TURCO-ITALIAN WAR

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8179, 22 July 1912, Page 7

TURCO-ITALIAN WAR

BOMBARDMENT OF DARDANELLES FORT.

LONDON, July 19. Telegrams received here state that the fort at Kum Kalesi, at the entrance to the Dardanelles,' repulsed Italian torpedo-boats attempting to enter the strait. It was a small affair.'

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 19. Eight torpedo-boats entered the Dardanelles during a fog, and in the darkness crept to within two miles of Nagara, where Turkish warships were lying. Turkish accounts allege that the forts sank two of the invaders and damaged the remainder. CHICAGO WHEAT PIT EXCITED. CHICAGO, July 19. Excited trading resulted in the wheat, an announcement that the Dardanelles had been closed. Wheat Jumped two cents and corn moved in sympathy. Speculators went wild. ITALIAN ACCOUNT: A DARING RECONNAISSANCE.

(Received July 22, 0.60 a.m.)

ROME, July 21. It is semi-officially announced that ©■wing to a report that Turks intended a surprise in the Aegean Sea for Italian torpedo-boats either pursuing Turks or reconnoitring, a flotilla dashed with admirable daring and in perfect order twenty kilometres up the Dardanelles. *

_ They were detected by the search, lights and subjected to a heavy crossfire from the forts on either side; also from rifle and qpickfirer volleys. They advanced until they discovered the Turkish fleet, anchored but fully prepared and protected by a steel cable obstruction.

Consequently the Italians did not attack, but retired undamaged.