The Dardanelles.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, 1 September 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

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OF FAMOUS BRID.CE.

' " ' United P»EBB t 'Association, . .V. ."{Received'.o.4s a.m..) London, August 31. Tlie Athens' correspondent of the Exchange states that a submarine blew up. portion of the Galata bridge.

Galata Bridge connects the suburb of' Pera, on. the north side of the Golden Horn with Stamboul at Constantinople. There are two main bridges across the Golden Horn at this part, and the destruction ' of both would sever the custom house of the Government, docks from Stamboul, the city on the south side of the •Horn. / IMPORTANCE OF THE DARDANELLES. Dnitbd Pbkm Association < London, August 30. A neutral correspondent recalls a conversation with a German in Berlin who asked: "Do the English realise we regard the Dardanelles as one of the most vital parts in the war and ■that our'pioneers surveyed the whole peninsula nearly a year ago, and it was , fortified "even before the first foolish bombardment?" ... . When asked: "How ..do'.yon know all this?" he said: "Everybody in Germany knows it. We contend that a million men would not teach Constantinople by the route intended."

The 'neutral correspondent continues: "Since I've been in England, the conflicting information of the Dardanelles expedition has puzzled nie. There is a curious aloofness about that theatre of war. Xone of the military authorities, who do so much in Germany to educate the public mind, seem to explain the enterprise to the people here. It would appear to be regarded as something akin to the Boer War. The Germans take the view that the expedition was a mad project from the outset, and that success to achieve. The Englishmen say, 'ln

a month we shall be in Constantic nople,' but no one can tell how the feat is to be accomplished. Englishmen don't attach the gigantic importance to the enterprise which the Germans do." WELSH INTENATJONAL. •NOUYIOOSBV aaiiNft London, August 31. Lieutenant A. F. Harding, the Welsh intern»tional footballer, lately living in New Zealand, has been wounded.