Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-10
WARSHIPS IN DUEL
British 0readnaught Drives Turk
iSh Cruiser From Strait.
SalVos Of Monster Shells Sweep Hlqh
Over Ridges Of GaIlipoIl at
Observation-Disclosures
Directs the Fire.
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE,

Correspondent of the Chicago News)
Mudros, Allies Near Eastern Base
The Queen Elizabeth and the Goeben
have been engaged in battle with each
other. The great British dreadnaught.
the most powerful battleship afloat. at
| tackled the Goeben under most ex-
traordinary conditions Although the
Queen Elizabeth fired salvos of gigan-
tic highly explosive projectiles. the
Goeben escaped unhit
Since the allies forces landed at the
Dardanelles late in April the German
Turkish battle cruiser has seriously
hampered the advance toward their
goal-COnstantinople. 1t has suppos-
eddy base at Chardak, an auxiliary
naval port. on Gallipoli strait. Is
miles above the narrows Nearly ev-
cry day the Goeben has taken a posi-
ton between Maitos and Cape Niagara.
just above the Narrows. and has sup
ported with killing fire the Turkish
troops facing the Australian New Yea
land line.
Turkish engineers have established
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of observation and signal stations
somewhere east of Maitos. Because
of these the fire control was made so
effective that. although the Goeben
was firing over a ridge OF mountains,
its officers were quickly informed just
where each shell hit and what dam
age it did to the enemy So constant
became the fire of the German battle
cruiser and so seriously did it hin
der the movements - the allies that
it was decided to attempt to destroy it
even at considerable cost.
The Queen Elizabeth was selected
for the first chance.
A ridge of fairly high mountains
runs down the Gallipoli peninsula and
a battleship firing across it from the
Gulf of Saros to point above the
N2rrows would be unable to see its
target The Queen Elizabeth could not
see the Goeben. An aeroplane was
needed to observe the fall of proiec-
tiles and to direct the fire.
1t was somewhat after noon when
a big naval aeroplane mounted and
circled over the mountains. naval
observer Occupied a seat beside the
pilot
The observer easily found the Goe-
ben. The aeroplane sailed back to the
Australian lines and communicated
the Goebens position to the Queen
Elizabeth.
Suddenly one of the 15-lnch guns
of the Queen Elizabeth belched forth
a great sheet of flame. followed by a
roar that could be heard at Mudros. 60
miles away. The spotting officer, lean
ing far over the combing of the fire
control top. picked up the giant pro
jectile with his glasses and kept It In
view until It disappeared below the
ridge of hills Like 3 fash his glance
turned to the aeroI laue soaring high
above the mountains Some distance
below the aeroplane there popped into
being three black dots. An instant
later three more black dots appeared.
These were small smoke bombs
dropped by the observer to signal
where the she'll had struck relatively
TO the target.
up 300-left three!" shouted the
officer to sailor standing at bis ell
bow The first shot had fallen 500
yards short and 500 yards TO the right
of the Goeben.
An instant later salvo from the
Queen Ellzabeth's entire broadside OF
eight 15-inch guns crashed out. Eight
monster shells. each weighing 20oG
pounds. went careening through space
at q speed of $500 feet a second.
The Goeben took alarm after two or
three salvos and fed at top speed
northeast 10 the base at Chardak.