Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-26
Ottoman Statement Denies
DardaneIIes Have Been
Battered Down
THREE VESSELS ARE HIT
London Claims Operation Clear
ing Way TO Constantine
pie is Successful.

Three gsarsr % % the Anglo French
Fs-t. ar.er borbard=d tire Darda-
r-H-s have been damaged. according
ss C1rstH1tirsrte. The statement
does ost refgts sp=ef6-atiy the Brit
Jsr claim that AZ outer forts have
seen --saeed. Eut conveys q contrary
lesa. ass--tira that t1s fleet Withdrew
sftrr al ssrsararne1t q seven and a
saF ~s4-s.
cs~sta1tl l1spiz announces a Turkish
stetsrf lr Trara-eaucgs with heavy
isss-s ts sre enemy
Csa aauu1ple. Fel. 1G.-Tlres vaF-
sa.as .t tne allies were damaEet iu
as .ar.l1rlmcut of ulr4anell-s forts
yesterday. according to an announce
meas t-1m thc headguarters 1f the
rrEsr army TIE text 90 the an
na.1eeuerts
reH big armorrd vessels Feb. -
asa.r H1mEarIed Turkish forts at the
par1Eeurs for a period OF seven and
laff lDgFs. AZ the ccaciusior OF this
eEsrar.en they retired .n the direction
cf f1s Island 1f Tcued1s. one Ea.p 90
as Feamemuou type ard two other
ar. red vessels were damaged 5y nrg
ron forts on the Asiatic side % The
straits"
ir was announced in London last i
aaEr aIl forts AZ the eatrauce OF the .
pss.-sneifes had Beeu ~<9-<~-f by the
aser of Great Britain and France /
tn naval f1rce was estimated lt
mc-r ..1u thirty vessels. The Eu@lish .
aaaarlesmclt made no mention Cf .
lcas.r either 20 vessels or in men. .
Do te.rriIet the operations a. success
o. and said fEev were continuing. :
The UardlueIies are the key 90 Con t
E-ar.Er1.e and the effort 90 force /
them has been going on since the mid .
Go Hf December. In the possession /
Cf tr. waterway. which "a f5 miles .
ige and one 20 three miles wide. be-
tween che Sea OF MarmOra and the I.
Natrs-raneau. warships OF the allies
uolI4 not encounter any serious Diff
cult i1 making a way % Constantiu-
o-la and raining their great guns on
tss Turkish capital Turkey always /.
rsIe. upon the strength of the Oar
tarrUes Qualifications for protection I.
from attack by sea
Tie uarIaueIlcs were forced iu 1907
By ar English admiral who made g
eaF through the Sea of Narmora To
Cols-alluorIe. but then encountered
ulgeh more difficulty tn getting back
tar1ler the narrow waterway than he
hat Oh E..uE In
To-. 1ramcmuon type Of British bat
ue.lp H $500 tons displacement. f35
'ss- ions. with % main battery of four
I-res rels
10000 Fisnt in Trenches Ii
Geneva. F-u- - More than 100000
nFr have been fighting iu Carpathiau /
tser... without material advance u
Ihr a.E.- 90 F~b. 10 Austriaus az Svi-
e.l.l picked up 600 wourdei and
mer. r.-H 5000 dead An officer uf
a. AUSTRIAN medical department said
y s- cent % them would b. iuvalids
ar t. with the majority OF the
h.ErI 5Fir heads were dealt blows
Nae rHs butts. Twenty per cent (
HiI ae partially or totally biiud-
hertr. Feb 16-The Bu1dersrafh Z
has adopted a measure BY which the I
HaGber % automobiles ia Germany
aot b~.aE used for military purposes I
vi ee reduced By half The purpure f.
= t1 save the consumption % gasoline.
haricast ous and rubber Ths Bun
dersra.a also raised prices of potato
5rodarts 20 D. believed this wiil pre- :
1srt c1asgmp'iou % potatoes ~ cat
ts
heFas F~b IS The Cologne Ca 4
BETTE publishes letter from Monte 8
stiso. Or Drus sgay. To which 70 - declared !
seven Brfttsh cruisers lying az Falk- :
as is,aads. tn the southern Atiartic-
Ea7s beea seriously damaged The IN
t'ruaafi1a vas obtained from oflccTs
~ a. a easareH Hf.ra. .s.-s~.sr