Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-13
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Admiral Garden Predicts
Allies Will Pass Darda-
nelles Soon.
EIGHT OR TEN FORTS
TO BE REDUCED
sombardmsnt CONTINUES at Long
Rang. and Mine swsspsrs Busy
Details Of eombardmsnt Indicate
Les. Progress Aa. Been Made Than
Early Reports lndieated-Rseent OPP
erat;ons Described.

Paris, March 13-The pomparoilAen'
OF the Dardanelles was resumed fTl-
day morning by French and British
battleships says q dispatch from Atm
ems to the Matin. Seventy small mine
sweepers are said to be continuing
their efforts to clear, the mine fields.
.sThe allies fleets" says the Matin'
still have eight or ten forts ana
certain number Of coast batteriest re"
duce. but 1t is the general opinion they
will entner the sea of Marmora WITHIN
q fortnight if the land forces cooper
ating with them can continue tneiF
advance"
vice Admiral Garden. commanding
the British fleet operating against the
Dardanelles, has expressed the ophh-
ion that the allies will be able to nam
nner their way thru the straits oelore
Easter according to an Athens us
patch to the Journal.
Rombard at Long Range
Long range bombardment oL 'u
0ardanelles was resumed Inursoay W
he allied feet, according to an Athens
lispatcli to the Havas agency.
The warships, the dispatch says. oiu
,ot enter the straits and their object
.eemed to be to prevent the TUFTS
sronl long distance fire TO- repair tns
aefenses which had been damaged
Turkish craftsmanship has I'M
nrovedp SAYS the dispatch, probably
owing to the presence OF German gun
par. hut the ammunition Is OF poor
quality and many of the shells Iaii 20
explode. -
gmora yuarships, bombarded the forts OF
: SMYRNA. which, replied. The battle-
shins Triumph. was hit, but the damage
done was slight. 5.s2
..Afu.sefnans living in the coast dis
trictss have fed into the interior and
+ Z several villages have been evacuated
by the Turks"
Recent Operations Described.
e Onerations Of the French and British
warships against the Notifications at
the entrance to the Dardanelles and the
first mine fields on March 10 and II
are described in a statement from the
rnintstry OF marine The .communlca-
ton says:
aDuring the day Of the 10th, In bad
weather. two British warships shelled
atwo forts at Bulair Con Gallipoli penin-
mia on the gulf Of Saros), while two
nther British battleships bombarded
the light batteries which, commanded
the bay OF Morto, at the entrance to
the Dardanelles. =
..During the nights of the 10th -11th.
mine sweepers entered the straits ana
,ucceeded in operating In the nrst
nine field, notwithstanding hot fire
from guns Of the defanses.
aFrench divisiones resumed on the
1ath operations begun the day before
AGAINST the fortiacations Of Bulair and
the light batteries above the bay OF
Mort"
Tha above dispatch would seem to
Indicate that the allied fleet has not
nenetrated. the Dardanelles as far as
srnnosed Dr that the operations have
not been entirely successful. Previous
Information has been to the effect that
rhanek Kallesi and other forts had
,,ean successfully bombarded, that
about : third of the passage had been
i c,aa red az mines and that some OF the
more important batteries at the en-
trance of the straits had been silenced.
n,hat british admiralty and the French
,,t,iatar of marine issued statements
=, aTarth 8. announcing that In the
ta,,,ha rdfner,t Of March q, forts Hamt-
aiah I. and Hadidieh 8, were destroyed
~, Rritist warships and that the bat:
atsr,ea ON Mount Dardanus were
s;lanced BY French warships Tne
Z .tstemants added that three OF the al
Y Ma aims were hit-the Lord Nelson,
,hs Aeamemnon and the Gaulois. each
being struck three times y