The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
Continued from First Pdne.

vessels were much fired at by concealed
guns they were not hit.
The Sapphire again fired on troops
in the neighborhood OF the Gulf of
Adramyti and destroyed a military sta
ton at Tuzburns.
on March s also the commander In
chief of the East Indies station. Vice
Admiral Sir Richard Peirse. arrived with
a squadron of battleshlps and cruisers
or Smyrna. 4 methodical lombard
ment of Fort Yassi Ealc was carried
out during the afternoon for two hours
In favorable weather.
"Thirty-two hits were made. INJECTING
considerable damage on the fort. and
there were two heavy explosions, APP
parently of magazines. The Euryalus.
which flew the nag Of the Vicc-Admiral
shot with remarkable accuracy from her
aft 90 inch guns. The fire was not re-
turned. Bombardment at closer range
has now begun. the weather conditions
being good.
THE reduction OF HE defences OF
Smyrna is o necessary incident In the
main operations
The Havas Agency OF Paris has re-
ceivel a despatch from It's correspondent
at Athens. saying hat The allied fleet
split into two divisions this morning,
part entering tho D~ardanelles and part
going to tho Gulf of Saros. and that
dcstrovers and dredgers continue tho
destruction of mines. under cover of
he battlcships. The correspondent con-
tinues
~ ovements Of Turkish artillery were
obsei we'd toward Grckii, Handel, Raros
and len!chcir.
Light warships continued the bonn
bardment of the Asiatic roast far into
the night Yesterday. \ Turkish wire
loss station and camp were destroyed.
The Allies are 10Y three miles from
Chanak. Turkish ships are reported TO
he assembling a Niagara"
\ despatch from Tenedos to the Pett'
Pdr'Sicn under yesterdays date says
that the Dardaneiles have been clear-,
of mines as far az Chanak kalcssi ,For'
S%ultsnie) and that the allied warships
which were covering the mine sweepcr'
were keeping up a steady b~ombardinen
OF .he forts on the European side.
The Paris Temps has Il despatch from
Petrograd saying that the supreme Tur
klsh Wal Council has decided to abail
don all further operations against EgNp'
and to bring back To- the defence or Eu'
ropean Turkey the troops which hao
been sent to attempt 10 cross the sue
Canal.
The CONSERVATION Eel, in the Turklsi
capital as a result OF the steady AMI re
~lcntlcss wearing down OF the tortiiica
ticns guarding Constantinople is de
scrihed I'm a despatch from Bucharest
which says that tho Turks and T"riuar'
in the capita realize that they are po"
erlcss to prevent the allied fleet IRON
forcing the passage OF the STRAIT 1n'
,ha, some OF the forts in the strait arr
being dismantlel hastily so that IN
material may be- used for the strength
ening OF an island In the Sea OF Mar
mora. neal the entrance to the Bosporus
The population the despatch adds
'is already suffering privatons
receiving insufficient rations OF breA'
, made Of a mixture OF wheat MARI,
The people hold the Germans responsibl
J, for their m!ser!es and agitations con
:. Quoted BY hadjls are Increasing. Man
|. Greek families already have left Con
s~tantinople.'
4 simultaneously with the operation
directed against the ottoman capital tn
|, British East indian fleet. under Vice
= Admiral Richard ii. Feirs.. ~ attackin
n the entrances to the port of Smy rna. o
:. the Asia Minor coast. according to a
Q announcement tonight. The bombar RI
ment by the British ships has explode
the magazines of Fort fassi kale, a
!, tn, entrance to the Gully of smyrna. an
the fleet has moved on inside the gulf.
The Admiralty refuses 10 affirm o
!. deny the Rumanian reports that in
!, Black sea fleet is on its way 20 ia
;, Bosporus 10 bottle M the Turkish f'e,
, while the Anglo French feet pounds 1,
u way through from the Egean. on ~
. ground that any news OF Russian nav,
! operations must come from PctrogTa,
The Russian Admiralty has SO far mad
NJ announcement regarding these r.
ports. Dispatches from Bucha rest -