The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-23
Allies Resume Bombardment Of
Forts, While Army In Trans
ports Waits For the Admira's
Signal To Take Their Part
TURKS DeLIGHTEb At
THE GERMAN GUNNERY
Porte Sends Reinforcements To
GallipoIl and To Man the Guns
In the Smyrnan Forts Against
Attacks From Allies Warships
lAaa0olalsd Pres. ~ iedeFal wIreles..l

tASsociatsd Press BY Federal wireless.)
LONDON, March gl. EUndaunted. by
the loss Of three battleships, the Allies
are stubbornly gathering, away at the
gates to constantinoPle. The Turks,
however, are greatly elated by the sue.
cesses Of the German sEtillerymen who
now are serving their gnns, and are
proclaiming that their forts, their
mines and their torpedoes can hold the
Dardanelles against the navies of the
world.
The British losses are the pre.drend-
inought battleships Irresistible aud
Ocean, both rated as Anticipated ships.
British Killed Few
On board the Irresistible, the aanli.
rally announced last night, four officers
were killed and one wounded Moth.
ing was said Of casualties aboard the
Ocean, and II is presumed that all her
crew were saved. Nor, docs the Official
statement tell whether the lost battle,
ships were torpedoed, sunk by gun FIRE,
ior, as first claimed, collided with
mines. A bulletin given out in Con-
stantipople, however, says they were
torpedoed. '.., r.
oaieiPI report yesterday in Paris
says that only sixty-fouT men were
saved from the sunken French bate,
ship Bouvet. Es .- ."E
Weather Delays Attack 90. !. T..
Fog and rain continne to hamper the
attacking fleet. Although the first d.
VISION, it is now announced, rcentcrcl
the straits Thursday, the gun crews
were obliged. TO remain idle twenty.
four hours for lack Of good sight
of their target. *. J o.. -. ~ .
From Trustworthy sources comes
report, generally credited though as yet
lacking official confirmation, that a con.
siderable army has been massed on
transports within striking distance of
the Dardanelles, ready to land and at.
tack the forts from the rear as soon
as the admirals directing the allied
feet think wise. .'@, =. '..'o gig.
Such o move has long been expected
by the defenders themselves. In the
last bulletin on the. situation in Tur.
key, German headquarters said that no
enemy soldiers had,s "yet" been
landed. , sisr- ....t. .---.r.
Would EmbarraRs Defenders
Unless tho German officers, have been
able to lend the Turks, some of their
astonishing mobility, an attack upon
the forts from the rear, which they
were not constructed to defend, wouId
be extremely embarrassing for the
Turks. Most of their active forces are
supposed to be having all they can do
to ward of tho Russians In the eau.
casas and on the plains of Northern
! Persia. rs. ..r..."
Persia Protesting ~ u ~ 49,
"A dispatch sent out today by. the
Overseas News Agency Of Berlin says
that Persia has requested Russia to
evacuate the province of Azerbaihan,
With Russian, Turkish and British
troops fighting on her soil without her
leave, the neutrality Of Persia is in
much the same plight as that Of Del
GUM. r ta+ g. q. .f.l...r
Turks Strengthen Garrisons
7 From Athens comes word that the
Turkish garrisOns in the forts defend.
ing the gulf Of Smyrna have been in,
creased by 5000 men and that 10000
fresh troops have been sent to the
Dardanelles to support the garrisons of