The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-07-16
WARSHIPS IN DUEL
British Dreadnaught Drives Turk
iSh Cruiser From Strait.
Salvos Of Monster Shells Sweep High
Over Ridges Of GalIipoli at
ardanelles-Aviator
Directs the Fire.
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE,


Correspondent of the Chicago News)
Mudros, Allies Near Eastern Base
The Queen Elizabeth and the Goeben
have been engaged in battle with each
other. The great British dreadnaught
the most powerful battleship adoat, at
tackled the Goeben under most e1-
traordinary conditions. Although the
queen Elizabeth fired salvos of gigan-
TIC highly explosive projectiles, the
Goeben escaped unhit.
Since the allies forces landed at the
Dardanelles late in April the German
Turkish battle cruiser has seriously
hampered the advance toward their
-Constantinople. 1t has suppos-
edly a base at Chardak, an auxiliary
naval port, on Gailipoli strait. 20
miles above the narrows. Nearly eY-
cry day the Goeben has taken posi-
ton between Maitos and Cape Niagara,
Just above the Narrows, and has sup
ported with killing fire the TURKISH
troops facing the Australian-New Hea'
land line.
Turkish engineers have established
a line Of communication between posts
of observation and signal stations
somewhere east of Maitos. Because
of these the fire control was made so
effective that, although the Goeben
was firing over a ridge of mountains
its officers were quickly informed just
where each shell hit and what dam
age il did to the enemy. So constant
became the fire of the German bnttle
cruiser and so seriously did it hin
der the movements Of the allies that
it was decided to attempt to destroy II
even at considerable cost.
The Queen Elizabeth was selected
for the first chance.
A ridge of fairly high mountains
runs down the Gallipoli peninsula and
a battleship firing across 1t from the
Gulf of Saros to a point above the
Narrows would be unable to see its
target. The Queen Elizabeth could not
see the Goeben An aeroplane was
needed to observe the fall of projec
tiles and to direct the fire.
It was somewhat after noon when
a big naval aeroplane mounted and
circled over the mountains A naval
observer Occupied a seat beside the
pilot.
The observer easily found the Goe-
ben. The aeroplane sailed back to the
Australian lines and communicated
the Goeben's position to the Queen
Elizabeth.
Suddenly one Of the 15-inCh guns
of the Queen Elizabeth belched forth
a great sheet of fame, followed by a
roar that could be heard at Mudros, &C
miles away. The spotting officer lean
ing far over the combing of the fire
control top, picked up the giant pro
jectile with his glasses and kept it in
view until it disappeared below the
ridge of hills. Like fash his glance
turned to the aeroplane soaring high
above the mountains. Some distance
below the aeroplane there popped intC
being three black dots An instant
later three more black dots appeared
These we're small smoke bombs
dropped by the observer to sigma
where the shell had struck relatively
to the target.
"IJp 3O0-left three!" shouted tht
officer to a sailor standing at his el
bow. The first shot had fallen 800
yards short and 300 yards to the righ
of the Goeben.
An instant later salvo from thu
Queen Elizabeth's entire broadside o
eight 15-inch guns crashed out. Bigh
monster shells, each weighing ZOO
pounds, went careening through spac'
at a speed of $500 feet second.
The Goebeh took alarm after two o.
three salvos and fed at top spee'
northeast to the base at Chardak.