 ' ,!!• , 'Wopted. above a narrow passage, tho wonder to me is that tho Allied hleot suffered so little.' " Tlio Germans are supremely satisfied with the outlook so far as the Narrows is concerned, but tho diminishing supplies of ammunition are causing anxiety. 6 Tlio "Daily aironicle's" Athens correspondent states that tlio heavy cas- i V> 1 • t- e ? a "tar ■ arr L va 0 the I'ounjocl, are weakening tlio Turkish resolve. British submarines have swept tho enomv's shipping from tho Sea of Mar- ' mora, and this adds to Turkey's dufßculties in bringim; up reinforcements" and i supplies. J lie Turks are feverishly strengthening the fortifications of-Chatalia, where two hundred newly-arrived German officers are stationed. HOW THE GOLIATH WAS SUNK GERMAN VERSION OF THE ATTACK. , ~ , „ . Amsterdam, June 7T3 -Ji i .?! An n • CO rf e i S -' s ?i J lt a Constantinople describes the sinking of the British battleship Goliath. He «ays: "Tlio Brtish warships wore in the habit of night y visiting Morto Bay, where thev earned on a brisk flanking fire on tie Turkish defences Lieut,. Firlo, commanding the destrover Muadenet-, tho crew of which included sixteen Germans, received permission to attack them. Tie crept down tho Dardanelles after sunset and found two of the Jintish warships. The Mauvenet's torpedo tube was manned at one o'clock. Meanwhile a British warship had sighted the Mauvonet, When within easy range the Mauvenet discharged her first torpedo, which struck the Goliath under the bridge. A second hit between the funnels, and a third in the quarter. A dull explosion and a sheet of flame followed, and the warship sank in three minutes, without a soul being seen on deck. The Mauvenet at full speed, and when the.British torpedo from the'eoit details. ° S 5 ' WWa rMeived by aM of Bk,t and sMI A Press Association message, covering the Press Bureau's report of the general attack by the Allies on the Krithia Heights,.was received last evenC K 1 a , ° u P'' cate v as to facts, cf the lengthy dispatch from Sir lan Hamilton to the Hon, James Allen, which was published in The Dominion Testerday morning. jcou-ci