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Show DULY ONE TURK FORT ITflCTl Dardanus Is Completely Descroyed, Hamidieh Badly Damaged, and Inhabitants of Fortified Forti-fied Town Are Forced to Flee; Only Two Mine Fields Left. RUSSIAN FLEET READY TO ASSIST German Experts Plant More Mines and Block Straits Against Ships of Great Draught; Constantinople Con-stantinople Still Con-fident. Con-fident. (SpecU Cab e by Arrangement Wltb London Datlf Telegraph and International Neva Service.) ATHENS March 12 According to a report from Tenedos Dardanus ha been completely destroyed in the siege of the Dardanelles and fort Hamidieh has been badly damaged The allied fleet on Wednesday directed a well sustained fire against Chanak kale from a d stance of more than 16 000 j ards and damaged the town to such an extent that the inhab tants took refuge m several villages on the As atic littoral Fort Ch mikli alone contm ues to hold out Meanwhile dragging for mines cont nues and but two m ne fields remain intact The Vali of Smyrna in an off c al commun cation states that if the town is attacked by the enemy s warsh ps it will be converted into war area As a measure of precaut on the inhab tants who are noneombatants are asked to lea e the to vn and go into the interior where all steps to insure the r safety will be taken The allied consuls at Smyrna have demanded the establ sh ment of a ne tral zone there but as yet the ah has not replied CLAIM THE FORTS KEEP WARSHIPS AT LONG DISTANCE CONSTANTINOPLE Mondaj March S v a Be 1 n March 11 and ia London March 1 1 -5 p m T e fire of British warshlpb on T irklsh positions in the Dardane les has been well d rected on the whole but at timea In ef flea clous. The Turks on their side have shown a fair degree of accuracy I the r marksman sh p and 1 a e compe ed Bri ish vessels to e erxise great caution In approach n& the r batter es. A correspo dent of tl e Associated P ess witnessed tl e bon bardment of March 5 d rected against t e pos tlons at K Id Bahr on the European side of the stra ts He could see the fire of e ther s de and note how all the hotb fe L The vessels engaged were Briti h ships of the Agamemnon type The flr ing started at 11 50 a. m and lasted an 1 1 4 45 p m when the British with drew Their fire has been rat er scat tered Some of, t was directed against Dardanus and points on the European s de of the straits and the material dam age Infl cted was onl si ght At K d Bahr the British fire was well directed on the who e but it was not er effectl e Of about t rt heaw s ella ten fel c ose to the Tu kish battene wh e the ot ers mostly fel short Man of them struck at the waters edge . certain Brit sh eel w Ich ventured n range of the Kl d Bahr bat eries waj s bjected to well aimed fire from then S e re rea ed hastllj The nltv of hese part cular batteries waa then avo ded he rest of tl e da In the afte noon two o he Brit h ese s came w n ra ire of a h dden Turkish ba ten a d ad narrow escat.es from the sho e fire During al the af ernoon the Bri Is es sels s de the stra ts were oblla'ed o maneu er act el because s non as anv one of hem stopped I -arlab drew a fa ac urate T rkish fi e It was e Ident that tie Brit sh were exer clsing great caution At about 3 45 in the afternoon se eral h dro aeroplanes of the all es appeared and made a reconna s ance To the ob sen ers it was apparent that thev dropped bombs on a vil aee The airship re t ed when fired upon OFFICERS OF THE TRIUMPH TELL OF BOMBARDMENT LONDOJ March IS 30 a m The officers of the Bnt sh batttlesh n Tr mph formerlv the Ch lean warsh r L bertad wh ch has been seventeen t mes in act on n the Darda e es era c an account of the a t on n the o ous waterwav to the Da 1 Telegraph s o espondent at M tvlene whe e he T ph oal ng rhe tr al tr p were made nto the n ra e ot the Dar lane les I ebr ar IS b the torpedo boat des over (Continued on Page Three V ONLY 01 FORT ms umcr (Continued from Page One) wh ch got w th n 1000 v ards of the forts sa d one of the officers Tho destroyers were not fired pon as the Turks p obably through a shortage of ammunit on reserved the r shells for the large sh ps The Tnumph was or dered to bombard lort 1 and destroy battery No 50 both on the European s de of the stra ts but wo could fin 1 no trace of the batterv wh ch even the seaplanes fa led to locate Along the 6hore we perce ed trenches and barbed wire entangle nents which had been erected to pre ent land ngs Some troops also were seen ntrenched on the h lis On the morn mg of February 19 all the all ed sh ps proceeded aga nst the outer forts open ing fire at 7500 yards They rece ved no reply The Tr mph re onno tered Cape Ilelles s defense and opened fire on them du ing the afternoon w th her seven nch guns caus ng v ery heavy damage When we rep ned tho fleet n the even ng a spectacular scene was wit nessed The French sh ps were fir ng funously from the south wh le two Brit sh sh ps steamed up and down fir ng salvos Bad weather interrupted the operat ons wh ch were resumed on the 5th and the Tr umph succeeded n locat ng Batterv 50 The same day the three tr pa into the entrance were made by var ous Br t sh sh ps the Tnumph getting to within 2000 vards of Fort 3 and making d rect h ts on the enemy s guns That night the Turks 1 rned the 1 ghthou6es The next lay mine sweep ers passed through the entrance under protection of the Tr nph On March 1 the Tr uuiph was or dered against Fort Darlanus where she was h t thnce one shell go ng thro eh her armor kill ng one man Th s would have been a ser ous affa r but the shell exploded before t penetrated Another shell went clean through the capta n s cab n The same e en ng the Tr umph cov ered a land ne party wh ch blew up some of the raportant works on the Asiat c s de The explos ons sent frag ments of wreckage hundreds of feet nto the air and three quarters of the d stance across the stra ts I1 the mei of the Tr umph are in excellent sp r ts Throughout the op erat ons one would have thought these men were engaged n some sport ng ex red t on rather than n deadly war fare Narrows Are Blocked Spe a Cab e by Arrangement W b London Dal J Te ee- apb and n erna ona News Serv e ) BERLIV by w reless to Saj 1 o March 12 Constant nop e reports that expert en neers are workng n ght and day s rpngthen ng the Dardane es T e ti ne ehaihs w eh protect the c anne and the nar ows ave been con s derab v strong hened and the passage of wars ps of great d aft is mposs b e Russian Fleet Ready LONDON March 12 3 OS p m It is earned through d p omat c sources In London t at the Russ an B ack sea fleet s expected to start a bombardment of the Bosphorus forts today n active co oper atlon w th t e a I ed fleet wh ch is at tempt na: to force s waj to Constant! nop e through the Dardanel es from the south |