New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-19
Elf Forced Aground by
Fire of Forts-24 of 81
in Crew Rescued.
ENGLISH BATTLESHlP
DAMAGED BY SHELLS
Majestic Driven Back After
Observation-Disclosures Tor
nedo Boat Out 4 Weeks.
r., C,s,, 70 IN, Tribune

,,,aon. Apri IS. The British have
So. submarine, the ELS, in the re-
..r,5 fighting in the Dardanelles' ae-
ding 70 official statements to-day
-, both the Admiralty and the Turk
- vs- Offee. The British report says
a.. .he undcrsea craft ran ashore yes
...s.v On Kephez Point while attempt
t.c difficult reconnaissance of the
v.,bsz mine field. quoting a CONSTANT
-.,,s official bulletin as authority for
-. statement that all the officers and
=, we're rescued and made prisoners.
The text OF the Turkish official bulle-
a,,s received here in press dispatches
...,.s that the Els was sunk in the
n,-3ape'lcs east Of Karanlik. and that
~ three officers and twenty-one men
- The crew Of thirty-one were rescued
- .bs Turks. Among the rescued, 1t
..,. was the former British vice-con-
,ul q. Dardanellcs.
British Warship Damaged.
The forcing Of a British battleship
Al, Of action is reported in the follow
No of,,al statement from CONSTANT
,ople. received here to-day;
aor the afternoon Of April IA the
r,clish battleship Majestic bombarded
land position near Gaba Tepeh, on
Ssrc, Bay. The fire was returned and
ne Majestic was forced 10 retire.
aOr the following afternoon the
Majestic attacked our advanced bat
..ries. but was struck three times. The
rarsbip retired, and was replaced by
ne British battleship Swiftsure, which
continued the bombardment without
result
aon the nights between April Is and
Is enemy torpedo boats tried to pene-
rate the Dardanelles. They were cas-
9y repulsed. German aviators dropped
bombs. which struck and exploded on
enemy coal steamers.
Allies HydrOplanes Hit.
main headquarters reports that yes
srJsy an enemy hydrOplane was dam
,re5 BY Turkish fire and fell into the
ca. A second hydroplane attempted to
,,lve Il and was sunk by our fire. An
p,vlisb armored cruiser which tugged
away the damaged machine was struck
by or shells. The cruiser with the
hy5ro2lane Withdrew
The Turkish torpedo boat Demir His
ar which. driven by the Allies fire,
Gs,a wreck on the shore Of Gulf Kali
mott. on the island Of Chios, spent
three weeks in playing hide and seek
with her opponents before she was de-
s,royed. says a dispatch from a cor
respondent Of The Daily News" at the
port Of Chios. The correspondent con-
tinues:
The Demir Hissar was the only en-
cay vessc. which succeeded in eluding
s1r watch at the outlet from the
Straits, and, although Of only ninety
seven tons. she was in position to in
aict terrible damage in the neighbor-
hood According 10 statements made
by several members Of her crew, it is
TOW nearly q month since she slipped
through the Straits into the open sea
70 HINT for +rapsnorts
Turkish Boat Plays Tag.
"A few days ago her chance came
rear Tenedos. She fell in with a troop
ship, and, Il the German and Turkish
oneers are 10 be believed, she actually
a'ed two torpedoes, neither of which
TOOK effect Al any rate, the attack
served TO reYeal her presence, and the
caring little Demir Hssar fed precipi-
uiely southwark. making for the Gulf
o. smyrna, where she hoped to take
shelter under the fortress guns.
headed of by British and French war
hlps, she turned westward, and again,
between Psara and the coast of Chicos.
Gun men-of-war were II hot pursuit.
oelng speedy and a very small mark
ior gunhre, she kept q lead for some
time
This was Friday morning. Her pur-
sVeTs Kept up a dropping fire, sending
s0olt thirty shells after her, until, at
o'clock IN the afternoon, her com
Ianoer ran her ashore near the south
sna Of the Island of Chios, taking the
p'eaunon before doing so Of throwing
"eTooard al. hey torpcdCcs and am
nult;oD
Seramo..ng ashore as best they
Walo, the officers and crew were imme-
Sa'ely taken charge of by Greek coast
issuols, who had been watching the
Hsse' They were thirty-four in num-
S 'i, and were found 20 include seven
,S"',Hans, two being officers, three pet
oheers and two seamen. The Off
SS were formerly attached to the
ssv,Oeh' and their presence would APP
,ta' 70 corroborate the statement that
,' vessel has been disarmed in order
~ pace her guns in the Dardanelles
Germans Not Welcomed.
The officers and men find themselves
j Nhgularly .ubospitablc country, r
/ f,.1S 'oV has nearly 10000 refugees
4 49, re mainland. So hostile was the
/ Cs, rV, s'fauon. particularly against he
sSi4h Officers, when they appeared in
Saehc yesterday evening that they will
~ now leave the hotel where they
oeen quartered
4 H., lar as can be ascertained, the
N. nissan, during the four weeks
- al liberty lay concealed in the
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