THE WAR.
THE TURKISH FORTS ATTACKED.
I TAW AN VESSEL TAKES FIRE.
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(Rec. April 20. 10 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE Aprttl9. Four battleships, accompanie<3\by 22 torpedo boat*, opened fire on the • ;<>uter forts at 8000 yards. The forts repJiodMerchantmen were allowed- to proceed northward. Turkish mine-laying ships aro completing the closing of the Straits. • • British subjects embarked on a steamer. The fleet fired 180 projectiles, which did not seriously damage the barracks or the forts. One of the Italian vessels took fire, and the fleet pnt to seal. The Governors at Mitylene and Rhodes report that two Italian, ships shelled, thebarracks above Vathe for three and' a -half hours.
OPENING OF TURKISH' PARLIA-
(Rec. April 20. 10 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April; 19. Parliament lias opened; The Sultan in referring to the war, declared thufc. peace was only possible on the condition of the effective maintenance^of Turkeys sovereign rights. He applauded the bravery of the Turks and Arabs;
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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