Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-11
Stories of the War
Coming Weather Condition. .. p.r-i..

Coming Wssthsr Conditions at paria-
 nelles.
 The hope that the forcing of the Dardanelles might be accomplished by the middle Of October. when the wealth CT and the tides are likely to become more formidable. has been often dis cussed wherever British officers meet. Not that there will be any dlminution of ettort after that time. but there is a full realization that conditions will then become far less favorable.
 An observer who has been in the Marmora vicinity for 90 years. mak- ing close meteorological records. while admitting that the winter is not so agreeable for military achieve rnents. describes what sort of weather may be expected and gives these gen. eral observations, in the Westminster Gazette:
 ITO those who have relatives or friends at the Dardanelles. let them send good strong warm stockings for the men besides the usual waist-coats comforts, sweets. chocolate. and to- bacco. especially cigarettes. It is the 1 Turks who will suffer from the cold: ! they cannot stand 1t long, and being feo generally mainly on bread. they 1 have no stamina to meet cold wealth CT. Most of their troops come from warm ciimes."
 November. according to this scien- | tist. has a cold snap or two generally in tho last week. but many people call 1t the most glorious month of the year. The battle. of Lule Bourgas was fought three years ago on the fifth. sixth and seventh of that month. in a storm of raging rain and sleet sue eeeded by several nights of hard frost. which caused the death of many a | other year there was a heavy snow | storm on November 16-iT; yet after l such setbac<s the weather usually re- covers and grows warmer.
 No real winter need be looked for,
 he says. till the middle of January, when there are heavy snows which have been known to lie six weeks
 and with them come the gales which
 may make the supply from the sea
 a difficult task. He points out that
 the Marmora though in 1893 the Gold.
 ern Horn from the inner bridge oi
 constantinople was frozen SO people
 walked about on the ice, and foe:
 were about several weeks, this being a exceptional season. Winter is saiC to have finished always by the mid dle of April.
 That this naturalist has confined
 his observations to land and not [, sea conditions may make him nor ! optimistic about the climate which tn
 British seem to regard as likely ti increase their difncunies materially , One writer with the expedition ha commented on the general expectation that there will be very arduous wRyl for the destroyers. trawlers and picke boats, as well as for the larger ship } when the gales begin to come up ou of the southwest and undoubtedly i 5 perfectly understood by all in charg 5 of the operation.
 ? On the other hand. the defenders O l the Straits are making the most q tn , weather probabilities to encoHrag z their supporters For example. tn : Berlin Lokalanzeiger reports that tn 3 Turks are expecting another furiou 7 attack before the equinoctial storm
 arrive to prevent absolutely the con
 tinuance of the campaign till spring.
 The same paper says the equinoctis
 storms in this region. particularly i n the Saros Bay, are very severe. add |, ing the Allies appreciate that eve
 one south storm which Is inevits bli |. will be sufficient to prevent the land ! ing of supplies and ammunition. tn z transfer of wounded to the ships an . the carrying of water to the troop
 for only the most powerful ships b
 the use of their power can withstan i, such a storm as every winter bring
 in Saros Bay. while the use of lighter &nd Emall boats Is out of the question for days or weeks at a time"