The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-24
TURKS SINK BATTLESHlP
REPORT DESTRUCTION OF THE
BoUVET OF FRANCE.
German Submarines Secure Two
More Victims In the English Chan
mel on Friday.

mel on Friday.
Constantinople reports by wireless
to Berlin and London Friday in an
official statement issued from Turk
ish headquarters:
"Our feet early Friday bombarded
the ship yards and manoeuvering
place Of torpedo boats west Of Theo-
dosia (on the Black Sea in Crimea,
part of Russia) and set the. build
ings on fire.
IAN allied feet heavily shelled the
forts of the Dardanelles, which re-
piled effectively, sinking the French
battleship Rouvet."
The Bouvet, $4,000 tons, was laid
down in 1898. Her complement was
621 men and her armament consisted
Of two 12-inch guns, two 1913 inch,
eight SIS inch, eight 3.9 inch, ten g.
Founders and ten 1-pounders, besides
two torpedo tubes.
Paris reports Friday: IAN artil-
lery duel in the Dardanelles between
Turkish shore batteries and warships
protecting allied mine sweepers last
ed from midnight until 2 a. m. yes
terday, says an Athens dispatch to
the Havas agency, based upon infor-
nation from Tenedos.
The warships are reported to have
been struck by several shells, but the
damage done was slight. Two shore
batteries were silenced."
Glasgow, Scotlan, reports that the
British steamer Hyndford was torpe-
doed Friday by a German submarine
in the English channel. One member
Of the crew was killed.
London reports Friday: 1.-The Brit
ish steamer Bluejacket, with wheat
from Liverpool, has been torpedoed
by a German submarine of Beachy
Head. The crew took to the boats.
The steamer, although badly damag-
ed, remained afoat."
The Associated Press summarized
the. war situation Friday as follows:
The Thurki5h war department an
nounced that the French battleship
Bouvet had been sunk during the
bombardment Of the DardaDelle No
confirmation has been received from
Paris or London.
Paris or London. The Constantinople
statement indicates the Turkish fleet,
whose location has been unknown for
some time, again is engaged actively
in the Black Sea. It is said to have
attacked a Russian naval base on the
Crimean coast, INJECTING considerable
damage.
Whit Is said to be presentation Of
Austria's attitude toward Italy, as set
forth in a Vienna dispatch to Rome,
contains the statement that Austria,
if she agrees to make territorial con-
cessions sufficient to satisfy Italy viii
defer formal transfer Of the territory
until after the war. Austria, it IS
said, desires to assure herself that
Italy will adhere to her promise OF
neutrality in return for the grant.
This attitude is described in Rome as
unsatisfactory. Paris dispatch says
Austria is resisting German pressure
in the matter.
Information from Bucharest is that
the Austrian forces in Bukowina
have been reinforced and are under
taking a strong offensive movement.
The Russian invasion Of Germany
apparently has led to the occupation
of Memel, an important Baltic port at
the northern tip of East Prussia. The
German official report Of to-day 1ndl-
Gates that Russian forces have enter
ed the city.
Petrograd believes Won Hindenberg
has decided to launch new attack
on Warsaw fro mthe west. Russian
military authorities assert that the
Germans have abandoned their attack
in the north and are concentrating
forces south Of the Vistula, where
heavy artillery fighting already is un-
der way.
The developments Of Thursday on
the western front were repetition
Of the local engagements such as have
been usual during the winter months.
Minor successes are claimed by the
French in northwestern France and
in the Argonne. The German state
ment mentions several attacks by the
allies, but asserts they failed.
The Russian army which is invad-
ing Turkish Armenia, IS said to have
won another victory, capturing a
Turkish base on the Black sea near
the Russian border. Petrograd as
serts that the Turks retreated IN dis
order.
Two more British steamers have
been destroyed by Germany's sub
marine raiders. They were torpedoed
in the English channel.