Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-09
Several British and French
Vessels Hit but Admiralty
Report Says No Serious
Damage Is Sustained,
BIRDMEN PERFORM
SPECTACULAR FEATS
Artillery of Defenders in Some
FOrtifiCatiOnS Is SiIenccd
and Magazine Of One Ex-
pI0deS,

London, March O. p. ml-ThC
British admiralty tonight made public
the following statement concerning
the operations of the allied fleet
against the Dardanellcs
The operations against the Oar
danelles are progressing In fine
weather Vice Admiral Sackvillc H..
Garden reports that on the sixth of
March the hattleship Queen Elizabeth,
supported by the battlcships Aga
memnon and Ocean, began am attack
on forts Hamidieh /. Taba and Hami-
dieh 3, which are marked on the adj
,miralty map as forts l. and V, by in
direct fire across the Gallipol penu-
sula. firing at 2l,000 yards.
These forts are armed as follows:
Fort =, two l4-inch guns and sev-
On S.I-inch guns fort v. two l4-inch,
one 9i and one SO and four i.9-inch
guns,
Queen Elizabeth Hit.
THE Queen Elizabeth was replied
to by howitzers and field guns and
three shells from the field guns struck
her without however causing and
damage
Meanwhile, inside the straits, the
Vengeance, Albion. Majestic and
Prince George and French battleship
Suffren fired on Souain-dere and
Mount Dardanus batteries marked +
and E on the admiralty map and were
fired ON 10y a number Of concealed
guns.
Fort Rmmileh-Meiidieh Tnbia,
marked J on the admiralty map,
which had been attacked on the pre-
vious day, opened fire and was en-
gagged ana nit by 12-lnch shells
"A majority Of the ships in the
straits We're struck by shells but there
was no serious damage done and no
casualties resulted.
BOmbardmcnt Sunday.
"On the seventh of March. the
weather continuing calm and fine.
four French battleships the Gaulois
Charlemagne, Bouvet and Suffreu--
entered the straits to cover the direct
bombardment of the defenses Of the
narrows by the Agamemnon and Lord
Nelson The French ships engaged
the Mount Dardanus battery and yari-
GUS concealed guns, silencing the
former. The Agamemnon and Lord
Nelson then advanced and engaged
the forts at the narrows, at from a.
600 down to 1900 yards by direct
fire.
Forts Rumiieh-Mejidieh Tabia,
marked J, and Hamidieh / Tabia,
marked Y, both were silenced after a
heavy bombardment. Explosions oc-
CURED in both forts. Fort l. has not
fired since the explosion of the fifth.
THE Gaulois, Agamemnon and
Lord Nelson each were struck three
times, but the damage done was not
Al Na1 Ian.
men slightly wounded.
while these operations were in
progress the British light cruiser Dub
lin continued to watch the Rulair
lsthmus. She was fired at by 4-inch
guns and struck three or four times.
owing to the Importance of locat-
ing concealed guns the aeroplanes
had to fly very low at times.
Daring Ecats by Birdmcn.
"On the fourth instant a seaplane
carrying Flight Pilot Lieutenant Gar
net and Observer Lieutenant Com
mander Williamson became unstable
and fcll into the sea, Both officers
were injured. Right Pilot Douglas,
al close quarters in an
other seaplane, was wounded but re-
turned safely
'On the fifth, seaplane No. ne.
Flight Pilot Lieutenant Bromet with
Lieutenant Brown, was hit twenty
eight times, and seaplane No, z, Flight
Pilot Lieutenant Hershaw with Petty
Officer Merchant was struck eight
times in locating concealed positions
The Arkansas Royal, fthe mother
ship for seaplanesl is equipped with
every appliance necessary for the re-
pair of the numerous aircraft which
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