The state herald., 1915-03-26
HAMMER
AT DARDANELLES
WATER DOTTED WITH BODIES AS
FORTS DRAW GUNS FOR NEW
ATTACK FROM WARsHlPs.
3,oOODEADANDINJUREO
BRITISH ADMIRALTY DECLARES
FALL OF OTTOMAN CAPITAL
is NOW NEAR AT HAND.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. March 22.-The lombard.
ment of the Dardanelles by the ten big
English and French battleships and
many smaller craft is ready to reopen
with even greater fury than reigned
Thursday when the Irresistible and
Ocean of the British navy and the
French dreadnought Bouvet were sunk
and eight other vessels damaged, ac.
cording to the war offices of London
and Paris.
While England still insists that the
loss of life on hir vessels was slight.
France admits that nearly 600 of the
Bouvets 621 men were killed, and ad-
vices from Constantinople and fort
towns along the straits say that fully
5000 men from the vessels were
killed and wounded Bits of news from
the admiralty, issued piecemeal, paint
a picture of horror in the battle zone.
The monster German guns of the
great forts are drawn upon the war
of the mangled Englishmen and
Frenchmen float on the waters-tomb.
stones to other hundreds of their COM
rades who were killed in the fighting.
Advices from the front say the
shores are lined with other bodies and
that MANNED and dying men are trying
to crawl to safety on the land of the
enemy after being washed ashore.
1t is asserted that the great fleet
will soon crush its way on to the Turk
capital. On the other side. in the Bos.
phorus. the Russian fleet is knocking
at the door, and naval experts express
the belief that the doom OF the straits
has been sounded.
On their side the Turks express CON
fidence that the forts and the mines
in the straits will be able to keep out
the ships of the allies. They insist the
big forts are not damaged.
paris.-Zeppelin airships raided
Paris Sunday and dropped dozen
bombs. Seven or eight persons were
injured. one seriously. Four of the air
craft started for the capital. following
the valley OF the oise. but only two
reached their goal Missiles also were
dropped at Compeigne. Ribecourt and
Dreslincourt. but without serious re-
suit.
London Prince Rupert Of
Bavaria has been seriously wounded
by n shell, according to the Daily Tele-
graphs Boulogne correspondent.
msterdam.-Another Dutch steam
er, the Batayler ". has been seized by
the Germans and taken into Zee
brugge.
London, March 2O.-Two British bat
tleshlps OF The first class. the lrresis'
tiblo and the Ocean. and the French
battleship Bouvet and torpedo boat
destroyer, were sunk by mines and
eight or ten other craft OF the allies
badly damaged by mipes and shells In
the Dardanelles March IS. according
to statements from the war offices OF
London and Paris.
The French battleship Gaulois and
the British battleship lnflcxible were
seriously damaged. and will have to
lay up for r..>Sifs. says the admiralty
statement.
The heavy losses were suytn,neG fol-
lowing concerted attack by the al
lied fleet on forts j. u, + and y. the
fire from which was silencod b. shells
from the ten big sea fighters.
Washington. March iS.-Six diplo.
matte notes were made public by the
State Department, constituting the
entire correspondence OF the last few
weeks between the United States and
Germany. and between the United
States and Great Britain and France
relative to the abandonment OF sub
marine attacks on merchant ships, the
shipment OF conditional contraband
and foodstuffs TO civilians In n bellig.
orcnt country. the use OF neutral flags
by bclllgercnt merchantmen. the re.
moyal OF mines. and tho proclamation
OF virtual blockade by the allies
against Germany.
Sir Edward oroy's reply on the pro
hibtion imposed upon foodstuffa dcs.
tined for Germany. In which for tho
first time Great Britain definitely an.
nouncos hor intention TO establish a
blockade" have ngain brought diplo.
matte qucatlona TO the front. and the
ait1atlon holds grave poaaibilitlea,