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Show BOMBARDMENT AT A DISTANCE OF TWELVE MILES PARIS, Feb. , 4:55 d. m. The allied fleet yesterdav fired a thousand shells at the Dardanelles forts, pays a dispatch from the Athens corres-pondent of the Havas agency. The message continues: The British fleet discharged Its , guns at a distance of eighteen kilometers kilo-meters (about twelve miles). The battleship Gaulois (French) distinguished distin-guished Itself, contributing largely to the destruction of Fort Sedd-el-Bahr. Today forty vessels advanced as far as Fort Orkhanieh and swept the Turkish encampments. They then bombarded Intepe, which they destroyed. de-stroyed. Submarines, protected by French vessels, and aeroplanes constantly moved about. Torpedo dragging was effected methodically. According to information from authoritative au-thoritative sources, the arrival of numerous Injured soldiers caused a panic in Constantinople. Special tnifns are constantly under steam at I Haidar Pasha, ready to transport the I imperial family and the treasury to the interior of Asia. I During the bombardment of Sedd- ! el-Bahr munition depots blew up, j killing many defenders, anions whom were numerous Germans. j |