South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-07
Report of Vice Admiral Garden
in Command of British Ships
at DardaneIIeS Given Out by
Admiralty.
HOWITzERS ARE USED BY
THE TURKS IN DEFENSE
Fort J One of the FOrtifiCatiOnS
at the NarrOWS Badly DAM
aged When Magazine Blows
Up-TWo Other Forts Hit.

LONDON. March 6.-The admiralty
made public this evening a report by
Vice Admiral Garden reviewing re
cent operations of the fleet in the
Dardanelles. The report says:
NO action was possible on March
3 until D. m, when, although the
weather was unfavorable. the IRE
sistible, Albion, Prince George and
Triumph resumed the attack on Fort
Dardanus and batteries concealed in
the harbOr. These We're less active
than before and were dealt with by
the ships with more certainty. n
useful Seaplane reconnaissance had
located several encampments and two
permanent batteries.
ION March 4 the weather being fine
sweeping and bombarding operations
within the straits continued steadily
Demolition parties covered by de-
tachments from the marine brigade,
naval division, were landed at Kun
Kaleh and Sedd-el-Bahr, and con-
tinued the clearance of the ground at
the entrance of the straits. The party
at Sedd-el- Bahr has destroyed four
NordenfeIdts. There has been some
skirmishing on both banks where the
enemy was found to be holding vii
lagos in force.
Silcnces Battery.
tie Sapphire silenced a battery of
field guns north of Dikili, in the gulf
of Adramyti (about 100 miles south
east of the entrance Of the Darda-
nelles) and the defenses of Besika
(15 miles south of the Dardanelles)
were shelled by the Prince George.
The casualties sustained on the fourth
were three killed, 2 missing and %
wounded.
"On the fifth an attack was begun
by indirect fire from the Queen Eliza
( beth upon the defenses of the mar
rows. The attack was supported, in
dealing with the howitzers, by the In
flexible and the Prince George. The
fire was confined TO the Forts Rum
ilieh, Medjidieh. Tabia, Hamidieh II.
and Namazieh. marked on the aC-
miralty map j. The Queen Eliza
! beth fired % rounds with satisfac-
tory success. The magazine in Fort
j. which is a fort armed with the
best and heaviest guns, blew up and
| two other forts were damaged. The
| fire of the Inflexible and the Prince
George was observed from inside the
Dardanelles by the Irresistible, Can
| opus, CORVALLIS and Albion. Al
though these vessels were much fired
at by concealed guns they were unhit.
opens Fire ON Troops.
The Sapphire again fired upon
| troops in the neighbOrhood Of the
/ gulf Of Adramyti and destroyed the
military station at TuZburna- On
March > also the cummander-in-ch chief
! Of the East Indies, Vice Admiral Sir
Richard Peirse, arrived with a squad
ron OF battleships and cruisers off
| Smyrna.
"A methodical bombardment of
| Fort Yenickale was carried out dur
ing the afternoon for two hours un-
der favorable conditions of weather.
! Thirty-two hits were secured, inflict-
ping terrible damage upon the fort.
! There were two heavy explosions. ap-
parently of magazines. The Euryalus,
which flew the flag of the vice ad-
miral, shot with remarkable accuracy
from her aft % guns. The fire was
not returned.
"Bombardmert az closer range has
now begun. Weather conditions are
1 good. The reduction of the Smyrna
/ defenses is a necessary incident Of the
main operations"