Arizona republican., 1915-02-28
Twenty-eight Battleships Enter the Straits After Demolishing Four of the Forts at the Entrance, and Land Troops
OPERATIONS ARE
 STILL PROCEEDING
Admiralty Announces That DW'ing Bombardment of Qualifications Battleship Agememnon Was Struck and Three Men Killed
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcH1

LONDON, Feb. 2S (Sunday). - Twenty eight warships of the allied fleet entered the Dardenelles at noon Saturday and bombarded the inner forts, according to a dispatch from the Athens correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph. The message adds that battleship bombarded the Turkish camp on the Gulf of Saros.
 After having completed the destruc- ton of the forts at the entrance of the Dardanelles, the allied fleet of British and French warships, the greatest which has ever been in action, is now attacking the inner forts, which here tofore have stood between Turkey and invasion by the sea.
 Apparently the outer forts could not withstand a great bombardment and when they had been leveled, and de- serted by their defenders, men were land from the ships to complete the work of demolition, while mine sweep CTS cleared a passage for ships in the straits.
 More serious work is now ahead for the all important Notifications are at Kilid Bahr and Chanak, which guard the narrowest part of the straits, which the fleet is now approaching. There is no doubt, however, that the allied commanders have instruction to make their way to Constantinople in spite of obstacles and have been sup piled with the best means for carrying out these orders.
 Nff e-11f 1fr1c rod fcs not available, but reports from Athens and other points say that twenty large vessels are taking part, and the report issued tonight by the British admiralty up to Friday night mentions no less than ten of these. Previous reports mentioned others that were not en- gagged on Thursday or Friday the per iod covered by the admiralty state ment At the head of the fleet is the Queen Elizabeth one of England's lat est super -dreadnaughts, which has been commissioned since the war began and which mounts eight 15-inch guns. The Queen Elizabeth took part in the bombardment, so that for the first time these monster weapons had been used and according to the admiralty report, they did their work with great ac- curacy.'
 Other ships which assisted in silenc- ing the outer forts were the British battleship AgamemnOn, which was struck by Turkish shell and had three men killed and five wounded; the Brit ish battleships Irresistible, Vengeance. Cornwallis, Albion and Majestic, each of which carries four 12-inch guns and the Triumph which has four 10-inch guns. and the French battleships Gau- lois, Suffern, Charlemagne. each of which carries four 12-inch guns
 Others vessels, including the French battlesnip Bouvet and one or two Brit ish battle cruisers, are in the vicinity to render assistance should it be re- quired.
 Fort Dardanus which the ships at tackled Friday after the entrance to the straits had been swept of mines, is not far from the narrows, and it is prob able that the big and more important attack has begun by this time. Reports from neutral Balkan states say that the residents of the islands in the sea of Marmora have been ordered