Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
Many Days Of Hammering
ON Forts Ends When Enc
my's Guns Cease Fire.
BRITISH LOSE 3
MEN; FIVE INJURED
Opening of the Narrows
Unlocks Russia s Great
Supply of Grain.

T ONDON, Feb, 27.-(S:26 p. M
IL The admiralty announced tonight
that during the bombardment of the
Dardanelles Notifications the battle
ship Agnamemnon had been struck
and three men were killed. The an
nouncement says further that the
Dardanelles operations still are pro-
ceedng.
The admiralty announcement says
that landing parties went ashore from
the allied fleet. With their assistance
three of the four forts at the entrance
to the Dardanelles were completely
demolished and the fourth was dam
aged badly.
The new battleship Queen Eliza
beth, one of the largest members OF
the British fleet, took part in the
bombardment. This Is the first time,
it is stated, in which 15-inch naval
guns have been in action. The queen
Elizabeth, a vessel of 27,5OO tons, has
eight l5-inch guns.
Three Vessels Damaged.
The Turkish army headquarters IN
Constantnople announced yesterday
that one ship of the Agamemnon type
and two other armored vessels were
damaged by the fire from the forts on
the Asiatc side Of the Dardanelles'
The Agamemnon, a vessel OF l6,bOO
tons displacement, was laid down in
1905. Her complement is 800 men,
She is 435 feet long and has a man
battery of four 12-inch guns.
The admiralty statement follows:
THE entrance to the Dardanelles
was guarded by four principal torts'
namely, Cape Helles battery, Fort
Seddul Bahr. Fort Orkanieh Tabia ana
Fort Kun KalOssi Tabia, which VIII
be described, for convenience, as A,
b, G and u. These forts were armed
as follows:
"A. two 9.2 guns; b, six 1O.2 guns
G. two go guns; ID, four 1912 and four
80 guns.
Bombardcd at Long Range.
"The weather having improved, al
though the wind was still from the
southwest, the attack on these forts
was resumed Thursday morning (Feb-
ruary 25) at 10 o'clock. The queen
Elizabeth, Agamemnon, Irresistible
and Gaulois began by deliberately
bombarding forts A, b, c and ID, re-
spectVely, at long range.
Fort A replied. one shell at LOCO
yards hit the Agamemnon, killing
three men and seriously woundlns
five. The Irresistible and Gaulols
and II, while the Queen Elizabeth
concentrated, with great accuracy, on
Fort A, putting both of its guns out
of action by about 1880 a. m.
"The Vengeance and Cornwallis
then ran in under cover of lOng-rans,"
fire and engaged fort A at close range.
The, reduction Of fort A was completed
while forts and ID opened a very
slow and inaccurate fire.
THE Suffern and Charlemagne next
delivered an attack on forts and
ID advancing to within 1000 yards OF
them. It was then seen that they
were in no condition TO offer an ef-
fcctive resistance.
"The Vengeance, Triumph and AL
bion were then ordered in to conf
plete the reduction OF the forts. All
four were reduced by 5:l5 p. m.
Enemy Destroys Village.
sweeping operations, covered by
a division of battleships and destroy
ers were Immediately begun. The
enemy set fire to a village at the en-
trance as darkness fell.
"A report also has been received
of the operations of February 70. The
straits had been swept up to four
miles from the entrance. The AlDlon
and Majestic, supported by the ven
geance, proceeded to the limit OF the
swept area and began an attack on
Fort Dardanus and some new batter-
les which had been erected on the
Asiatic shore. The fire In reply was
ineffective.
AFTER being shelled from inside
the straits. the enemy retired from the
forts at the entrance, and during the
afternoon demolishing parties were
landed at Kun -Kale and Seddul Bahr
(Sedd FL -Bahr) from the Vengeance
and Irresistible. Forts A, b and Z
were then completely and fort ID par
TALLY demolished.
Casualties Light.
"The enemy encountered in Kum-
Kale was driven out over the Men
dere bridge, which was partially de-
stroyed. Two new tour-inch guns
concealed near the tomb. Of Achilles.
were also destroyed, and four Norden-
feldts covering the entrance were de-
stroyed. our casualties on the goth
were one killed and three wounded.
Shipbuilders Return TO Work.
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