The Dardanelles
FRESH NAVAL RECORD. THII TRIUMPH'S FINE WORK. Received March 15, C p.m. London, March 15. The Daily Mail correspondent, describing the bombardment of the Dardanelles, says til,. Triumph did more fighting thau air/ other -hip of the British fleet. She fired moiy heavy shells than any ship in the navv°< history, wrecking gun after gun. Bricks and earth, somersaulting guns, jnid heaps of old stone cannon-balls were sent rocketing skvwnrdi at every hit. The Turks at night-fall set fire to the forts and barracks. VIOLENT DUEL ON" SATURDAY. Paris. March 14. The "Matins" Athens correspondent states that the Queen Elizabeth, in the Gulf of Saros, destroyed a military building and several shore batteries. There was' a violent duel throughout Saturday night Vtween the cruisers and the forts. The French cruisers vigorously cannonaded and clif>per.ied a body of Turks. March 14. The citv is crowded to overflowing with fugitives from Constantinople. T.ondon, March I I. The reopening of the Dardanelles would release So steamers, including 11 British and 27 Russian.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 237, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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171The Dardanelles Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 237, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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