South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-10
Cars Fleet Bombarding Turk
iSh COaIing Ports, Destroys
italian and Persian Ships
Among Enemy'S Vessels.
BAD WEATHER STOPS
ALLIED FLEET ATTACK
Turks Attempt Coup, Hoping to
Sink Attacking Vessels by
"PIaying POSSum"-MyStery
About Land Operations.

CONSTANTINOPLE (Via Berlin
and Amsterdam), March 10. - Bonn
harding four Turkish coaling ports on
the south shore OF the Black sea, n
Russian feet on Sunday sank five
steamers damaged three other ships
and set fire TO the town of KOslu,
according To an official statement is
sued here today. Among the vessels
sunk were an Italian and a Persian
steamer.
The official statement follows:
a Russian fleet composed of five
battleships three cruisers, 10 tor
pedO boats, and a large number of
steamers, arrived Sunday morning
before the coaling ports of the Eregli
district on the south coast OF the
Black sea.
'It bomb barded the ports of Sangul-
dak. KCslu Eregh and Alabu. More
than 1909 shells where fired at Sang
uldak one steamer was sunk and
some houses set afire in KOslu. At
Eregli. $500 shots were fired, four
steamers, including one Italian and
one Persian vessel were sunk. A
sailing ship and two steamers were
also damaged"
Weather flinders Operations.
LONDON, March 10.-AlthOugh an
other spell of bad weather has hin
dered the operations OF the colonial
fleet OF British and French warships
which are trying TO force a passage
through the Dardanelles. the attack
continues with slow hut sure success.
Odiciai dispatches telling OF the SEQ
ond bombardment of Fort Rumilieh
Mediidieh Tabia, situated on Point
Kidd Bahr, in the Dardanelles,
were supplemented by advices from
Athens TO the effect that the Turks
attempted to effect a coup by which
IN n al
in the feet.
Fort Rumielieh Medjidieh Tabia
had apparently been reduced and the
admiralty announced officially on
Monday night that it's batteries had
been silenced but when the ships of
the line attempted TO move forward
10 concentrate their fire against
Camkalesi and the batteries near
Kephez Bernu they were suddenly
greeted 10y a hot fire from the heavy
Turkish guns.
The appearance of the great British
superdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth
I'm the Dardanelles with her 15-incn
suns shows that the damage inflicted
upon her by Turkish guns while she
was lying in the Gulf of Saros was
slight.
Although the fire OF this mighty
warship at 12-mile range across
the peninsula or Gallipoli had been
effective, Vice Admiral Sackville
Hamilton Garden reckoned that the
giant guns OF the vessel would be OF
better service at close range, so he
ordered the shin 20 join a squadron
which was entering the Dardanelles
10 renew the attack upon fort Rum
iheh Medjdieh Tabia. Some of the
ships were struck by Turkish shells,
but it is "A remarkable feature of this
Fr-Tn an hn oh
seem 10 have little effect against the
armor of the dreadnaughts.
Another curious feature which
deals in contrast is the fact that the
Turks are using Krupp guns against
ships. many OF which are protected
with Krupp armor.
great fleet of supply ships has
arrived off the entrance of the Oar
danclles bearing ammunition for the
fleet. It is reported that some OF the
big guns. which have been worn out
by the cannonade. Will be replaced at
once. official dispatch shows that
Vice Admiral Garden is constantly
alternating the ships in the Dardan-
elleS straits. one day squadron
made up of cruisers will enter the
waterway and lombard the Turkish
works and the next day IL viii be
replaced by other ships.
Mystery About Land Operations.
a veil OF silence and mystery has
been thrown over the plans for land
operations but IL is reported on eX-
celleut authority that % transports
bearing between 10000 and $4,000
troops are on their way 10 the Dar-
daueues sphere of action.
It is reported from Salonika by
way OF Athens that part of the in
ternational fleet is cruising in the
Archipelago off the coast of Asia
Minor and the hombardment of
Esu StambouI. an important Turkish
port. and the seizure Of the cable sta
tion opposite the Island of TenedOs
are in prospect
a dispatch from Constantinople
denies that the cOmmandant in
Smyrna is about TO surrender TO Vice
admiral Pierse. whose fet has been
ombarding the city on the con-
trary. the Turkish advices say that
Symrna and its defenses were not
! greatly damaged by the fire OF the
BRITISH warships.