South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-28
American steamer Carrying
Cargo of Cotton for Rotter-
dam Reported Held Up in
Paris Announcement.
ALLIED FLEET IS STILL
SHELLING TURK FORTS
Vessels Are Fourteen Miles
Near COnStantinOpIe -
Sweeper Clears Straits VI
Dangerous MiEeS.

PARIS. Feb 4--Thc American
steamer Dacla which sailed from
Galveston with "a cargo of cotton FOR
Rotterdam. has been arrested in The
English channel br French cruiser.
according 10 an otii elu announcement
LONDON Fsh. 2.-Forty B-itisa
and - French Varships. lnciudins
some of the most powerful dread
nouEhts i'm the allied fleets. today
roared and battered their way miles
up The Dardanelles That is about
onC-third of the way through tho
straits OF Hellespout once through
these straits. Coustautinople lies inn
paied ON the Golden Horn less than
100 miles AWAY The Warships are
now ready 10 begin the commandment
OF the narroWs the one-milc wide
strip OF water which Is the last big
barricade 10 a clear route 90 the
Turkish capital.
The steady progress of the intcrna-
tional fleet againstFthe fortress here
tOfore regarded as lmpregnable. has
caused panic i'm Constantinople. The
fortress of the capital are negligible
and with the Dardanelles passed the
city would be at the mercy OF the al
lies big guns. Special trains are re-
ported TO be waiting in readiness 10
convey the sultan and the members
OF his government 90 Asia Minor
Meanwhile the Russian Black sea
fleet is trying TO force the BosphOrus
and approach Constantinople from
the east Bombardment of the forts
on the Asiatic side OF the Bosphorus
already has been started
Having pulVerized the .'impregna-
Dle'' fortresses AT the outer entrance
To the Dardanelles the allied fleet
preceded by mine sweepers. pushed
their way mp as far as Hortari ami
within range of Fort lntepe which
guards this section OF the waterways
OF the Asiauc coast
The CHIEF decisive factor Of the
I! bonn bardment was the shell work OF
the 15-inch guns OF the queen Eliza
beth.
This is the first time that these
monster pieces OF naval ordnance
have been i'm action and their effect
/ bore out all that had been expected
a, them
+ rhe queen Elizabeth is a vessel of
- 500 tons and she carries eight of
these 15-inchers.
Bombardmcnt starts
4 few shots were thrown ass range
I finders and then the bonn bardment hv
the British dreadnoughts began In-
tepe like the outer fortresses. had
been believed as untakable but the
effect OF the heets gigantic shells WIS
terrific
The reply OF the Turkish gunner=
was generally Wild and ineffective /
This on par with the reply made bv
the sunners on the outer forts. dur
ing which action the allies were
scarcely touched
The admiralty announced tonight
that during tie attack the Agameul-
non was struck by she'll which land /
ed ON the deck and that three men
were killed and five injured There
is every reason To believe that this
the limit Of the allies casualties
on the other hand a dispatch from
Sofia states that the defenders OF the
outer forts suffered severely 600
wounded Turkish soldiers having been
taken from the ruined fortAcations.
While the larger vessels Of the ai =
! lied navies We're hattering their WAY
toward Constantinople. French
squadron OF smaller Warships cruisel
under what remained Of the entrance
works and completed the ruins.
Three Forts in Ruins
Landing parties sent TO investigate
| the results Of tine bOmbardment II the
] four forts at the entrance 20 the
straits found that three of the fort
were completely destroyed. while the
/ fourth was partly in ruins. The razed
I forts are Sedd-t-Bahr. the Cape
Helles battery. the Orkauish Table
and Kun Kali
! Farther up the straits the huge
! fortress at Dardanus. one Of the larg
/ est and strongest OF the entire schem
OF fortifications has been subjected
\ 10 long range fire that has an bu
destroyed il.
J cmbardment OF the narrOws fortl
4 1cations is expected 20 begin With
/ the next q hours These f0rtihca
tiOns are the very backbone ~ tha
entire plan OF the DardanelleS works
The narrow passage is guarded by
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