, 1915-03-17

ish airmen having ascertained the range,
the Queen Elizabeth" with high angle fire
from the Gulf OF Saros, destroyed the Turk
ish barracks at Gallipoli and silenced two
batteries on the interior of the Strait. ln
a duel between a mine sweeper and a fort
the sweeper was sunk, but her crew were
saved. Turkish forces reported TO have
arrived at Kumkaleh iuterfered with the
mine sweeping operations, but they have
been dispersed by the fire from a French
ship. kilograms from Mitylene state that the
fleets began another attack OH Smyrna ON
Saturday morning,
The Wolff Agency's correspondent at
Constantinople states that in the night at
tacks on Wednesday and Thursday the Allied
feet bombarded the searchlight installa-
tion at Fort Dardanus. One British cruiser
was struck by a Turkish shell and withdrew,
and after three mine sweepers had been sunk
the others fed without achieving their pur-
pose. There were no losses on the Turkish
side and the searchlight plant remained in
tact.
Reports received at Berlin from Athens
states hat during the bonbardment of the
inner forts of the Dardanelles all the war
ships of the Allies engaged were hit.
A Leipzig citizen has offered n second
reward of 5000 marks to the crew of any
German submarine sinking a British trans
port carrying troops. the first gift of q SINH
lar nature having already been distributed.
There is no confirmation of any troopship
having been sunk.
The British steamer "Whateley Hall
sighted the "Florazan" which was torpedoed
off the. mouth Of the Bristol Channel on
Thursday, towed by trawlers and with two
trawlers guiding her astern. She was then
down by the head.
The captain Of the "Headlands' says his
vessel was sunk by the German submarine
U. %, Captain Weldigen, heretofore report
ed as lost with the U. 8. He took q photo
graph OF The U. 20 two minutes before the
torpedo struck, showing the submarine lying
on surface with the crew mustered on the
coming tower watching the crew of the
"Headland" preparing to leave her.
Tie captain Of the "Anda|usiau" says that
The submarine chased him like a greyhound.
Subsequently the captain of the submarine
told him that the Z 20 could catch anything
up to seventeen knots and that she carried
Two machine. gums. Answering a condemna-
tion Of the German Submarine policy, the
commander replied at is our duty, bit
at he same time We do not want TO
take the lives Of civilians. we want to
Kill ShlpS, not men DI9c"s9lDS me
war generally he said 1T is an awful
business. Great Britain and Germany ought
not to he enemies, we should be Allies.
Great Britain, the world's greatest sea
power and the Great German Army to-.
gether would command the world. On
departing the submarines officers asked the
Englisbmen to give Their regards to Mr..
Churchill.
A despatch from falmouth states that
the steamer "Consei" has been sunk by
the u 20 and that her crew have arrived
there aboard the Danish steamship Excel
luncepleske." The crew say that the sub
marine gave them ten minutes to leave the
sLip, which was then destroyed with bombs.
The commander Of the submarine told them
that he left Cuxhayen six days ago mud that
upon returning The U 20 would be replaced
by another submarine.