The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-07
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Correspondent Tells Of slight Ef
fec of wnrships' Shells.
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Special Gable Despatch 10 TRE suS.
LONDON. June s.-The Daily Telegraph
prints a long despatch from an anony-
nous correspondent who visited the
Turkish positions on the Dardanelles, left
Constant!nople on May 90 on a Turkish
freigh; boat and spent a week in the
village OF Gallipoii. where he saw a
score OF transports from which NUM-
lions were landed.
a curious feature OF the town. he
says, is the number Of large black
and white signs here and there over
many buildings to indicate that they
are neutral property. How the owners
hoped that the gun pointers on the
ships in the Gulf Of Saros would see
these signs I canno explain. The fact
that several neutral structures. includ.
ing the base hospital and a mosque. were
hit impelled Enver Pasha to send
twenty-five French and twenty-five Eng
lish civilians to be housed in different
buildings.
The detail OF food and blankets for
these hostages did not enter the Turk
ish mind, so for six days they sub
sisted at the expense OF Hoffman
Philip, secretary Of the American EN-
bassy. who accompanied them officially.
Finany Enver Pasha was ~dissuaded
from the plan OF reppisals and the host
ages were returned to their homes. None
OF them was injured.
GaIIipoIi Not Destroyed.
THE mosque is a blackened mass
of ruins and the burnt out buildings OF
the town show the work of the bis
British guns. Yet Gal1ipoli Is by nc
means destroyed. That the initial bonn.
bardment was justified Is patent from
the fact that the headquarters stan OF
the Turkish army was stationed here
The base has now been changed and
no shells have fallen these for some
time"
TO Chanak. He says:
Two thousand shells an hour fell IN
Chanak when the British feet tried "a
force the Sarrows, according to thu
calculation of a Neutral army Officer
present at the commandment In spite
OF this rain OF gigantic projectiles tn
casualties In the forts were but twenty
six killed and twice that number
wounded, In Fort Hamidieh thirty
three shells struck the traverse anc
seyenty-six fell near by, yet but one pro-
Jectile struck an embrasure. this one
killing six men. wounding, twelve anc
~dismantling a gun. This is proof enougl
that the problem OF ships attacking lane
foI tiications, even with the most pow
erful guns, still leaves an insurmount
able advantage with the forts.
Fort Niagara frowns on the strai
where Leander swan across, now hal
blocked by a stranded hulk and a sunkei
transport. These are right wher,
Xerxes's bridge spanned the strait. Tn,
Thracian and Asiatic shores are crowded
with batteries from which brow
barrelled guns menace every yard o
the waters. We row past Maidos,
collection OF roofess, shattered houses
Their empty windows stare down lik'
the eye sockets OF so many skulls.
Passage swept by Guns.
When you see the narrow passag
swept by nifty s inc guns mounte,
thirty feet above the water the foil,
OF attempting to force 1t by the oil,
methods IL patent. That the allied flee
suffered as little as II did Is a miracle
Every inch Of the surface Of the water
is plotted on artillery maps In the fort
and II needs but a moments calculation
to get the exact range Of n ship