The Dardanelles.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 396, 19 March 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles.

Casualties on the H.M.S. Amethyst. Allies Land Near Smyrna. Italian Fleet Concentrating. [PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.] - London, March 18. The Admiralty states that 23 .were killed and 19 severely and 18 slightly wounded on the Amethyst. [The British light cruiser Amethyst braved the mine area and advanced to Nagara (the regular anchorage of the Turkish fleet, about three miles beyond “The Narrpws ”). Three shells struck her, doing some damage.] (Received 19, 9 a.m.) London, March 18. Berlin says the Allied troops have landed at various points near Smyrna. (Received 19, 8.45 a.m.) Geneva, March 18. The “Tribuna” announces that a large part of the Italian Navy is concentrating in the Gulf of Taranto, which will be her Near East base for the‘Dardanelles. ALLIES STILL MINE SWEEPING. , London, March 18. “ The Daily Mail’s ” Tenedos correspondent says the Allies’ operations were restricted to mine-sweeping over the approaches to Chanak under cover of the warships’ fire. Berlin, March 18. The “ Frankfurter Zeitung ” that the Allied fleets are using Lemnos (a large island in the Sea, 50 miles west of the entrance to the Strait, ceded to Greece at the end of the Balkan War) as a base ,and have erected a wireless station and two floating docks, and are establishing a coal buse. THE GRANO ALLIED FLEET BOUND FOR CONSTANTINOPLE. AN INSPIRING SIGHT. At Malta the R.M.S. Malwa, which arrived at Fremantle on the 10th inst., threaded its way carefully through the great French and British fleets which were on their way to bombard the Dardanelles. This was on 14th February, and the Malwa was carrying to Malta Field-Marshal Lord Methuen ,who was recently appointed to the Governorship of Malta. Such an inspiring sight will never be witnessed again. On the waters of the grand harbour were floating every conceivable form of naval warfare, from a seaplane to the immensely tripoded Dreadnought. The indefatigable destroyers were in numbers, and here and there among the great ships of war cold be seen fishing trawlers specially fitted for the work of minesweeping. The Malwa herself, a magnificent specimen of a merchant craft, made her way through the steel walls. She passed about half-a-dozen French ships, the crews of which showed frantic enthusiasm. The sight was particularly thrilling when she came abreast of some of the British vessels, for upwards of 1500 men crowded on the decks of these ships and cheered. The guns spoke in salute. Another fine sight was witnessed at Gibraltar, where the Malwa passed the super-Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth. A veritable Queen Elizabeth she looked as she swung to her moorings, majestic, grandlooking, and crinolined with the terrible armaments of the latest super-Dreadnought. For’ard two great 15in guns were stationed, right on top of two others of same type, and aft were four more. As one passenger put it, “There she lay naked in her warlike glory. It was a sight I shall never forget. Grey, ominous looking, she was only suggestivij of restrained might, an instant efficiency, and great capacity for annihilation. May she prove her capacity in