Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-09
British and French Fleets
Push Way Toward the
Ottoman Capital. i.
TURKISH FORTS ARE
SILENCED, REPORTED
An Official Statement From
ConstantinopIe Says
Offensive Stops ,

LONDON March s.-tl0:65 10. m.)
The British ana French fleets have
battered their way step nearer to
not, however. without
damage ~ the ships engaged, and tho
battle royal Tor the Dardenclles con-
Nnues.
More Turkish forts on the Asiatic
side have been silenced. according TO
n statement hv the British admiralty,
but the Turks are making a terrific re-
sistence and the shells from their Ger
man made guns have found more
than one mark on the besiesing craft
This struggle for the gateway Of tho
ottoman capital Is at present the big
feature of the war news and closely
linked with this Is the sustained ex-
Cltement In Greece incident to the res
lgnation Of the cabinet Of NJ. Venlzelos
who, deeming Greece's entry into tho
hostilltes on the side OF the triple en-
tente imperative. could not agree with
his king and resigned The retiring
! premier, according to Athens dis
patches, plans to leave for a rest.
! From the number of ships engaged
and the size and range OF the guns,
the battle of the Darde'1elles Is un-
| like anything In history, according TO
naval experts. Az 2l 1000 yards the
huge battleships. Queen Elizabeth of
A., the British squadron, assisted by
smaller ships. Is still hurting shells
across the Galipoli peninsula into the
Turkish strongholds on the Asiatic
shore.
Ships Are Struck.
The admiralty statement carries the
operations through Sunday and ad-
mts that the Turks not only scored
three minor hits on the Queen Eliza
beth. but that the majority of the
ships inside the straits, both French
and British, were struck None was
sunk and thCre were no casualties.
The Turkish forts Rumil Medjid-
ieh Tabla and Hamidieh | Tabia.
fringing the Asiatic shore line, which
previously had withstOod the bonn
6ardment, were silenced, as was the
Mount Dardanus battery, further
south. The Turkish casualties are
unknown.
A Turkish official statement from
Constantinoplo issued prior to the ad-
mlralty statement this evening I'm
sisted that the fighting In the Dardan-
Giles was developing in favor Of the
Turks II was stated that no bat
teries were being destroyed and that
the hostile ships were forced to re-
treat
Acroplanes taking from the decks
OF the DeSieglng craft are playing a
notable part In the operations. one
British machine became unmanage-
able, and dove into the sea and an
other was hit by the Turks 2S times
An air raid by British flyers on the
German submarine base at Ostend,
Belgium, was announced by the ad-
miralty tonight. Six machines par
| ticipated and returned safely. What
! damage they inflicted. IL any. Is not
, known.
Hamid IL Free.
one of the most picturesque bits OF
the days news H. report from
| Bucharest. Rumauiu, stating that
! former Sultan Abdul Hamid OF Tur-
key has rcgained his freedom and is
gathering his forces, friends and sup
porters around him. II Is asserted
| that he may seek to play an import
ant part In his country's affairs
More progress by the British be-
| fore smyrna, by which Turkish bat.
terles were slonced is announced In
an admiralty statement. Another Of
ticial statement says that the Turks
loss In the land fighting at the head
of the Persian gulf Is fifty per cent
larger than previously reported.