THE DARDANELLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 238, 29 June 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES.

WHEN THE Ell CAME. QUITE A FLUTTEER IN TURKEY ’S dovecot. AX AUDACIOUS RAID. LONDON, June 28. A resident in Constantinople describing the Ell’s visit, says: Suddenly a razor blade shot into the harbour People began running hither and thither. The soldiers on the transports fired their rifles into the water, and othc jumped into the sea or on to the quay, The submarine made a wide sweep, pas sed behind the transport Stamboul, whoso crew jumped overboard. Two, shore batteries opened fire, and the first shot struck the transport Stamboul The second hit a steamer with v.-<y-outside Seraglio Point. The submarine allowed the transport with wounded to proceed, but torpedoed the others. A SAILOR’S STORY.

A member of the crew of the Ell says: We bumped around the sea of Marmora for a few days without sighting anything, until on Sunday morning, when outside Constantinople, we saw a big buboat, and gave her a “tin fish. 7 ' She sank in five minutes. As she keeled she opened fire and hit our peri scope. We sighted a steamer on Monday and stopped her. A Yankee corrc spondont on board tried to bluff, but we examined her and found a six-uieli gun, several gun mountings, anu a quantity of heavy gun ammunition on board, so we blew her up. After tor--pedoiug two others wo entered Constantinople ,on Tuesday and fired two torpedoes. One sank a transport. The , other exploded ashore. On the return after passing the Narrows, she rose tc the surface, and found a mine hanging over her bows. ' We chucked it of smartly. ITALY'S SHARE. USE OF SOUTHERN PORTS. WARSHIPS TO ASSIST. ROME, June ,28. Rumours that Italy is sending troops ■ to the Dardanelles are untrue. She has • offered Great Britain and France the . use cr southern ports like Saranto and Brindisi, as being a, better climatic base than Alexandria for the wounded. Italy sends under the Duke of Abruzzi certain warships better suited than i British pre-Dreadnoughts for work injside the Dardanelles. 'THE GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS. (Times and Sydney Sun Servces) ; (Reed 8.45 p.m.) ’ LONDON, June 28. The “Frankfurter Zeitung” states , that the German forces at the Dardan- , elles do not exceed thirty officers and . 500 men, ITALIAN TORPEDO BOAT SUNK. AN AUSTRIAN CLAIM. 1 AMSTERDAM, .Tunc 28. An Austrian official report says: One of our. submarines on Saturday sank an Italian torpedo in the North Adri . atic. ■ ’ ■ 1 ALBANIANS REPULSED. I BY MONTENEGRINS. 1 CETTINJE, June 28. , Four thousand Albanians, under Issabolwinatz and Elza Boy, accompanied by Austrian officers, attacked the Montenegrin frontier at Diakovitha Pass. The Montenegrins repelled the invaders, who lost 2000 killed and wounded. IN ALSACE. ALLIES’ AIRMEN BUSY. t BERNE, June 28. t The Allied airmen destroyed a rail--5 rvay viaduct at Tagolseheim, severing communication between Altkirch and . Mulhausen. e MUNITIONS ! ’ BEST PLACE FOR GRUMBLERSi* > (Reed 1.45 a.m.) ' LONDON, June 28. ' A neutral coimespondent writing to the “Chronicle,” says that strikes in , the German war factories are unknown, j. because the grumblers are promptly sent to the hottest points in the firing ’ line. 5 U.S. TRADE. : 5 EFFECT OF THE WAR. L ' NEW YORK, June 28. J (Reed 10.30 p.m.) ' Statistics for th e J’fcar ended April ’ substantiate Britain’s contention that American exports to neutrals have not suffered by the blockade, also that the mass of increased neutral trade was ' largely. intended .for • Taut otic allies. The trade with Denmark bad increased ■ 'rSy y£ 1.264 j?04 sterlings frith'; Holland ' bv £2,333,766; Sweden' by ' £081:688 a Italy, three. millions. Greece.. Switzer- ’ ’and, Spain, and Norway aggregated ■ ri.ght millions. Exports to the Teutonic allies dropped £4,042,523. I