EFFECT OF DARDANELLES BOMBARDMENT.
FORTS DAMAGED BUT NOT OUT OF ACTION. MOBILE BATTERIES POSTED ALONG THE STRAITS. LONDON, March 24. 0 Advices from Athens state that the damage to the French battleship Gaulois, received in the Dardanelles operations, chiefly consists of rents in the bull, due to mines. It is expected that her repairs will take three weeks.
Severe damage seems to have been inflicted on the Chanak, Hamidieh, and Kilid Bahr forts, in the Dardanelles, but they are still able to resist attack. A number of German howitzers have been mounted on rails, enabling them to be moved rapidly from point to point. Many mobile batteries have been posted along the Straits.
The Rome "Tribune" reports that on the island of Tenedos, near tbe entrance to the Dardanelles, the Allies wrecked six forts on Thursday. The Turkish losses were very heavy. The inhabitants on both sides of the Dardanelles attempted to escape to the Greek islands. It is reported that the Turks massacred the fugitives.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 72, 25 March 1915, Page 5
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