Evening star., 1915-04-05
BRITISH WARSH|P
SINKS UNDERF|RE
Of TURKISH FORTS
Lord Nelson Reported to Have
Been Stranded Inside the
DardaneIIes.
RUSSIAN FLEET SHELLS
PORT ON THE BLACK SEA
Thirty Thousand Anglo. French
Troops Said to Have Landed on
Island of Lemnos.
TURKISH CRUISER GOES DOWN
Medjidish. a Small Vessel Built in
the United States, Reported
to Have Struck
Mine.

BERLIN, April 5. by wireless
to Sayville. N. Y.-A report re-
ceived in Berlin from Athens says
the British battleship Lord Mel
son, stranded inside the Darda-
nelles straits, has been destroyed
by the fire OF the Turkish guns
on shore.
This information was given out
today by the Overseas News
Agency
Turkish Seaport Attacked.
east. further statement by the Over
seats Agency says:
The Russian feet, after its opera
tions before the Bosporus, undertook,
March 80. further attack on Eregii
Black sea port in Asia Minor. A to-
tai of 1000 shots were fired
Nine barges in the port were sunk
and four houses on shore were dam
aged. There were no casualties, and
coal Is coming from Eregli as usual A
Russian aviator was driven Off by fire
from the shore. The Russian fleet re-
tired at noon.
10000 Troops Landed.
ga pn>ssape recAivad berA <ror, An
ems estimates at over $4,000 the num-
Der of Anglo-French troops which have
been landed on the Island of Lemnos,
near the entrance to the Dardanelles.
AN article appearing in the Tanin of
Constantinople expresses the idea that
insomuch as the English will not be
able to reach Constantinople before the
Russians get there, the former intend
to occupy tthe island at the entrance to
the DardaneIles. positions from which
it would be possible to checkmate Rus
sia in the future
Turks Sink Russian Ships.
dispatch from Constantinople says
the following statement has been is
sued by the Turkish war Office:
Our fleet yesterday sank two Rus
sian ships, the Provident, of 1000 tons,
and the Nastochnaja, Of 1900 tons, at
Odessa.
Our batteries off Kun Kale sank an
enemy mine sweeper which attempted
to approach the entrance to the Dar-
danelles.'
Goeben Badly Damaged.
LONDON. April 5.-A saloniki dis
patch to the Daily Mail says that refu-
gees from ConstantinopIe confirm the
report that the cruiser Goeben, formerly
of the German navy, but now a Turkish
warship, was badly damaged by strik-
ing mine in the Bosporus, and re-
turned to her dock with seventeen
foot hole, which the German workmen
have not been able to repair properly
on account of lack of steel plates.
They filled the hole with $50 tons of
concrete, but this cracked on the first
trial The refugees deny the story that
the Goebcns guns have been dis
mantled.
Turkish Cruiser Reported Lost.
The sinking of the Turkish armored
cruiser Medjidieh is reported from
Petrograd TO Reuters Telegram Com
pany. A semi -official communication
from Sebastopol to Petrosrad says that
the Medjidieh struck a mine near the
Russian coast last night and went
down.
The Medjidieh was a member OF the
Turkish Black sea fleet which has at
tackled Russian ports on several occs-
sions and sunk Russian vessels. Jan
uary 81 it was announced at Petrograd
that the Medjidieh, with the Turkish
cruiser Midrili. formerly the German
cruiser Breslau, had been discovered
near SAMSON by the Russian fleet, but
escaped after a long pursuit.
The Medjidieh was an American built
ship, having been laid down in Phila-
delphia in 1903. She was not a large
vessel ard her armament was compare
lively light. She was 33l feet long and
AZ feet beam and had displacement Of
3,432 tons. She was armed with two
6-inch guns, eight 4.7-inch guns. six
three Founders, six one Founders and
two torpedo tubes. Her complement
was 302 men.
Fleet Is Near Odessa.
Reuters Amsterdam corresponden mt
says: "A Berlin dispatch received here
states that Turkish headquarters re-
ports that the Turkish fleet yesterday
tSaturday) was near Odessa and that
the cruiser Medjidieh while pursutn. .,
enemy mine swsepers in the vicinity Of
the fortress of Otchatow struck a drift
ing mine and sank. Her crew wa :.
saved by Turkish warships.
The sailors Of the Medjidieh the
dispatch adds. before the ship sank
removed the the brsech re-. locks of the guns
being relocated by the Russians.'
dispatch to the Times from the Tn.
land Of Mitylene, dated Saturday. sav
The allied f1otilla has been cruisin9
off Mitylene since Thursday, Some fir.
| ing in the direction of the DardaneiIes
| was heard yesterday and today, which
| points to the continuance Of the offen.
| sive In that quarter"