Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
GIGANTIC PROJECT|LEs
RAIN BY HOUR ON CHANAK
But Casualties in Forts Are Only
Iwenty-Six Killed and Twice
That Number Wounded,
HARD PROBLEM BEFORE SHIPS
Desperate Attempts to Force Darda.
nelics Meets With Fierce Resist.
ance From Land Battertes-Every
Yard of Waters Menaced by Gups
ny GRANVILLE FoRrDsc,,r


CHANAK. June 6.-Two Thousand
shells per hour fell on Chanak wher
the British fleet tried to force the mar.
rows of the Dardanelles. Such Is tn.
calculation made by a neutral army Of.
ficer, who was present during the bonn.
bardment.
Despite this rain of gigantic proiec.
tiles, the casualties in the forts were
but twenty-siX killed and twice TIM,
number wounded. The only guns
struck in the fort were those I'm Eor,
Hamidieh. Thirty-three shells. all o,
more than siX-inch caliher, struck the
traverse, while twenty-six fell back OF
the gorge, yet but one projectile struck
III an embrasure. this killing six men
and wounding twelve, dismantlinr thei,
gun.
This is proof enough of the prob.
ZEN that the ships attacking the forts
even with most powerful guns. still,
leaves an unsurmountable ADVANTAGE
with the forts
lett our transport at Kilia and
crossed the strait at dawn to cbanak
with the coming OF the sun. the Mrs
sulman officers on board faced towards
Mecca and knelt low in PRAYER.
Fort Nagra frowns down on tho
strait where Leander swan. II is nov
man blocked by stranded hull and a
suhkeh transport These lie right in
line where the NerXes bridge snanned
'he waters from the Thracian to the
Asiatic shores.
The strait is crowded with batteries
from winch brown barreled guns
menace every yard of the waters we
Mint
roohess and shattered houses whose
empty windows stared down on nc ,;,.o
eyesockets of so many skulls. Chon,L
is only she'll Of city Bevond m.
white houses that line the sea front
there is nothing towards Kalid Bahr
from which IL is separated by only -
lie" hundred yards Of water
FOLLY OF ATTEMPT
by THE OLD METHODS
When YOU actually see this narrow
passage swept by more than nifty
eight-inch guns, mounted thirty foo,
above the water. the folly of a,tempt-
ms TO force it by the old methods Is
patent.
That the allied fleet suffered as li,tIe
is ii did is "a miracle. Here tho ch,n
mel makes sharp turn from the north
east TO the northwest, necessitatinp
change of course for ships NAVIGATING
the narrows. AS every inch Of the
surface of the waters is plotted on
the artillery maps in the forts, il needs
nut a moments calculation TO ger III.
exact range of any ships entering the
zone.
AS the mainland operations are
taxing place across on GallipoIi PENN
suia' thanak is only base for the
supply of coast defense troops sta
uoned on the Asiatic side. Reside
these there is but comparatiyclv
small force of infantry holding Kun
kalc.
training camp is established lower
down the coast
Perhaps it is because l have been
and Ostend that Cnanak seems co
small There is plenty of actiyitv bcra
ana the coming and going of frame :
ports mis- every hour Of the day The
officers and soldiers lounge in tho
streets. "A squad OF German marines
on uutF CROWDS the bar of the Salonika
MOTEL, drinking Constantinople benr
and singing fatherland songs In tba
care .houche-so named on account or
the fics that abide tkcre-tbree rurk
ish officers sit putting at their mar
Hhiles One of them has a long. wicked
=. N",le WHlcli ne won at kum-
kaie, and which ne shows To mo n,itb
great pride. They are very friendl,
but their language is diflicult ,nt
makes an exchange Of ideas an irnnos.
sibility.
COLLECTION OF CATS
FEATURE OF CHAN.I<
The feature of Chanak is the on,
lection Of cats living in the street ~
me lame camel They were gathered
mere from destroyed houses by "A kind
hearted Turk who feeds them Alon,
the banks OF the Kodja -Chai, two h.t'
talions of Turkish infantry are camneL
rms section is peppered with enormous
shell holes from the fire of tho Omeen
Elizabeth. The armor- piercing noses
oi 'hesc' htteen inches of solid steel.
cone-ShapeG, ten inches high and ejch,
across the base, decorate tho entronna
Of both the German and Turkish head
| quarters.
Admiral Won Uscdon the Germau
! commander, gentleman with kindly
| eye and courteous manner, wearing
| the Order OF Merit decorations lives in
wcll-concealed tent. but daily sea.
| planes circle around Chanak. dronnn,
, spears OF death.
Admiral Melton shares with Admjra,
| Usedom command of the zone. and his
| chief aide Is my friend. Prince Reuss
| His mother would not recognize Mir,
wearing q Fee.
lie gave me an outline of the situa
| ton here from his side but obviously
cannot write of his confdences.
| Yet 1t would be no breach to saw
| the Germans are suprcmely satisfie ed
! with the outlook as far as the forts
! OF the narrows are concerned
The arrival OF German submarine
! In Saros Is what the Germans are
/ congratulating themselves on to-day
| They tell me that she torpedoed the
| Triumph. which was struck at 1890
| and not vestige Of the bait bshb,
| was seen above the water at o'clock
| From my quarters In tho House o,
the Whirling Dervis3. I can make GU,
the entrance to the Dardaneilcs 4
| low cloud Of smoke hangs over the
water from Sedd- Ell Bahr TO Kun KaIc
The silhouette Of two battleships stanc
out against the gray sea. From these
| n line OF smoke arches towards tn.
land. This marks the line OF flight Of