The sun., 1918-01-21
BRITISH SINK
TURK CRUISER
Companion Vessel Beached in
Action at Entrance to
Dardanelles.
WERE GERMAN REFUGEES
Breslau and Goeben Escaped
From Allied Navy at the
Outbreak Of War.
WERE GERMAN REFUGEES

LoNpoT, Jan. ?0.--In q naval action
between British and Turkish forces at
the entrance to the Dardanelles the
Turkish cruiser MidulIu. formerly the
German Breslau, was sunk and tho Sul-
tan Yawus selim, formerly tho German
Goeben. was beached. This announce
night a. follows:
Tho Goeben and Breslau. with de-
stroyers, were In action with the
British forces at the entrance to the
DardAnelles this (eunday) morning.
Tho Bresiau was sunk. The 0oeben
escaped, but has been beached. evi-
IDENTIFY badly damaged. at Niagara
Point In tho narrows Of tho straits.
The 0oeben 10 now being attacked
By naval aircraft.
Our losses reported are tho monitor
Raglan and \ small monitor. the MIS-.
The German cruisers Drsslau and
Gosben we're In the Mediterranean So
At the outbreak OF the war and fed into
,he Derdanslles. seeking safety from the
British and French warships that sought
their Destruction
Sincs then their activities In the
Dardanslles at the Black Sea entrance
to the Bosporus and In the Black Sea
0IOu8 tu6 AuFhtou <AStAtlCs tue ESub1l8n
and the Rumanlan coasts have brought
them fame for intrep.dIty second not
even to the German sea wolves. like the
Dresden. Emden. Seeadler and the
Karlsruhe.
Were Purchased by Tsrkey.
Reaching Constantinopie In the middle
OF August, 1914. the British Government
Immediately protested against the Ger
man warships being accorded refuge and
Turkey promised that they would he
interned and placed out Of commission
until the end Of the war. Later. how
ever. 1t was announced that Turkey had
purchased the cruisers and given them
the new names OF M!dullu and Sultan
Yawus Selini.
Then followed frequent reports Of the
activity Of the warships in the Black
Sea, bombarding enemy land positions
and engaging or being engaged by ships
Of the Russian Black Sea fleet Al.
though the Turkish and German war
statements frequently announced VIC
tories for the rechristened Germans. the
Russian Admiralty on numerous oc-
casions told Of how Russian warships
had sent them scurrying from the Black
Sea into the BosporuA damaged. on dre
and allowing the wounds the Russian
ostVuS he3 0svSh ths0tps
Shortly af,erward, however, the
Miduilu and her sister ship again would
appear. and the game Of hide and seek
between them and the Russians would
20 on again until another battle took
place, the Turks In the meantime always
having been successful in sinking numer-
Gus cargo boats, ranging from the
smallest fishing craft to soodly sized
tesmships.
The latest account Of the Sultan
Yawus Selim was in July Of last year.
when the British Admiralty reported
that British airmen had dropped bombs
on the vessel during an air attack on
the Turkish feet of Constantinople. in
servsd on the Sultan Yawus Sslim and
other vessels. aboard which explosions
occurred and fires broke out Tho Ad-
miralty report said the former German
cruiser was the centre OF the attack and
that II was safe to presume she would
be out OF action for several months as
q result Of her injuries. The prediction
proved true. ~ the Sultan YaWuS Selinl
since then has not been mentioned In
any Of the reports a. being engaged.
Thsis Escape CsaticissA.
The last account Of the Midullu was In
June. 1917. when the Turkish War on.
nee reported that vessel In q successful
engagement together with other Turkish
units IN tho Black Sea against Russian
hand positions and small warcraft
Considerable criticism Of British and
French naval commanders has at times
been expressed over their failure to pre-
vent the GoAben and Breslau from get.
ting out o. the Straits Of Messlna At the
outbreak Of the war and reaching 3 port
Of safety In Turkey. Admiral Trou'
bridge Of the British Mediterranean hee'
was ahsoived OF lack Of initiative In this
respect In December. 1910.
In tho French Chamber Of Deputies
last Thursday Admiral Dicnaime an
nouncsd that he intended TO demand the
impeachment Of n. Augagneur. formerly
Minister Of Marine. for falling In h!a
duty to take stspa against ADMIRAL Gas.
ton Boue de Lapeyrers. whose alleged
failure 70 obey orderS resulted In thu
0oeoen and Breslau reaching the Ds-'
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