The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-03-27
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Allied Naval Force Sustains Great
est Loss of the War In the
Dardanelles

The greatest naval loss of the war
has been sustained by the Anglo
French fleet in the Dardanelles. In
none of the naval battles have so
many and such powerful warships
been sunk or put out of commission.
The battleships Irresistible. Ocean and
Bouvet were sent to the bottom, the
Inf1exible was badly damaged and a
French warship was run ashore on
an island just outside the straits.
Although the accounts are obscure,
the indications are that the Gaulois
is the battleship which was run
ashore after being rendered unsea-
worthy. The English and French
accounts agree that the battleships
which were sunk hit drifting mines.
The Turks declare that gunfre sank
the Bouvet. Berlin insists that tor
pedoes were responsible for the sink
ing of the three battleships.
We took occasion few weeks ago
to point out that the Anglo-French
fleet was confronted by a gigantic
and discouraging task, and we pre-
dicted that the Dardanelles would
not be forced and Constantinople
would not be taken without vital
losses to the fleet. These losses have
now occurred, and if the operations
continue. more may be expected.
There is a chance that if the English
and French keep up the attack that
they may lose control of the sea as
result of the losses which they will
incur in ships and men.
Second in Importance to the Dar-
danelles operation was the sinking of
the German cruiser Dresden at Juan
Fernandez island, off the coast of
Chile. This was accomplished by
three English boats, which are said
to have opened fire on the Dresden
when she was within the three mile
limit of the island. that is to say, in
side neutral territory.
The blockading operations in the
North sea and English channel con-
tinue. The German submarines are
sinking English merchant ships at
the rate of about one ship a day.
Meantime English and French block
aders have not been idle. In the last
week they have been able to seize
two ships bound for Germany, one
laden with wheat and the other with
iron ore. German submarines are
constantly bobbing up in the vicinity
of freight steamers and passenger
liners and many picturesque stories
are being told of how the pursued
ships have escaped while watching
battles between torpedo boats and
The land situation has shifted some
what in the last week, but neither
side appears to have gained defin-
ite strategic advantage. The Eng
lish have been able to hold most of
the ground they gained in their re-
cent big battle at Neuve Chapelle
and Athens, and have been forced
back but slowly at St. Eloi.
The German raid into Russia from
East Prussia seems to have lost its
force and to have been beaten back
along the line of the Russian fort
resses. A Russian army has advanced
upon Memel, fort on the Baltic sea
near the border of Russia. What the
move means is obscure. as the fort is
so situated that it would appear to
give the Cars soldiers NO benefit in
the land fighting.
The Austrians have been reinforced
in Buckowina province and have been
able to stem the Russian advance. In
the Carpathians the Russians have
met with no definite success and have
failed so far to bring any relief to
the besieged fortress at Przemysl.
The Russians claim to be making
progress at last in their operations
against this fortress, and declare that
they have taken the fortified heights
north of the city and within rifle
range of the principal fortresses on
that side.