Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-04
fire was returned by the forts and also by

fire was returned by the forts and also by
field guns and howitzers.
AN air reconnaissance made by naval
seaplanes in the evening brought the re-
port that several new gun positions had
been prepared by the enemy but that no
guns were erected in them. The sea-
planes also located surface mines.
Mine Sweeper at Work.
During Monday night force of mine
sweepers, covered by destroyers. swept
within a mile and a half of Cape Kephez
and their work. which was carried out
under fire. is reported to have been ex-
cellent. The casualties sustained during
the day we're slight, amounting to only
six wounded.
-Four of the French battleships
operated off Fort Bulair and lombard
ed the batteries and communications.
The operations at the entrance or
the straits, already reported. have re-
suited in the destruction of ninetee
guns. ranging from six to eleven
inches. eleven guns below six inches.
four Nordenfelt guns and two search
lights. The magazines of Forts No. 8
and 3 also have been demolished.
Heavy Fire From Fort.
a further report received states
that Tuesday the Campus. Swiftsure
and CORVALLIS engaged Fort No. s. A
heavy fire was opened on them by Fort
No. 9, together with field batteries and
howitzers. Fort No. 9 was damaged
and ceased firing at $50 in the after
noon, and although three ships were
hit the only casualty was one man
slightly wounded.
Seaplane reconnaissance was i'm
mine-sweeping operations were con-
tinued throughout the day The attack
The Russian cruiser Askold has
Joined the allied fleet off the OAR
danelles."
Three Forts Silenced.
dispatch to Reuter- Telegram Com
pany from Athens dated yesterday.
says.
The allied feet today bomharded
and reduced to silence the forts of OAR
danus, Hanlidieh and Tchemerlik. on
the Asiatic side of the inside Darda
MALES. The telegraph station at Be
ziAia also was demolished.
The bomba rdmeIt was carried out
by nine ships. which advanced two
miles up the straits"
According to dispatches received
here from Mytilene and Tenedos
Islands,. says another Reuter- dispatch
from Athens. the llied fleet has de-
stroyed the batteries of kilid Bahr and
Banakale and arrived near Darda-
nelles. There IRE over 100000 Turks
on the Gallipoli coast under Issad Pa
sha- The village of Yenishahr Is re-
ported to have been destroyed by fire."
Fifty-Two Ships Engaged.
Reuter- dispatch from Athens. dated
March =. says:
The bombardment was resumed this
morning at 10 o'clock, when ffty-two
ships entered the straits. Four battle
ships bombarded the Turkish positions
on the Gulf of Saros At noon the
Smelling was redoubled in violence for
two hours. The results are not yet
known
Allied detachments which landed at
Kun kale. on the Asiatic side of the
strait at the entrance of the Darda-
nelles. met and dispersed the Turkish
garrison. British warship has bonn
barded ienishahr tabout two miles
south of the entrance to the Darda-
nelles on the Asiatic side).'
A dispatch to the Havas agency from
Athens says that mist prevented the
ascertainment of the extent Of the
damage done by the warships in their
bombardment of the inner forts of the
Dardanelles yesterday. A destroyer
which passed before the town of OAR
danelles, according to the correspond
emit. reported that it had been evacu-
ated.