The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-17
ALLIES CONFIDENT
LONDON APPEARS TO FEEL SURE
o. CJMING VICTORY
FLEETS SEEK GOAL

Allied Ships Battered Their Way One
Step Nearer to the IT, h Capital
Several Of the Attacking Ships
Are Struck by Forts Defending
Straits.
Confident opinion exists in London
that the entire war situation Is faV-
orabie to the Allies.
Slowly, but surely, it is argued, the
allied feet is creeping toward Con-
stantinople and thus opening another
road to Berlin; the retirement of
Field Marshan Won Hindenberg's
army from north Poland is said to be
imminent by many British observers
of affairs; in the west the Allies
claim the ascendency all along the
line. although no decisive engage
ments are being fought, while in the
balkans and in Italy, according to
| British Interpretation Of the polltl-
cal news, the majority is clamoring
for intervention on the side Of the
Allies.
The crisis in Greece seems temper
arily bridged by formation of a new
cabinet, but whether the new premier
can control the chamber Of deputies
is causing much speculation. Though
officially denied, reports insist that a
ministerial crisis also has arisen in
Bulgaria.
Paris official confirmed Wednesday
that the superdreadnought Queen
Elizabeth slipped into the Darda-
nelles proper Monday and lombard
ed the Turkish forts, another one OF
which on the European side has been
partly demolished.
| Petrograd dispatches say the Ger
man failure to reduce the Russian
fortress of Oscowetz, together with
the reported German defeat at Grod-
no and Prsasnpsz means definite
abandonment of the German offensive
in north Poland.
In Central Poland both the Rus
slams and the Germans are attacking
alternately with no appreciable
change. The same is true in the Car
pathians and generally along the
western front.
In the Eas: and West fighting be-
tween the Germans and the Allies
continues. The Russians claim an.
other victory in the region Of Angus
towo in North Poland, a short dis
tance from the East Prussian from
tier, which threatens to break com
munication between the Germans
| near the Lower Niemen and those be-
fore Ossowetz.
! In Central Poland the battle which
had promised to develop on the Pilica
River seems to have died down, ow-
ing, as Petrograd puts it. to the Rus
SLAMS being too strong for the Ger
mans, who were forced to abandon
their offensive and fall back under g
Russian counter-attack.
Things have changed little In the
Carpathians although the Russians
according to their reports. apparently
have improved their position on the
Hungarian side of the Dukla Pass
Petrograd claims an Austrian defeat
near Svidnik On the Ondawa River
a considerable distance inside Of Hun.
garian territory. The Austrians. how
ever, still ere attacking the Russians
| south Of 3oligrad on the Gilician side
of the mountains, east OF the Dukla
Pass.
The Vosges mountains, the Chan
pagne district and the Arras region
continue to be the scenas Of hard
fighting in the West but apparently
neither side has gained any distinct
advantage.
| The British and French fleets have
battered their way a step nearer to
Constantinople-not however. with
out damage to the ships engaged
and the battle for the Dacdaneiles
continues.
More Turkish orts on the Asiatic
side have been silcnced. according to
a statement by the British admiralty
but the Turks are making terrific
resistance and shells from their Ger
man-nade guns have found more
than one mark on the besieging craft.
This struggle for the gateway OF
the Ottoman capital is the big fea-
: of the war news, End closely
/. ed with this is the sustained ex-
citenent in Geece incident to the
resignation Of the cabinet OF NJ. Veni-
zelos, who. dearling Greece's entry
into the hostilities on the side Of the
triple entente imperative, could not
agree with the king and resigned.
The retiring premier, according to
Athers disrotchcs. plans to leave for
a rest and NJ Zair1is has been en-
trusted with tho difficult task Of Sc
lecting q new cabinet. the complex
ion of which had not been even ten
tatively announced. though an unof-
fetal report says Zaimis has finally
declined the commission.
From the numb. Of ships engaged
and the size and range Of the guns,
| the battle o. the Darcanelles Is un-
like anything in history. according to
naval experts. AZ 1000 yards, the
huge battleship Queen Elizabeth, Of
| the British SQUADRON. assisted bv
smaller shins. Is still hurling shells
across the Gallinoli nenirsula into
the Turkish strongholds on the Ash
| attic shore.
The admiralty statement carries
| the operations through Sunday and
admits that the Turks not only scored
three minor hits on the Queen Eliza
beth, but that most Of the ships in
side the straits. both French and
British were struck. None was sunk
and there were no casualties.
The Turkish forts Rumili Me1iid-
ieh Tabia and Famidieh-ITabia.
friging the Asiatic shore line. were
ei!enced. as was the Mount Dardamus
battery farther soIth. The Turkish
! casualties are not known.
A Turkish official statement from
| ConstantinopIe, issued prior to the
| admiralty statement. insisted that the
| fighting in the Dardanelles was devel-
| onine in favor OF the Turks. 1t was
stated that no batteries were ho'ng
DESTROYED. and thai the hostile ships
were forced to retreat.
| AerooIonee arc n1oyinp a notable