KEY TO THE BOSPHORUS
ALLIES RIFLING IT. WHAT SUCCESS WOULD MEAN. LONDON, February 20. The forcing of the Dardanelles, besides securing the mastery of Constantinople, would open the way to the Black Sea and facilitate the export of 10,000,000 quarters of Russian wheat lying at various ports, and thus cheapen food in Britain and France.
TURKISH CAMP BOMBARDED,
ATHENS, February 20.
The allied warships bombarded the Turkish camps on the coast opposite the island of Tenedos (which lies on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles entrance).
TURKISH OFFICIAL REPORT.
LEARNING FROM GERMANY. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 20. Official: The allied warships fired 600 shots, killing one Turk and wounding another. Three of the enemy's battleships were damaged.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16315, 23 February 1915, Page 5
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