New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-04
LANDING PARTY
DEFEATS TURKS
Garrison of Fort Driven
Out by Men from At
tacking Warships.
AEROS FIND MINES
French Warship in Gulf Of Sa-
ros Lands Shells Near Town
at Head of Peninsula.

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London, March 3-A Reuter- 'ispateh
from Athens says:
"The allied feet to-day bombardea
and reduced to silence the forts Of
Dardanos, Hamidieh and Tohemerlik,
on tie Asiatic side of the inside Dsr-
danelles. The telegraph st ion at Be
zikia also was demolished.
"The bombardment wss carried OUT
by nine ships, which Gvanced two
miles up the strait
According to dispatches received
here from Mytilene and Tenedos ISL
ards" says Reuters Athens corre-
spondent. the allied feet has de-
stroyed the batteries OF Kilid Bahr and
Banakale and arrived near Dsrda.
nelles. There are more than 100000
Turks on the Gallipoli coast, under
Tssad Pacha. The village Of Yenishshr
is reported to have been destroyed. ny
fire"
A Constantinople dispatch to his
"Berliner Tagetlatt" reaching here via
Amsterdam says the British cruiser
Zephyr was badly damaged and was
taken to Salonica, with $50 men
wounded.
Landing Party Victor.
4 Reuter- dispatch from Athens,
dated March 2, says.
"The bombsrdment was resumed this
morning at 10 o'clock, when ffty-twc
ships entered the strait. Four battle
ships bombarded the Turkish positions
on the Gulf Of Saros. At noon the
shelling was redoubled in violence for
two hours. The results are NOT yet
known.
allied detachments which landed A.
Kun hsle, on the Asistic side of the
strait, at the entrance to the Darda-
nelles, met and dispersed the Turkish
garrison. A British warship has bonn
barded Yenishahr labout two miles
south of the entrance to the barda-
nelles on the Aslatic sdcl.'
A Reuter- dispatch from CONSTANT
nope via Amsterdam, dated March =,
confirms the announcement that some
of the forts on the European side o.
the Dardaneles have suffered severely
by the IRE of the allied battleshlps.
"The British battleships,' says tnis
dispatch. completely outranged the
forts, the GU of which were unable 10
reply effectively, SO that III, battieships
gained part OF the desired effect. More
over. the fleet has received reinforce
ments and more than forty big attic
ships are now lying off the nardancli~~,,
besides a great number OF small cruis-
ers. torpedo boats, destroyers and other
craft.
"The further advance Of the fleet
seems 20 be impossible, owing 10 the
chain of mines and the forts. An at
tack from land would be welcomed b.
the Turks. who have gathered strong
army there, composed Of their best
troops
A dispatch TO the FIavas Agency from
Athens says that mist prevented any
ascertaining Of the extent Of the dam
age done by the warships in their bonn
bardment OF the inner forts Of the
Dardanelles yesterday. A destroyer
which passed before the town of Dar-
danelles, according to the correspond
ent reported that il had been eyacu-
atcd
Unofficial reports Say that, besides
the ships which entered the Dsrds-
nelles and are bombardng the interior
forts. some of the fleet are throwing
shells overland from the Gulf OF
Saros, so that the Turkish garrlsons
will be subjected 10 fire from two
sides.
Turks Concentrate Forces.
The Turks are concentrating strong
forces for the defence Of Constant
noplc and the Balkan State are watch
ing the operations with intense inter-
est. The success or failure Of the
Allies attempt TO open the strsitf
means much TO the Balkan nations.
The King Of Greece has called y
Grand Council. including the pfemieu
former premiers and other sts,esmenAN \
for full discussion OF the situation.
The chamber later will hear the re-
port of the council.
The Admiralty late tonight issued
the following repor. regarding the
bombardment:
"Thg operations in the Dardanellcs
were resumed at II o'clock this morn
ing lprobably Monday when tie
Triumph, the Ocean and the Albion
entered the strait and attacked Fort
No. \ and the batteries at White Clif.
The fire was returned by th forts, aud
also BY field guls and howitzerS.
Sea Planes Locate Mines.
"An air reconnaissance made by ma
val sea planes in the evening brought
IN, report that several new gun posi-
tions had been prepared by the enemy
but that no guns were erected M them.
The sea planes also located surface
mines.
"During Monday night a force Of
mine sweepers, covered by destroyer.
swept within a mile and a half OF Cape
Kephez, and their work, which was
carried out under FIRE, is reported to
have been excellent. The casualties
sustained during the day were slight,
10 only slN wounded.
-Four Of the French battleships or
Grated of Bulair and bombarded the
batteries and communications.
The operations AT the entrance %
the strait, already reported. have re-.
suited in the destruction " nineteen