SUCCESSFUL BOMBARDMENT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 243, 17 November 1914, Page 7

SUCCESSFUL BOMBARDMENT.

TURKISH PORTS TAKEN. INDIAN TROOPS LAND FROM WARSHIP. LONDON, November 16. The Admiralty announces successful operations against the Turks at Shiek Said,, on Cape Bab-el-Mandeb, opposite Perim, at the entrance to the Red Sea. Three battalions of Indian troops landed under cover of fire from H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh, which disabled the Turba fort. Infantry attacked the enemy's position, and occupied the hills commanding Manheli. The opposition was thus weakened. Two hundred of the enemy escaped, ; We occupied the forts, and captured a large amount of ammunition and six

field guns. Our casualties were four men killed, one officer and fifteen men wounded. , Turkey's war declaration against the Allies alleges that the Russian Fleet attempted to. mine the Bosphorus, and Russia did not reply to Turkey's demand for enquiry? and recalled her Ambassador. Britain and France acted similarly. • . "Times" and "Sydney Sun*' Services. (Received November 17, 8 a.m.) LONDON, November 16. Turkey states that she has closed the Dardanelles because England has announced that unless the German officers were removed from Turkish warships, they would be regarded as hostile ships, and liable.to attack.

[The Duke of Edinburgh is an armoured cruiser of 13,550 tons displacement, and was 1 built at Pembroke, launched; in 1904, and completed' in 1906, her total cost being.. £1,201,687, including guns. Her armament consists of six 9.2 in., 10 6in. guns, 25 three-pounders,/two machine guns, and three torpedo tubes. She has a speed of nearly 23 knots, and carries a complement of 704 officers and men. She belongs to the Cruiser Squadron stationed in the Mediterranean, and is commanded by Captain Cecil Prowse, who was flag captain to Admiral Fawkes when that officer was in charge of the Australian station.]