New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Battleship Queen Eliza
beth Again Leads in
BOmbardment.
SMYRNA GOVERNOR
THREATENS REPRISAL
Promises to Put War Prisoners
in Unfortified Villages Shelled
BY Warships.
lBy Cable to Tho Tnbunel

London, March l0.-The super-dread-
nought Queen Elizabeth is again lead
inc in the attack on the Dardanelles
forts. evidently little harmed by the
three hits made upon her by the TURK
ish batteries on Sunday. This inior-
nation came in statement issued last
night by the French Ministry OF Ma
rine. The British Admiralty made no
announcement
The Queen Elizabeth. which has been
Smelling the forts from the entrance OF
the Dardanelles and by indirect IRE
across the promontory. on Monday, en-
tered the straits for the first time TO
take part in operations, according 10
an Athens dispatch.
Fort Matidos, about three miles up
the straits from the narrows' was
partly destroyed by shell fire from the
Gulf of Saros.
The villages Of Kalid Bahr and ke-
medic have been burned by the war
ships shells.
The fire Of the Turkish batteries
though less effective than that Of the
Allies guns, has thus far been suffi-
c;ent to prevent the big fleet from
nassinp the narrow strip between halid
Bahr and Chanak, on opposite SIDES OF
the waterway.
There is considerable speculation IN
Io,don as 10 the strength Of the allied
Aeet operatinC against the Dardanelles
ard Smyrna. It is now known mat
r,srv warships not mentioned in the
oAicial DISPATCHES are taking part. Inc
name of the battleship of the queen
d Elizabeth type that has just arrived
.on the scene is not yet known here
To-nicbt's French official communique
says: A.
During the day of March the
british super-dreadnought Queen EIl7-
abeth. supported by four cruisers en-
tered the Dardanelles, and with her
great 3s1-millimetre guns bombardeo
Fort Rumili Medjidieh Tahia' situated
on Point Kilid Bahr.
"The bad weather has hindered ope-
rations."
Governor Threatens Reprisals'
The military governor Of smyrna
according to dispatch from Athens
sent n message on Monday 10 the
Dritisb admiral commanding the squad
ION off Smyrna, through the American
Consul General. to the effect that he
o was arresting all male subjects OF nos
tile countries. and would have them
tlaced in groups at unfortihed points
lombardcd by the allied feet as a pre-
ventive measure. lie alleged that un-
fortified villages were being shelled.
He proposed to adopt similar measures
in the CITY Of Smyrna If IT were pom
harded. The admiral replied yesterday
s+atinp that il is the unfallng pohcy
&c britain TO respect INFORMED places
and confine bombardments TO mlIIlary
works, but that batteries mad pGeh
.r placed so close TO certain villages lhaI
il was inevitable that some damage
would be done to them.
The rcports that three Of the forts
cuardirg the Dardanelles narrows, all
of which were armed with 14-inch guns
have been silenced has increased the
confidence of the British public that
tho qung Of their warships are quite
heavy enough to force the strait. al
though nobody seems to expect this to
be done quickly or without some
losses. :
II is expected that the opening. Of
the strait will have an immense effect
an Turkeys neiGhbors. Greece already
is involved in a constitutional Crisis
over the DardanelleS, and 1t was re,
ported to-day that similar crisis MAD
nrisrn in BulCarla.