, 1915-03-10

Tie party at SeddHlbahr found and de-
stroyed four Noidenfelts and slight SKIM
ing eusued on both banks, where the enemy
was found to be holding villages IN force.
Also on Thursday further down the coast
the "Sapphire' silenced u battery Of field
guns, north Of Dikeli in the Gull Of Adru-
mvli, and the defences Of Besika were shell
ed by the prince George. The casualties
on Thursday were - killed, 3 missing and
Is wounded. The attack was begun Oh Fri
day by indirect fine 10y the "Queen Eliza
beth upon the dofences Of the AaroWs,
this attack being supported, in dealing with
the howltzers, by the "InfloXibIe and
Prince George, whose fine was confined TO
Forts RumdIeb, Meidieb, Humidjeh second
aud Nomuzieh. The Queen Elizabeth
fired 20 rounds, with satisfactory results.
The magazine Of Fort J., which is an i'm
portaut fort and armed with the best and
heaviest guns, blew mp, and other forts we've
damaged. The fire OF the "IlheNible amt
."PIiuce George" Was observed from the in
side OF the pardauelles by the "IlresistlbIc,'
"CaGopus,' "CoInwullis' and 'Albion'.
These vessels were much fired at by con
ceaIld guns, but were uuhit. The "Sap-
phite' again fired on the troops IN the neigh
bourhood Of The Gulf Of Adrumyli and de-
atroyed the military station at Tuzbuiua.
ON Friday Vice. Admiral Sir Richard Peirse,
Commondor-in-Chie Of the East Indies Sta
ton, arrived with q squadron Of battleahips
and cruisers off Smyrna and a methodical
bombardment Of Fort euikale was carried
out during the afternoon for two hours un-
der ia yourable weather conditions. Thirty
two hits were obtained, inf citing considerable
damage on the fort and two heavy explosions
occurred, apparently IN the magazines. The
cruiser "Euryabus", which flew the flag of
The Ncc-Admiral, shot with remarkable ac-
curucy from her after gums, and her fire
not being returned Il bomburdment at closer
range has now begun, the weather condi-
tions being good. The reduction of the
Smyrna defeuces is u necessary incident to
the main operations"
London, March 6th.-The Dutch steamer
eI{otterdnm' is standing by The French
steamer '.La Touraine" and it is inferred
that the flames baye been controlled. The
reported traustor OF tho passengers has not
been confined. Coujectures persist that
the fire was due to some German plot.
Hans Halles, who was arrested ut New
Orleans IN December last for having infer
nal machines IN his possession, has been
tried, but tho Court ruled that rs 30 crime
was ACCOMPLISHED it was therefore not pun
lSIllDIC, ING poSoeSN'OA OF explosives Nflu
intent to use them, beng no crime The
Judge added that the Legislature should
amend the Louisiana Statute. The District
Attorney has appealed.
The daily News" correspondent at Co.
peuhageu says it is openly stated in Berlin
by German naval experts that the strain on
the crews of the submarines is so great that
some weeks must elnpse before fresh Mt
tempts can be made. Scandinavian mer-
chantmeu homo from tho North Sea report
having met German submarines, partici-
pants III the blockade, proceeding slowly
and apparently disabled by the recent
heavy saIos. Norwegian travellers through
the North Sea war zone declare that
they pissed several submarines which made
no attempt to sink them, having exhausted
their torpedoes aud were evidently raiders
returning to their base. The failure of tie
blockade is realized 10y Berlin and there is
talk now OF an entirely fresh move against
the English.
The Exchange Telegraph Compony's cor
respondent at Amsterdam says that the
"Berliner Tageblatt' declares that since the
beginning Of the blockade 7 British mer-
chautmeu have been sunk, and That accord
lug to news received in Berlin from neutral
countries over 7 German submarines were
sunk during the same period. The German