The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-19
SUBMARINE E-15
 LOST BY BRITISH
 IN DARDANELLES
Admiralty Reports Vessel Went Aground While Re-
 connoitering For Mines.

London, April 19-AttentiOn was turned again to the operations in the .Dardanel1es yesterday by the official announcement of the Admiralty that the British submarine Els had been lost in the straits, having run ashore on Kephez Point while attempting to reconnoitre the mine fields.
 An official statement received from Constantinople, by way of Berlin, de- clared that the officers and men of the Els had been rescued and made prisoners, among them, it was said. the former British Vice Consul at Chanak.
 Reuther's Athens correspondent says the bombardnent of the Dardanelles was resumed Saturday.
 An aeroplane also circ1ed over Tenedos and unsuccessfully dropped bombs in the port and at several warships. Allied seaplanes pursued the Turkish aircraft, which escaped.
 A despatch to the Dailys News from Chios gives the details of the destruc- ton of the Turkish torpedo boat Dernir Hissar, which succeeded, about three weeks ago, in eludfng the wig ilance of the bIockading fleet outside the DardanelIes and slipping through into the Aegean, where she was lying in wait for transports carrying the allied expeditionary force.
 The Demir Hissar was the only Turkish vessel that is known to have succeeded in running the blockade, which she managed to do owing to her small size. only 9T tons. She car- Tied a crew of 34, of whom seven, in- c1uding the commanding officer. were Germans from the complement of the batt1e-cruiser Goeben, which, accord ing to persistent reports from the East has been denuded of her guns which have been mounted on shore batteries near Constantinop1e.
 Fled After. Attack.
 The Denair Hissar's presence out side the straits was not suspected, it is said, until a few days ago she gave chase to troopship, and, according to her officers, fired three torpedoes without success Immediately after this attempt she fled south. making for the Gulf of Smyrna in the hope of taking refuge under the guns of the forts there, but was headed off by British and French warships.
 The torpedo boat then turned west ward but between Psara and the coast of Ghios, which is Greek terri tory was sighted by the allies de- day morning. When the pursuers got near enough to open fire, the German Commander of the De1nir 1 I1issar threw overheard his guns, tor pedoes, ammunition and everything g else of value, and then ran his craft l the beach.
 The Daily News correspondent re- ports that Chtos is remarkably inhos- I pitable to the Germans and Turks as a. large element of the population just 1 now is made up of refugees from the ] mainland. After several hostile dem I onstrations, the interned crew of the Denir Hissar Judged it more prudent to keep within the hotel where they were quartered than to show them selves on the streets.
 During her period of freedom the little torpedo boat concealed herself I during the day in some of the deep and rocky coast of Asia Minor, mak- I ing nightly excursions toward the sup Eposed route of the allied troopships which have been reported as landing their passengers on the Island of Lem nos, in the middle Of the Aegean, and Iopposite the mouth of the DardanelIes
 A Drowned on Transport.
 An official statement from the 1 British Admiralty gives the substance of a further report concerning the loss of life aboard the transport Man itou, which was attacked by a Turk. ! ish torpedo boat in the Aegean Sea
 The report shows that twenty-foul men were drowned. instead of 100, a. first reported, and that twenty I others are missing. The transpor itself was not damaged.
 The loss of life was due to the cap sizing of one boat in the water, ana Eanother, while being lowered owing tt the breaking of a davit.
 The official Turkish statement from Berlin reports, in addition to the de fstruction of the E-15. that on las Thursday and Friday the British bat tIeship Majestic bombarded the bat terieb near Gaba Tepehs in the Gull of Saros. The Turks say the Majesti E was struck and driven off, being re placed by the Swiftsure, but that n, damage resulted from the bonbard ment. They also claim the destruc ton of two scouting hydro-aero op1anes
 Despatches from Suez tell of aero plane reeonnaissances from Suez to ward Fl .Arish, where a French crui ser has been smelling the Turkish ar my headquarters. There are contin
 uing reports of the reign of terro among the inhabitants of Asia, Minor MISS HEWITT TELLS