The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-05

private property and especially the
mosques
The Turkish shells hardly ever flew as
far az the warships and when they did.
they did not strike 1t il believed here
that the Turkish garrison will now sur
render without further delay. One of
the Tripoli forts and the Turkish arsenal
have been greatly damaged.
No details have arrived of the landing
OF the Italians. which the Tribunn ar
nounced yesterday. II is reported that
the bombardment began again this morn
ing and that two Of the Turkish forts were
dismantled and the Governors palace
destroyed. II is also reported that to-
morrow Derna and Bengazi will be bonn
barded.
Naval divisions have been ordered to
lombard Dorna and Bengazi on Thurs
day The whole feet is instructed moi to
land men unless absolutely necessary. as
the occupation will be accomplish cd by
troops that will depart at once.
1t Ia said that the forts ct Salonica
fired yes crday upon Italian sailing ships
which escaped
RoME. Oct. 4-Despatches purporting
to give the details of the bombardm ent
Of Tripoli. published here to-day. are
as follows:
AT 3 p. NJ. on October 3 Vice Admiral
Faravelli signslled to the cruisers varese,
Giuseppe Garibaldi and Francesca Fer1
ruccio that the bombardment was about
TO begin. These with the battleship
Benedetto Brin. the flagship. steamed
within two kilometers Of the town
The Garibaldi fired first at $40 ?. NJ .
and well placed shells struck the Govern
ment palace. Immediately the palace
and the Amelia and Sultana forts replied
with fifteen oentimeter guns. Their aim
was bad and the shells fell wide Of their
mark
Then the Varese and Francesca Fer
ruccio fired az the fortificstions. the
lighthouse and elsewhere. These replied
with small guns. The consulates few
their national flags and the forts the
Crescent.
After an hour the lighthouse collapsed
In ruins The Italian fire became heavier
and that Of the Turks more feeble Many
guns were seen to be dismounted and the
palace was severely battered. The CEN
tral forts ceased firing at p. NJ. but the
outer forts continued better directed
fire
"On the morning OF October the bom-
bardment was resumed. II was heavier
than the day before. but the outer forts
had been reduced to ruins and were
unable TO reply
The Turks had removed their guns
to the heights above the town and re-
opened fire. but were dispersed by shrap-
mel fired from the Italian ships and fled
White flags had appeared az the time of
sending this despatch and the Italians
prepared boats to land 1000 men.
"The destruction of the lighthouse
was inevitable as it was adjacent to the
fort and kept up a sharp cannonade.
although none Of the shots reached the
Italian vessels.
During the firing fire broke out in
several of the military buildings A
number OF Arabs watched the battle
from the minarets
There were no casualties on the war
ships and none Of them was damaged"
An official statement issued by the
Government merely said that Tripoli
had been bombarded and the forts all
destroyed. Another official statement,
issued earlier. said;
THE bombardment OF the main batter
les at Tripoli was begun at $50 p. NJ. on
October and was continued until sunset
The batteries replied but without effect.
The bombardment will be resumed to-
day in order to destroy the batteries COM
pletely
The gunners on the warships were
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buildings in the town. Only the light
house and the batteries were demolished.
Admiral Aubrey. commander in chief
Of the Italian feet at Tripoli. sends des-
patch by wireless stating that the Italian
gunners spared the consulates, hospitals,
churches. DC. and directed their fire
only at the fortifications They were able
to do this with comparative ease, the
Admiral says, because the range OF the
Turkish cannon was so short that the
Italian ships went near enough to take
accurate aim
The protracted nature of the bonn
bardment the Admiral reports. was due
to the extreme care TO avoid useless blood
ehed and desire to respect the houses
OF non-combatants and the mosques
There was an interval between the
shots. as Admirals Aubrey and Faravelli
expected at any moment TO see white
flag hoisted as token of the intention
Of the Turks to surrender
THE Turkish fire was very Intellectual.
None Of the shots from the batteries
reached the ships. Admiral Aubrey or
dered his vessels not TO use their heaviest
guns. There was no time to waste in
handling these cumbersome wea pons,
and IL was necessary to bring the action
70 a close.
From the feet the officers could see
plainly the effect of the shots from the
warships. Judging from the havoc
wrought all the forts mi ght have been dis
mantled and the batteries silenced in a
few hours, but at the cost of the lives Of
all the defenders, a contingency which,
the Admiral says, the Italians tried to
avoid
The few peopl" remaining in the town
ned Immediately after the bombardment
began"
Dispatches from Tartano saw that
Italian "arships have captured the British
steamer Sheffield of 840 tons The yesseI
halls from Grimsby. Turkish officers
ana war material We're On board the
steamer. The vessel was released after
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