BIG TURKISH CONVOY DESTROYED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2520, 22 July 1915, Page 5

BIG TURKISH CONVOY DESTROYED

RICH HAUL BY RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS \ By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. July 21, 9.45 p.m.) Petrograd, July 21. Official.— : "Russian torpedo boats destroyed a convoy of fifty-nine Turkish sailing vessels bound for Trebizond with war material for tho Turks in the Chorok region. The crews were taken prisoners. * Athens, July 21. An Allied squadron on Tuesday bombarded several points in the Gulf of Adramyti (east of the Island of Mitylene), and dispersed a. Turkish encampment). : , _ ■' A British destroyer bombarded tho Aivali Barracks, which • the Turks abandoned. FIFTY THOUSAND WOUNDED IN CONSTANTINOPLE. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, July 20. 'A Cairo message states that a European who left Constantinople on July 3 reports -that there were 50,000 Turkish wounded in Constantinople then, besides those at Adrianople, Smyrna, the Dardanelles, and Marmora ports. The proportion of killed was high, and the heavy casualties were the only cause of anxiety which the leaders would admit. , . Their optimism was otherwise undiminished, and until disaster overtakes the army the position of the leaders seems secure. Food was fairly abundant with the exception of rice. _ The shopkeepers had been ordered to surrender silk stockings, lace, feminine under clothing, and false hair, presumably for the benefit of the female friends of German officers. Much newly-coined gold had arrived in Constantinople, and the chief officials believed they would be paid up till the middle of June.