New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-30
WAR FLEET POUNDS
AT DARDANELLES
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cannonade. Bright flashes Of fame
spurted from the mouths Of the guns.
The roars which followed were almost
desfening at times. Several shots from
the French warship seemed directed
against the batteries in and near Kun
Kale, srd saw one shell take huge
mass masonry and rock out of the
clifsi, there.
For some time the bombardment Of
this particular spot, right opposite TO
where | stood, continued. Shells were
hurled at it AT the rate of about twenty
a minute. When the smoke cleared 1t
was evident that all resistance was
ended there. for the ships moved from
their places and directed their fire
higher up the strait. This movement
of the warships enabled me to get an
excellent view of Seddul Bahr fort,
which appeared to be utterly knocked
to pieces. Two French warships then
took up the game, and distant streaks
of smoke told me that Kephez Point
and Chanak were feeling the effects Of
their deadly fire.
"The sight Of these great ships in &C
ton, laundering death and destruction,
was awe inspiring and yet strangely at
tractive. First came a rapid flashing
of fame and crash of broadsides.
Then the fagship's Photograph fickered
an order and the gray hulls moved
again in the maze Of their awful but
fascinating dance. Once more they
stood still and again their thunder and
lightning roared and flashed forth.
Onnoaifiop Raffered Down
About 8 O'Clock the atmosphere be-
came clearer and enabled me TO see a
number of ships At work not far from
Kephez Point. A little later | could
distinguish two battleships still fur
Their in. This | regarded as showing
that all serious opposition on the
shores up 10 the Narlows had been
definitely battered down. Toward 4
o'clock the firing reached its maximum
Of intensity. The big battleships lying
in Erenkeui Bay were now particularly
active.
"Up to this time had seen no indi-
cation of Turkish reply to the fire of
the warships, and it was not until 4:10
that | first observed a great splash of
water in the middle of the strait. II
was followed by three others, while
small clouds of shrapnel smoke dotted
the sky above the entrance.
Between 4.30 and $50 the warships
at the entrance were particularly &C
tive. The Jeanne dare, cruising far
up the waterway, made a splendid pict-
ure, firing briskly as she went. Sew
eral other ships could, at this time, be
seen in the neighborhood of the Mar
rows. moving about and firing heavily.
Warship Silences Turk Battery.
shortly after six o'clock, the Turks
provided a diversion. Early in the
morning. so | learned late tonight, a
hostile battery was driven back from
near Seddul Bahr by artillery that had
been landed at Cape Helles by the Al
lies. 1t was this battery which | saw
returning down the road toward Seddul
Bahr, obviously from Krithia. Before
it could open fire il had been observed
by one of our warships, which found
the range with its first shot. A great
cloud of smoke and earth shot upward.
Another shell quickly followed, playing
right into the midst of the Turkish
gunners, who, however, stood bravely
by their guns and managed TO fire three
shots in reply, ineffectively, as far as
| could see. Then the warship poured
seven shots on the spot and a long