Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-20
And Two Others Are Disabled in DardaneIles
BOmbardment--Were Blown Up By
Mines Reported.
TWO OTHER WARSHIPS TO THE STRAITS
RUSSIANS REPORTED AT GERMAN PORT AND AT BoS-
PORUS-CHANGE IN ALLIED FLEET COMMANDER
NO TROUBLE WITH UNIONS
IN ENGLAND
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. }

LONDON, March l9.-The British admiralty tonight
that the British balcshps Irresistible Ocean,
French bahp Bouvet have been sunk by
eles. The British cruiser inexbe also disabled belev.
ed that the Of saved The British
by the of the bOeshps considered heavy"
when the scale Of operations taken into consideration
LOST SHIPS WILL BE REPLACED.
The admiralty adds that The baleships Queen
mpAeNb will be dispatched from England replace the vessels
lost
Details the disaster neage is stated by the ad.
may that the Ocena struck drifting mine and is believed that
the Irresistible probably the fate. II also announced
that operations against the Dardaneles will continued
Te nfexble left the battle line listing heavily according
report
CHANGE IN FLEET COMMANDER
Vice Admiral Garden who reported ILL., will be succeeded in
command DOdanees by Rear Admiral John DeRobeek
TOdays the damage to the Turkish forts be
estimated.
The of the ships is attributed drifting which
hoaied with and which encountered
hitherto swept clear by the allied mine desIroycrs
PARIS CoRROBoRATEs LOSSES.
PAEs Mnrth ley.Thc FaaaD EfinIt{a torght s,mcneed
the loss o the baesh Bouve and adds the balcp Cau
also disabled in the Dsrdanees disaster No details
given
BREF DESCRIPTION OF LOST BATTLE CRAFT.
Iress,ible-Compeed in 1902 capacity $1,000 tons; cost,
$5,240,6sO.
Occan-Completcd in 900 capacity 1850 tons; cost
$3,635,l02.
Bouve,-Compleled 1898; capacity 1900 ons large
guns len-inch and tseiveinch; S. 55O3s5O
nesibIc disabled Complctcd in 1908; capacity 1880
tens; large eight wovcnoh guns; S9,295,449.
LONDON, March l9-The crews Of British battleships
Irresistible and Ocean, up by floating
while engaged with the remainder of the allied fleet attacking the
Dardsnecs foris virtually all saved and transferred to other
ships under hot fire An explosion occurred the French
batehp Bouve which aso sunk Most Of her lost
The ship sank in three minutes
ALL OLD SHIPS
All ships sunk old The Bouvet completed 20
years the ohers Se6 They useful however for the
work which they engaged The Queen and ImPSeable
replace the lost ships and said they had been started
time ago in anticipation OF such loses.
/ DAMAGE TO FORTS UNKNOWN
While the actual damage Turkish forts Is not known, is
said several have been cucd The blowing OF the ships did
no, stop the fighting, which continued until night
RUSSIANS NEAR BOSPORUS.
officially that hr Russian squadron has approached
the northern part Of Bosrou The appearance Of the squad
ron said 10 have caused panic in Consanluope
RUSSIANS REPORTED IN BALTIC PORT.
Aside from the Of he Dardanelea interest cen,ers in the
reported occupation by Russians of Mcm German port the
Baltic announced Berlin The action accepted de-
part sweep down Pus-
cndeavor compel the Germans fall back from North
Poland Northern Poland transformed immense
bog by ,ha Won Hndcnbug his offensive against
Przeanysz declared impossible much less fight
The started offensive Central Poland where
they attacking The Russians the region Of the Piea river.
Heavy fighting Gacis the Carpahans and Buko~ins, de-
spite the
On the front operations Of great Importance
reported The political situation regarding Italy Austria
main obscure.
The British admiralty declares has for believing that
cruiser Karlsruhe sunk the vicinity the West
Indie, November Similar unofficial reports circulated
eral times.
.. TDAES UNIONS WILL NOT STOP WORK.
There viii be oppape OF work during the by the Eng
h trades unons result o the conference between the Brit
chancellor imperial defense All differences
of the men Will arbrsted Relaxation trade union regus-