The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-08
Indirect Method of Attack, New
In Warfare, Made Effective
By Aeroplane Observers
Constantinople's
Panic Growing
Official News Indicate French
Victories In Champagne and
Resumption of German
Movement Against Warsaw

London. March 1o.--The lombard
ment OF the inner defenses Of the
Dardaneiles and the defenses on the
Gulf OF Saros continued yesterday
and today, much In the same manner
as on the preceding days, the dread
naught Queen Elizabeth battering
away at the works ON the Asiatic side
of the strait by the indirect method
! Of attack, while a part of the fleet
! poured in a direct fire from within
! the passageway. statement issued
| today by the French minister Of
marine a. Paris and teieEraphed here
says:
The battleship Queen Elizabeth,
stationed n the Gulf of Saros. bonn
| barded by indirect fire on March s
the two large works on the Asiatio
side OF the strait whio, defend the
narrows near Chanak. namely Forts
Hamidiehi-T and Hamidiehi-
Sultanie. At the same time battle.
| ships which had penetrated the strait
continued by direct fire the bombard-
ment of the works at Dardanos. on
the Asiatic side. and Souan Dire on
the European side.
The employment of indirect fire
from ships on land positions Is said
| to be u new departure in modern
warfare. The forts which the Queen
Eliza beth is attacking are completely
| out of sight of the range finders ON
the battleship, whose guns are e.
rected by information gathered from
aeropiane. observers from the ships
inside the strait. which are able to
observe the results Of the Smelling
rect errors in craftsmanship by the
men handling the great 15-inch guns.
Surprised by Turk Gums. I
1 The presence Of 14-inch guns in tlt0
fort Of Hamidiehi- T2bia, Mas - snrs~
prise to the Anglo-Erench flset. ~
previously IT had been thought thar
11-inch cannon were the greatest pos
sesscd by the Turks. Thus far these
formidable weapons had not been
handled effectively. which indicates
that the Turkish gunners are not
trained to use them properly,
| A dispatch from Bucharest tonight
says that the attacks on the inner
forts have caused the panic in Cons
sta ntinople TO grow. The exodus Of
the weN-to-do residents of the Turk
ish capital has begun, and a number
OF fAmilies-mostly Greeks--hav0
| reached Bucharest.
| Eamine Now Threatens.
| Information CLEANED from travellers
through tho Rumanian capital makes
the situation In Constantinopie appear
still moro upset. Panic now reigns UNI
checked. II 10 said and the work OF
erecting defenses at almost every con-
ceivAble spot Is being pushed with
feverish activity. even though the in
dications are that the capital will not
be defended at all. but that the Otto
man government will fee as soon as
the strait 10 forced Guns have been
removed from some OF the defenses on
the Dardanelles and mounted on is
lands In the Sea of Marmora.
/ In addition to other troubles the
! people of Constantinople are now
threatened with famine. according to
the Bucharest correspondents. Bread
/ has been requisitioned for the troops
: in such quantity that little Is left for
civilians. 1t Is freely reported that
the Germans have totally lost their
influence in the capital. and that most
Of them have left already for Ger-
many.