The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-05
Cars Troops Seize 8 Towns
in Foes Territory, Pctro-
grad Reports.
PERSIA AND GREECE
MAY ENTER CONFLICT
Sultan's Warships Try to
Take American Vessels.
Is Athens Rumor.
TURKS SINK RUSSIAN
SHIPS. GERMANS HEAR
10 of Cars Transports Are
Destroyed. Despatch From
Berlin Says.
Special cabi. D,.p1tch 70 rur s.,

special 'dbis Ds'p1tch 70 THr s.,
LoNpoN. Nov. turkey is definitely
al war with the allied Powers and. with
Germany, IS forcing Persia into hos-il-
ties
All diplomatic intercourse Is sus-
pended. a battl" is raging between the
Russians and the Turks on the from
tier ~ Transcaucasia. each side claim
ing the advantage. The Anglo French
fleet is Smelling the forts of the Darda-
neiles and has damaged or destroyed
the He!ies fort. one of the principal de-
fences.
The British Cabinet after 2 confer.
ence to-day. decided. It is Understood
TO announce that "a state Of war exists
between Great Britain and Turkey. The
Held OF hostilities is extending SO rap
idly that the next few hours may 60,
Greece. Eumania Bulgaria and pos
Sib!y Italy intervening. \ d,spatch
from sofia says that Scrvi, has d..
clared war on Turkey. II is reported in
Berlin that railway communication be-
tween Bulgaria and Servis has HON
broken. All information points 10 tn.
extension Of the war TO the n.a- r,..
and the Orient.
"eP"rts From Turkey Differ
The two developments OF fine mos, -
tereSt here are the news Of tho battle or
me Transcaucasian border and the naval
attack on the Dardanrlles II is nfT,i,Ijv
announced IN Petrograd that Russian
troops have advanced In the Caucasus
ana penetrated into Turkish, territory and
nave driven the Turkish advance guard
from eight military posts The Russian
commander in The Caucasus transmitted
TO f"trograd the following report:
our troops have crossed the from.
Tier OF Turkey. and having driven
BACK the Turkish advance guards
tncy took possession of the towns OF
HlVine, Kara kalisseh P,ssinks
AKhty, Bouiakh, Khoroun Myssoun
ami Arzap. The Turkish forces re-
treated after having suffered Iosss.
and abandoned their dead.
different report reached Berlin from
Constantinople and the German Govern.
ment has issued C. statement 90 the erec,
thai the Russians have n,ou unsuccessf,I
IN their first fights against the Turks In
Trhnscaucasia. The Turkish Government
assures Germany that the Russians SUI.
Tered heavy losses and were compelled IN
retire from Turkish territory. II is an.
nounCed In Berlin also that the Turl,s
have sunk nineteen Russian transnorfs
ana hVe w1rships In the Black sea and
mat the vtssels destroyed carried ZOO
mines intended for use IN Turkish waters
The British and French warships which
nave commenced an attempt 10 force tho
bardanelles and seize ConstantIuople at
tackled encrgetically yesterday and to-dny
Dispatches 10 tn" newspapers here say
lhat the hig gun ships fired on the ", stern
forts from distance OF eleven miles. II
was learned IN Athena that the British
Meet led In the attack. which was pressed
with tho utmost vigor until 10 A. NJ to-
day. seventy SHELLS up to that time had
been thrown into the forts.
The British and French sduadrons ara
composed of battleships, arlnored cruls
ers ana battle cruisers. II Is reported
from Rom" that they inflicted heavy dam
age on the Agean defences OF the Oar
danelles. Several explosions were heard
after heavy shells hit the Helles fort
which Is believed to have been DESTROYED
one OF the attacking squadron Is said to
hav" been hit by a shell and badly dam
aged. but the report comes from Turkish
sources
Turkey denies that the bombardnant
was at all effective and I'm statement
sent 70 Berlin asserts that tho attack
which began Mt day break yesterday, vas
from a long distance lasted only nfteen
minutes and did no damage.
Say Turks Menace u. :. shtps.
There is news from other quarters
which shows that a state OF war exist,
without a formal declaration by either
side, Tho Echo dc Paris says that AN
Anglo-French fleet attacked tho Turkish
Runboat Dura and the converted steamer
Kiroli at the entrance of the Gulf OF
Tchesme, south of smyrna, In Asiatic
Turkey, and that the Turks sank these
ships In order 10 prevent them from fall.
Ing into tho hands OF the enemy.
From It's Athens correspondent tho
Daily Telegraph hears that the Turkish
warships were attempting 10 seize two
American steamers outside the gulf and
that British destroyers fired on the Turk.
ish ships to save the American steamers
from capture or destruction
The British cruiser Minerva, which
hOmha rded Akabah, shelled the town OF
Jiddth, the chief seaport Of Arabia and
sixty-hvc miles northwest OF Mecca, to-
day. II II reported from Rome that two
British cruisers bombaTded Jana that the
forts replied vigorously and that the
cruisers retired.
a despatch from Sofa to tho Vos-
SiSche Z"ituHG, German newspaper, as
serts that the Turkish Black Sea fleet
has sunk the Russian hattleship Shop
which was launched IN 1887 and which
displaced 1880 tons Tho simon was
armed with SIX ~ Inch guns, seven inch