The Dardanelles

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 234, 12 March 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles

THE BOM3ARDMENT CONTINUED. THIRTY GUN'S DESTROYED. I Eee.ive'. M;'.rc-i 11. .1.5 p.m. Athens, March 10. The bombardment of the Dardanelles ' on Monday destroyed thirty guns belonging to motor batteries. Fog on Sunday necessitated a postponement of the bombardment. H.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH AT WORK. BAD WEATHER ENCOUNTERED. Paris, March 10. The Eclair states that the decision to force the Dardanelles was due to Mr. Lloyd George persuading the belligerents of the emptiness of the legend of its inviolability, by recalling the German successes at Namur, Maubcuge, and Antwerp. Official. —The Queen Elizabeth, with four battleships supporting, bombarded Rumili on Monday from inside the straits. Bad weather hindered operations. The Suffrcn advanced to the edge cf the minefield. Admiral Gupratte had a narrow escape from fragments of a shell Amsterdam, March 10. The Koelnische Zeitung states that if the Turks are unable to retain Constantinople they should make it a free city guaranteed under an alliance between Bulgaria, Roumania, and Greece, and under the protectorate of Italy. SHORT OF AMMUNITION. A REBUFF FROM ROUMANIA. i Received 11, 5.10 p.m. < London, March 11. Turkey's ammunition, especially projectiles, is reported to be almost exhausted. The gunners defending the Dardanelles are economising shots to hide the poverty of their magazines. Gcrmrtiy is pressing Roumania to allow ammunition transit to Turkey, but unsuccessfully. i i> \ HARDLY A FACT. 1 Times and Sydney Sun Services, -.. Received 11. 5.10 p.m. London, March 11. r A Berlin wireless message declares e that not a single warship reached the u mine-fields, and the attempt at landf ing failed. II . Constantinople is quiet, and full of li confidence. AN EXODUS FROM GREECE. Times and Sydney. Sun Services, '' Received 11, 5.10 pm. f f London, March 11. ' Brindisi states that Greek families are arriving by every steamer. c The Voerwaerts predicts that the . Australasians will go to the Dardan- " elles. '" . Greece occupies the foremost olace r in the columns of the German papers. " The crisis is regarded as a blow at the diplomacy of the Triple Entente. r n FRENCH TROOPS EN ROUTE. 10 Received March 11. 3.15 p.m. •n Perlin. March 10. a The Frankfurter Zeit.ung telegranr t.' from Rome states that twenty-twr i" French transports passed near Malta go •n ing to the Dardanelles.