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Title: The Great war
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Allen, George Henry, 1876- Whitehead, Henry C., 1873- Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 McAndrew, James William, 1862-1922 Wiley, Edwin, 1872-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Barrie's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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she continued to return this terrific fire to the best of her ability.But her shots had no apparent eff^ect upon the forts. As night came onthe Turkish guns seemed to be giving the final touch to their work. Thefire from all the vessels of the Allied fleet came to an end at sundown.Not one gun of a Turkish fort was silenced in spite of the fact that some-thing between 1,200 and 2,000 shells had been fired at the shore positions. The casualties to the Turks undoubtedly were very small and thematerial damage inflicted by the shell fire of yesterday was very slight. ABritish vessel, the Vengeance^ was damaged by the guns of the forts anddrifted helplessly toward the entrance to the Straits, where her crew wastaken ofll by the torpedo boats. This vessel did not leave the Dardanelleswaters, nor did any other British vessel enter during the night to bringhelp, but the ship this morning had disappeared. A fourth vessel wasstruck in the turret and otherwise damaged by a Turkish shell. She was
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Naval Operations at the Dardanelles 101 also taken out of action. The British battleship ^ueen Elizabeth was hitfive times by howitzer shell and the battle cruiser Inflexible was struckfour times. The foregoing is a summary of the reports made during the day byobservers who were unable last night to reach the Turkish headquarters. The Associated Press correspondent, says the New York Tribune^to-day visited the forts which had been bombarded. The material dam-age was slight generally. The casualties on the Turkish side were abouttwenty men killed and thirty-five wounded. Though the Turkish forts had done well and were stillserviceable, it was the mines sent down with the current towhich the defeat was chiefly due. It is the opinion of thewriter that but for these, the forts could have been passed.This would seem to be also the view of the admiral incommand (de Robeck), who, in a telegram on March 17th,stating that: weather permitting I will proceed withoperations to-morrow, added: I am

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