Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-10
IMPROVING In
CRAFTSMANSHIP
Turkish Forts Hit BdttIeships
In the DdrdaneIIeS
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE is DONE

Have Some Thrilling Experiences as
Operations Continuation linden
berg Making Fourth Attempt to
Reach Warsaw-Russians Forcing
Enemy Back In North PoIand-No
Severe Battles Reported In West
1t was officially announced in Lon
don that the Turkish battery at Mt.
Dardanus and the forts of Rumili
Tabia in the DardanelIes have been
siIenced by the shells from the allied
fleet. The British steamship Queen
Elizabeth was hit by shots from the
Turkish forts and slightly damaged.
The statement says:
THE operations against the Darda-
nelles are progressing in fine weather.
March the battleship Queen Eliza
beth, supported by the battlesh1ps
Agamemnon and Ocean, began an at
tack on Forts Hamidieh-1 Tabia and
Sabk Hamldieh-3, which are marked
on the admiralty map as Forts U and
v, by indirect fire across the CALI
poll peninsula, firing at FL 200 yards.
These forts are armed as follows:
Fort u, two 14-inch guns and seven
9.4-inch guns; Fort V, two 14-inch,
one "a, one 81 and four 9-inch
guns.
The Queen Elizabeth was replied
to by howitzers and field guns, and
three shells from the field guns struck
her without, however, causing any
damage.
Firing Inside Straits
Meanwhile, inside the straits, the
Vengeance, Albion, Majestic and
Prince George and the French battle
ship Suffren fired on Souain Dere and
Mt. Dardanus batteries, marked +
and E on the admiralty map, and were
fired on by a number of concealed
guns.
Fort Rumili Medjdieh Tabia,
marked On the admiralty map,
which had been attacked on the previ-
Gus day, opened fire and was engaged
and hit by 12-inch shells.
"A majority of the ships in the
straits we're struck by shells, but no
serious damage was done and nc
casualties resulted.
"On March four French battle
ships-the GaulOis, CharIemange,
Bouvet and Guffren-entered the
straits to cover the direct lombard
ment Of the defenses of the narrows
by the Agamemnon and Lord Nelson.
[ The French ships engaged the
Mount Dardanus battery and various
concealed guns, silencing the former.
The Agamemnon and Lord Nelson
then advanced and engaged the forts
at the narrows at from IA 900 down to
II, 600 yards by direct fire.
Forts Mumili Medjieh Tab1a,
marked J, and Mamidieh l Tab1a,
marked U, both were silenced after a
heavy bombardment. Explosions &C.
cured in both forts. Fort l. has not
fired since the explosion of the 18th.
The Gaulois, Agamemnon and Lord
Nelson were each struck three times
but the damage done was not serious
The Lord Nelson had three men
slightly wounded.
while these operations were III
progress the British light cruiser Dub
lin continued to watch the Bulair
1sthmus. She was fired at by four
inch guns and struck three or four
times.
Seaplanes Are Hit
Owing to the Importance of locat-
ing concealed guns the seaplanes had
to fly very low at times.
''On the 4th instant, seaplane
Lieutenant Garnet and Lieutenant
| Williamson, became unstable and fell
into the sea. Both officers were un~
injured. Lieutenant Douglas, recon :
noitering at close quarters in another
seaplane, was wounded, but returned
safely.
- On the 5th seaplane III, Lieuten-
ant Bromet, with Lieutenant Brown
was hit twenty eight times, and sea
plane No. 7, Lieutenant Hershaw
with Petty Officer Merchant, was
struck eight times in locating con-
cealed positions.
The Ark Royal (the mother ship
for seaplanes) is equipped with every
appliance necessary for the repair and
maintenance of the numerous aircraft
she carries.
New Drive at Warsaw
Interest in the eastern war field
centres upon the apparent new at
tempt of General Won Hindenberg te
engineer a drive upon Warsaw, this
time from the south. Three times
he has failed utterly to reach the Pol
ish capital, twice from the east and
latterly from the north, and it ap-
pears that he is now shifting, i'm
mense bodies of troops from Eas
Prussia and from Silesia to the PiIica
river region, southwest of Warsaw.
According to information received
from Petrograd the Germans have al