The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Three Additional Defenses of
. OardaneIles SiIenced by
Fleets Guns.
BoMBARD!NG SHIPS DAMAGED
Ottoman Shells Strike Queen Elizabeth
But Do Little Damage, Is Report
Battle 10 Greatest In
History.


London, March 9.-It was officiall
announced in London this evening tina
the Turkish battery at Mount Darda
nus and the forts of Rumili Medjidiel
Tabia and Hamidieh-I.Tabia in tn,
Dardanelles have been silenced by
shells from the allied fleet. The Brit
ish battleship Queen Elizabeth, thu
announcement also said, was hit by
shots from the Turkish forts and
| slightly damaged
| "A dispatch from Amsterdam to Reu
ters Telegram Company says the fol
lowing official statement was given out
today in Constantinople:
| The Turkish Report.
THE British ships Majestic and IT.
resistible have reinforced tile enemy
fleet. The fire of our batteries put a
french armored cruiser out of action
and damaged British armored
cruiser.
, Owing to our BON bardment the hos
tile ships retreated and ceased their
fire. Our batteries suffered no dam
age"
The British and French fleets have
battered their way step nearer to
Constantinople without damage to the
ships engaged and battle royal for the
Dardanelles continued.
More Turkish forts on the Asiatic
side have been silenced, according to
a statement by the British admiralty
but the Turks are making terrific re.
sistance and the shells from their Ger
man made guns have found more than
one mark On the besieging craft.
Greatest Naval Battle.
From the number of ships engaged
and the size and range of the guns,
the battle of the Dardanelles is unlike
anything in history, according to naval
experts. At $1,000 yards, the huge bat.
tleship Queen Elizabeth of the British
squadron, assisted by smaller ships, is |
still hurting shells across the Gallipoli |
peninsula into the Turkish strongholds |
on the Asiatic shore
Slav Fleet Hit Coal Plants.
On behalf of the Russian naval gen.
eral staff, the official press bureau to-
1ight made the following announce
nent:
Sunday our feet bombarded Zun.
,uldiak. Koslon and Kilimli .(ports on
he Black Sea-, destroying all struc-
ures and plants for the shipment Of
oal. The bombardment was followed
" terrific explosion and fire. Four
were silenced and eight
teamers destroyed. Our casualties
we're three men wounded" "~5'
Keep Pounding Away.
Paris, March S.-The bombardment
II the Dardanelles Notifications was
ontinued Saturday by the allied fleet,
ccording to an official statement is
ued tonight. The communication
avs:
THE British battleship Queen Eliz-
beth, posted in the Gulf of Saro,
ombarded by. indirect fire two big
forks on the Asiatic side alongside OF
'hanak and defending the straits
Forts Hamidieh and Hamidieh-Sul-
anieh). At the same time cruisers
lside the Dardanelles continued di. ,
ect fire against the works at Darda. !
us, on the Asiatic side and Souain 8
'ere on the European side."
Ready to Leave Turk Capital. ,
London. March S.-"According to r
lie latest advices received here"
avs Reuter- Telegram Company dis. I
atch from Sofia, ''the sultan and the g
overnment still are in Constantine i
le. The government is prepared to 9
ross to, Asia Minor at any moment 8
ut the sultan is in favor of remaining !
! the capital. =
1T is understood it has been decid- r
to intrust the defense of CONSTANT n
ople exclusively to the Germans un- r
er command of Gen. Liman Won San.
ers, the instructor of the Turkish q
rmy, while Bedri Bey. the project of !
olice, will be invested with the gen.
ral control of the city with powers u
1uivalent to those of a viceroy.
Take German Trenches.
Paris, March 8.-The following OF.
cial statement regarding the, progress ,
the war was issued here today BY q
lie war office: g
I'VE continued to gain ground to the :.
orth of Arras In the region of Notre r
anne de Lorette, where our counter q
'tacks resulted in the seizure of sew. dl
al trenches. the enemy's losses were p'
nportant. c,
IN Champagne we progressed IN
lightly north of Perthes and north.
est Of Beausejour. al
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