The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-03-12
3 DARDANELLES
FORTS S|LENCED
Anglo FrenchArmada Continues
B0mbardment.
SHIPS LITTLE DAMAGED
The Queen Elizabeth and Others, Hit
Repeatedly BY the Turkish
Shells, Able To Continue
In Action


IOndOn.-The British and French
fleets have battered their way a step
nearer to Constantinople, not, how.
ever, without damage TO the ships en-
gagged, and the battle royal for the
Dardanelles continues. Turkish forts
on the Asiatic side have been silenced
according to a statement by the Brit
ish Admiralty, but the Turks are
making a terrific resistance and the
shells from their German-made guns
have found more than one mark on the
besieging craft
Forts Rumili Medjidieh Tabia and
Hamidieh-I-Tabia. fringing the Asiatic
shore line, which previously had with
stood the bombardment, were silenced
Sunday, as was the Mount Dardanus
battery further south. The Turkish
casualties are unknown.
Notwithstanding to the latest
advices received here" says Reuter-
dispatch from Sofia, 1.-The Sultan and
the Government are still in CONSTANT
nople. The Government is prepared
TO cross to Asia Minor at any moment,
but the Sultan Is in favor OF remaining
in the capital.
cit Is understood that il has been
decided to intrust the defense of Con-
stantinople exclusively to the Germans
under command of General Lin.an Won
Sanders. the instructor of the Turkish
Army, while Bedri Bey, the Project of
Police, will be invested with the gen
eral control of the city with the powers
equivalent to those OF vicer0y.
Troops Sent To City.
Measures of precaution already
have been adopted to prevent the cap
ture of the city. 1t is reported that
all the troops at Adrianople and De-
motica have been hurriedly dispatched
to the Galipoli Peninsula"
Having damaged two of the forts on
the European side of tue Narrows pre-
viously. the British battleship Queen
Elizabeln and others of the allied war
ships Saturday started bombardment
by indirect fire on the forts on the
Asiatic side of the Narrows, AS had
been expected. these forts are proving
hard nuts to crack. In addition, the
Turkish army. with modern German
guns. IS concentrating on the Gallipoli
Peninsula to oppose any landing, and
until It is disposed OF, naval experts
declare, the ships will not be safe in
the straits.
Bulgaria is said TO have been aroused
by this attack on the Dardanelles, and
is looking to the future. 1t is stated
that King Ferdinand is considering the
formation Of coalition government to
direct the affairs of the country
through the crisis which is expected.
London.-Except in the central
Beskid Pass of the Carpathians, where
the fierce Austrian attacks have mod
Grated somewhat, the Russians are
now on the offensive along the whole
length Of their extremely long line
from the Baltic Sea to the Roumanian
border
Apparently they have definitely dis
posed of the German and Austrian at
tempts to outflank their two extreme
wings and having turned are making
slow but steady progress westward.
Czernowitz Reported Taken.
After retiring TO the Dneister river.
the Russians again have crossed into
Bukowina and are unofficially reported
to be back in Czernowitz, which mill
tary men say is extremely probable, as
they already had captured Sadagora,
a few miles to the northeast of the
capital Farther TO the west they are
again In possession of Stanslaus and
have crossed the Lukwa river, a for
ward step which, in the opinion OF
military experts. probably will compel
the Austrisns to evacuate Bakowina.
In the Beskid, Tukholka and Uzok
Passes, the Austro-Germans are in pos
session OF strong positions whence
they are continually attacking the Rus
SLAMS. while in the western passes.
especially the Dukia, the Russians are
on the Hungarian slopes. where the
fighting has degenerated into trench
warfare. The Russians are sending
large achievements to this southern
line.
Russians Advance In North.
In Northern Poland the Russians are
advancing slowly westward from the
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