Evening star., 1915-03-22
STORM IN THE DARDANELLES
HALTS OPERATIONS OF FLEET
Admirals of Allied Navies Hold Conference
and Agree to Resumption of
General Attack.

LONDON, March oc.-Storms again have
,iptervened to give the Dardanelles forts a
rest, according to information given out
in London A report of the Dardanelles
fighting of March IS, received from Con-
stantinople, declares that the vessels OF
the allies fired on this day 1000 shells
without silencing a single Turkish bat
tery.
The British casualties in the Oar
danelles number sixty-one killed, wounded
and missing. according to the official an
nouncement.
To Renew the Attack.
PARIS, March 22.-Admirals Of the
allied fleet. who conferred. aboard the
French flagship Suffren, Friday, regarding
their future course in attempting to force
a passage of the Dardaneles, are believed
to have decided unanimously to renew
soon the general attack, says Tenedos
dispatch to the Havas Agency
The French battleship Gaulois. the
dispatch says, which was badly dam
aged along the water line by shells from!
the Turkish forts, is anchored in deer
water off Mavrais Island. while her
sister ship, the Charlemasne, Is stand
ing by to offer assistance if it is need
ed 1t has been found difficult to make
immediate repair to the Gaulois be-
cause of stormy weather and high
seas.
Complete details of the damage suf-
fered by the forts have not been OBJ
tanned. but the allied commanders be-
neye il was serious Fort Kun Kaleh,
which has been repaired by the Turks
directed an accurate fire against the
warships-
German View of Battle.
BERLIN, March 90, via London, 11:3a
a.m.-The correspondent at CONSTANT
NOBLE of the Wolff bureau telegraphed
today a description Of the fighting at
the Dardanelles Thursday, March 18,
in which the French battieship Bouvet
and two British battleshlps were sent
to the bottom.
"The efforts of the allies to force
the straits of the Dardanelles,' says
the correspondent, reached their eli
max in an artillery duel Thursday.
March is, which lasted seven hours.
The entire atmosphere around the
turkish forts was darkened by clouds
of smoke from exploding shells and
Quantities of earth thrown into the air
by the projectiles of the French and
British warships. The earth trembled
for miles around. The allies entered
the straits at 1880 in the morning and
shelled the town of Chank Kale. Four
French and five British warships took
mart in the beginning. This engage
ment reached its climax at 1880, when
me f,re of the allies was concentrated
mon Fort Hamidieh and the adjacent
fortified positions.
a Terrifying Spectacle.
"The attack of modern marine ar
tilIery upon strong land forts pre-
sented an interesting as well as terrify-
ing spectacle At times the forts were
completely enveloped in smoke. At
o'clock the allies changed their tao
,;cs and concentrated their nre upon
indiyidual batteries. but it was evident
that thew found difficulty in getting the
range Many of their shells fell short
casting up pillars OF water. or went
orer tbe forts to explode in the town.
.At a quarter past 5. when the bonn
y, rdment was at its hottest, the French
hattleship Bouvet was seen to be sink
NO al the stern. A moment later her
bovs swung clear of the water and
she was going down. Roaring cheers
| from the Turkish garrisons and forts
| greeted this sight.
Torpedo boats and other craft Of the