Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-08
ALLIED FLEET
DAMAGED BY
TURKS FORTS
French Cruiser Put Out
of Action, Says
COnStantinopIe.
SITUATION IN GREECE IS
REPORTED TO BE GRAVE
Popular Feeling Is With Pre-
mier Who Resigned Because
of Warlike Attitude.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN
NORTH POLAND CONTINUES
Berlin Reports All Attacks Of
Cars Troops Have Been
RepuIsed.
SITUATION IN GREECE IS
REPORTED TO BE GRAVE
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN
NORTH POLAND CONTINUES

A French cruiser was put out =
action and a large number of her crew
killed and British cruiser was badly
damaged during the bouabardme11t II
the Dardanelles forts by the afsfsa
feet yesterday, according to an or
c1ai report issued In Ccnstonfinpptz
today. The British admiralty hoHz
ever, falls to confirm this report.
Dispatches from Greece report the
situation there as grave, as a result
Of the political deadlock over the
question whether that country shall
intervene in the war on the side of
the allies N. zainiE, governor OF t1a
National Bank of Greece, has not yet
shown any indication Of Being able
TO get together a new csbiTief to suc
ceed that of Premier Venszelos. who
resigned Saturday because King Con-
stantine did not approve the premferss
aggressive policy for participation IA
the war. King Constantine is under
stood 70 desire the nias7itsnsnes tzz
neutrality, but Athens dispatch re8
popular feeling is with NJ. venize1os.
who has declared that he and hzE
party viii not support any new gov
ernment which may be formsc with ,
policy of neutrality.
Unrest Spreads.
The bombardment Of the Dard&ns
eIles by the allies. which ID primarily
responsible for the present situation
in Greece. has had It's effect also On
other nations. London dispatches sae
the Bulgarian premier hss promised
statement concerning Lis EoFErz1r
ment's position Public opinf1n In
Italy also is aroused. although there
are no indications that fhtz nation wflf
change its policy Of armed xlsutr2lify
at this time.
Today's official statements Indicate
that there was no fighting Of Rrez1
Importance yesterday The French
claim slight gains IN Champzgne and
Lorraine. The German statement a.
serts French attacks In Champ2Eue
were repulsed.
In the eastern campaign the Rua-
sians apparently are maintaining the
offensive In Northern Poland. Tho
German statement tells OF Russian
attacks at several points, but &Dzerfx
that all were repulsed-
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. March (via Bondonl.
D. m.-The war ONCE gave out tins
following statement this afternoon:
There is nothing of Importance II
the Champagne section to add to yes
terday's communication. Progress re-
ported at different points Is enhanced
At the end OF the day We captured
trenches to the northeast OF Souairi-
The captured trenches between Per-
tfes and Beausejour represent 900 e
500 metres. We captured q nurubef
of prisoners, including oficers
'sTu the region oS the heights rf
the Meuse our heavy artillery. ac-
cording to prisoners. seriously dam
aged q 42-centimetre gun recently
placed in position by the Germans
This gun had to be dismantied anG
the gun crew were killed and seveh
! wounded.
''In Lorraine we progresses north
west of Badonviller.
I'm the vosges, at Reich Acksr~
kopf, the Germans made violent
counter-attack late Sunday after
noon. For the moment they were abse
to gain q footing on the ridge. but
after a furious hand-to-hand fight our
riflemen drove them back and finally
remained masters of Reich Ackere
kopf. The losses sustained by tha
! enemy were extremely heavy.
"In upper Alsace, southward OF t14
railway station at Burnhaupt. an at
/ tack attempted against our advanced
positions was dispersed by the IRE OF
/ our infantry"
BY the United Press,
LONDON. March s.-A French crui-
ser was put out Of action and an
/ English cruiser badly damaged during
the Sunday afternoon bombar6ment
of the Dardanelles. the Turkish war
ONCE claimed, in an official statement
given out today and transmitted here
! hy wireless from Berlin.
Unoff1cial dispatches, Berlin wire
/ lessed, confirmed the Turkish claims
1 Turkish shells exploded on the deck Of
/ the French warship. killing many OF
/ her crew. She steamed slowly out OF
| the lighting line, with her upper works
/ in flames.
The Turkish statement follows:
During Sunday afternoon the enc
mics cruisers. including the 1Iztestic
and Irresistible. bombarded ths Inner
| forts OF the Dardanelles. They suf-
fered heavy damage.
"A French cruiser was put out Of
action. An English cruiser wa1
badly damaged. The enemy ceased
firing within a few hours and with
drew The Turkish batteries suffered
no damage"
British admiralty officers fatty O.
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