The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-07-10
WARSH|PS IN DUEL
British 0readnaught Drives TUT,
iSh Cruiser From Strait.
sa'"os OF Monster Shells Sweep HIs
Over Ridges Of GaIIipoIi At
Observation-Disclosures
Directs the Fire.
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE


Correspondent of the Chicago New,
Mudros, Allies Near Eastern Base
The Queen Elizabeth and the Goebn
have been engaged in battle with "a
other. The great British dreadnaush,
the most powerful battleship aioat a
tackled the Goeben under most a.
traordinary conditions. Although D.
Queen Elizabeth fired salvos Of dim
tic highly explosive projectiles. IL
Goeben escaped unhit.
Since the allies forces landed At IN
Dardanelles late in April the Germsa
Turkish battle cruiser has serioush
hampered the advance toward thsf
goal-Constantinople. 1t has suppu
eddy a base at Chardak, an aurilisB
naval port, on Gallipoli strait, 3
miles above the narrows. Nearly q
cry day the Goeben has taken "a
ton between Maitos and Cape Mann
just above the Narrows, and has ND
ported with killing fire the Turkisk
troops facing the Australian.New q,
land line.
Turkish engineers have estsblishsi
line Of communication between posb
OF observation and signal static
somewhere east Of Maitos. Becsuse
Of these the fire control was made 3
effective that, although the Goeba
was firing over a ridge of mountains
its officers were quickly informed III
where each shell hit and what dsn
age 1t did to the enemy. So constsal
became the fire of the German BATH
cruiser and so seriously did Il lin
der the movements of the allies thsl
it was decided to attempt to destruyx
even at considerable cost.
The Queen Elizabeth was selects6
for the first chance.
A ridge of fairly high mountains
runs down the Gallipoli peninsula sn6
a battleship firing across 1t from "
Gulf of Saros to point above u
Narrows would be unable to see 10
target. The Queen Elizabeth could not
see the Goeben. An aeroplane vss
needed to observe the fall Of projsc-
tiles and to direct the fire.
1t was somewhat after noon whss
a big naval aeroplane mounted md
circled over the mountains. A navd
observer coupled a seat beside u
pilot.
The observer easily found the Coo
ben. The aeroplane sailed back to mo
Australian lines and communicated
the Goeben's position to the Queen
Elizabeth.
Suddenly one of the 15-inch guns
of the Queen Elizabeth belched form
a great sheet of fame. followed BY
roar that could be heard at Mudros. 70
miles away. The spotting onicer. lean
ing far over the combing OF the nrs
control top, picked up the giant pro
jectile with his glasses and kept II N
view until 1t disappeared below tns
IluSc VI ulli5. Lihc . hooh ssS -
turned to the aeroplane soaring nisn
above the mountains. Some distance
below the aeroplane there popped in1o
being three black dots. An insssn'
later three more black dots appeared
These were small smoke BOMB
dropped by the observer to sisnai
where the shell had struck reiauveV
to the target.
up 300-left three!" shouted tns
officer to a sailor standing at nis u
bow. The first shot had fallen ~
yards short and 300 yards to the ns''
of the Goeben. -.
An instant later salvo nom ~
Queen Elizabeth's entire broaosios
eight 15-inch guns crashed out E'sss
monster shells. each weighing Aw
went careening through sp'''
at a speed of $500 feet a second
The Goeben took alarm after t"o
three salvos and fed at top ~
northeast to the base at CharoaA