The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-09
WARSH|PS IN DUEL
British Dreadnaught Drives Turk
ish Cruiser From Strait.
salvos Of Monster Shells Sweep hIah
Over Ridges Of GaIIIpoii At
OardaneIIes- Aviator
Directs the Fire.
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE,

eSSlo cOS\N oHO"Nes
Correspondent of the Chicago NewsJ
Mudros, Allies Near Eastern Base
The Queen Elizabeth and the Goeben
have been engaged In battle with each
other. The great British dreadnaught,
the most powerful battleship aHoat, At
tackled the Goeben under most az
traordinary conditions. Although the
Queen Elizabeth fired salvos of gigan.
tic highly explosive projectiles. the
Goeben escaped unhit.
Since the allies forces landed at the
Dardanelles late in April the German
Turkish battle cruiser has seriously
hampered the advance toward their
observation-disclosures. 1t has suppos-
eddy a base at Chardak. an auxiliary
naval port, on Galiipoli strait. rs
miles above the narrows. Nearly ev-
ton between Maitos and Cape Niagara.
just above the Narrows. and has sup
ported with killing fire the Turkish
troops facing the Australian New Zea-
land line.
Turkish engineers have established
line Of communication between posts
of observation and signal stations
somewhere east OF Maitos. Because
Of these the fire control was made so
effective that. although the Goeben
was firing over a ridge Of mountains.
its officers were quickly informed just
where each shell hit and what dam.
age it did to the enemy. So constant
became the fire of the German battle
cruiser and SO seriously did it him
der the movements Of the allies that
1t was decided to attempt to destroy It
even at considerable cost
The Queen Elizabeth was selected
for the first chance.
A ridge of fairly high mountains
runs down the GallipoIi peninsula and
battleship firing across 1t from the
Gulf Of Saros to point above the
Narrows would be unable to see its
target. The Queen Elizabeth could not
see the Goeben. An aeroplane was
needed to observe the fall Of projec-
tiles and to direct the fire.
1t was somewhat after noon when
big naval aeroplane mounted and
circled over the mountains. A naval
observer Occupied a seat beside the
pilot
The observer easily found the Goe-
ben. The aeroplane sailed back to the
Australian lines and communicated
the Goeben's position to the Queen
Elizabeth.
Suddenly one Of the 15.inch guns
Of the Queen Elizabeth belched forth
a great sheet of fame. followed by q
roar that could be heard at Mudros, so
miles away. The spotting officer. lean.
ing far over the combing of the fire
control top. picked up the giant pro
jectile with his glasses and kept 1t In
view until it disappeared below the
ridge of hills. Like a fash his glance
turned to the aeroplane soaring high
above the mountains. Some distance
below the aeroplane there popped into
being three black dots An instant
later three more black dots appeared.
These were small smoke bombs
dropped by ths observer to signal
where the shell had struck relatively
to the target. E'@
up 300-left threat shouted the
on1cer to sailor standing at his ell
bow The first shot had fallen 300
yards short and 800 yards to the right
Of this Goeben.
An instant later a salvo from the
Queen. Elizabeth's entire broadside Of
eight 15-inch guns crashed out Eight
monster shells. each weighing 1000
pounds. went careenihg through space
af a aneed NJ kOO foAf n aocond