New Britain herald., 1915-03-23
MET DEATH SHOUTING
 "V|VE LA FRANCE"
:0ffIcers and Crew of French Ba-
 'teShip Bouvtt Stood at Salute

SsVV"'P ~V"sS> ~Sv~~ VI VSiVAV Paris March 23, 3O:5 a. m.--Stand- .iIK at salute and shouting "Vive La France" the officers ano crew of the
 French battleship Bouve,, sunk in the
 Dardanelles on March IS, went down
 With their ship, according to the ' Tenedos correspondent of the Athens ! Patris, who thus described the action
 in which the Bouvet and the Gaulois .were engaged
 captain of the Bouvet had CDeen ordered to cross a dangerous e mine zone and force q passage to es 1shanak Kalessi, thus making the al- Hes masters of the straits as far as ' Niagara. At 1:20 D. m. the BouVet was five miles from Chanak, and was firing at Fort Dardanus. She had crcssed two mine zones. The Gaulois followed, firing all her guns. The commander of the Rouvet by skill full maneuver, avoided two mines, which were exploded by a destroyer, but a third struck her in the region of her magazines and she sank by tfNe head Seven survivors of the Bouvet climbed into q boat and spent the night in bay on the European side of the straits. They were taken offsthe next day by a British destroy cr.
 Ordered "Tull Steam Ahead" z 8ssWhen the captain or the Gaulois saw the Bouvet was sinking he or t1ered full steam ahead without an Alstant's hesitation, but his ship had been struck seven times and he was obliged to put back, anchoring off Mavrais Island"
 "A despatch from Mytilene says a di- vision of the allied fleet is still keep ing watch on the Gulf of Smyrna.
 "A Greek ship picked up a floating mine near Imbros Island and another
 Eagcr to Fight.
 $Paris, March 23, 3 A. MA gale blew through the Dardanelles Straits yesterday and the allied warships did not leave their anchorages. says a Hayas despatch from Athens The morale of the crews on the vessels of the Franco British fleet is said to be txcellent, notwithstanding their losses, and they are eager to get into action.
 It seems certain that Forts Chanak Kalessi. Hamidieh and Kilid Bahr still are capable of offering stubborn
  batteries have been posted along the straits, and German howitzers have Teen mounted on rails so they can be moved quickly to threatened Hoints This Is supposed to explain the firing from certain forts. such as Rum Kale, which were supposed to nave been destroyed.
 N Sweep Straits for Mines.
 c IT London, March 2y. 11:59 a. m.--The | warships of the allied fleet have made 1 no attempt to reduce the Turkish de- Eenses about kilid Bahr and Chanali l Kalessi since March z. Instead they have been endeavoring to sweep the waters of the straits for mines.
 The correspondent of the Associated Press made a personal inspection of the effects of the bombardment of l March 6 and ' on the Turkish posi- ions at Kilid Bahr and Kale Sultanie. While the fire from the allied war ships was accurate, the Turks suf- tered virtually no losses in the Kilid Bahr works. At Fort Hamidieh the works were slightly damaged and one man was wounded. There was but i one casualty in Fort Dardanus, al- l though a total of 300 heavy and TOO l liaht shells were hurled at this po- s:tion. The works were virtually un- damaged. In every case the dam age wrought by shell fire on the shore forts was astonishingly small.
 Fleet Remains Inactive.
 Since March fleet of the allies has remained inactive outside of the 1 straits. No progress has been made 1 sXace the Rum Kaleh and Sedd-El- isahr forts were silenced by cross fire Such a cross fire is impossible i inside the mouth of the straits,
 Officers here are optimistic as to ! The outcome of the operations of the | !allies against the Dardanelles posi- 'tion.
 The foregoing dispatch was sent 1 rom the Dardanelles two days before the concerted advance of the allied l Heet against the Turkish positions which resulted in the sinking of the l French battleship Bouvet and the British battleships Ocean and Irre- sistible This engagement took place March 1S Despatches from the Dar- oanelles have to come out by round- ibout ways Tn the case of the fore ying messages a week was consumed .lr getting from the straits to Lon- Aon.
 DEPENDS GERMAN SEIZURE.
 Amsterdam, Holland, March 23, via