New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-05
IRy Cable to The Tribune. ]

London, Oct 5.-The bombardment of
TripoH. which began on Tuesday after
noon, made such progress yesterday that
toward evening boats were being got
ready for landing parties.
The Turkish guns were so completely
outranged by those Of Admiral Aubreys
squadron that the fighting was pracu-
cslly one-sided; not single shot reached
the ships, though they DIRE" lnshore
within two kilometres Of the batteries.
The Tripoli garrison is believed to nave
suffered very heavy losses and the van
Is reported wounded. II appears that
even after the demolition of the fortfi-
cations Turkish gunners continued To
serve such guns as were available, ana
il became necessary for the warshlps To
train their guns on the ruins.
Several private houses were destroyed
by fire, but none We're struck by shells.
The town Is now stated to have been en-
tirely deserted by its inhabitants
The naval division under Admiral
Thaon di Revel has been ordered To be-
Benghazi to-day. The instructions are
not to land sailors unless absolutely nee
essarv. The occupation Of these places
will be accomplished by the soldiers who
left Genoa yesterday.
A message from naval headquarters
saws that the garrison at Tripou is
gradually retiring TO the interior. occu-
pving several places on the outskirts
and evidently fortifying.
A dispatch to the Times from Rome
saws il is quite certain that Italy will
consent 10 no peace terms unless they
include the surrender of Tripoli. The
time is past, says the dispatch, when
pecuniary compensation can be consid-
cred.
A Constantinople dispatch 10 the
"Times" explains the escape Of the Turk
ish squadron. 1t says that when the
warships left Beirut on September %.
the officers were then unaware OF the
existence of strained relations with
Italy. Therefore the squadron proceeded
at easy steam It was only at o'clock
I'm the morning Of october /. when near
Cos off the west coast of Asia Minor.
that A government yacht warned the
SQUADRON that war had been declared.
The British officers aboard the ships
decided TO accompany the squadron To
the Dardanelles, and it steamed north
at full speed, passing between Mitylene
and the mainland. preceded by the de-
stroyers. 1t arrived in the Dardanelles
at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
There is reason TO believe that the
Italian warships reported to have been
seen off Mitylene on Saturday were on
the lookout, but failed TO find the
squadron. possibly owing to the unex-
pected course 1t followed.
Dierba. Tuns. oct. 4.-The lombard
ment of Tripoli was resumed early this
morning, after quiet night
There was steady but slow fire from
the warships until dusk last evening. and
shots also came from the forts in the
town. The French steamer Tafana took
a delegation from Djerba out 20 the
scene of hostilities. Among the party
was the French Consul General. NJ.
Leon, who made several Intellectual at
tempts TO land. The Tafana was stopped
by the armored cruiser Varese when
about ten miles from Tripoll. boat
from the Varese was sent to the sight
seeing steamer and ordered her TO re-
tu.n, but she remained for more tn 4 an
hour, even creeping in closer TO the
blockaded town.
from the distance the white buildings
OF Tripoli could be plainly seen. and the
whole field of operations was unfolded
before the eyes of the watchers. rhs
officers of the Varese volunteered the in
formation that the battle had been DE-