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Show Till IE II Turkish Cruiser Midul-Iu, Midul-Iu, Formerly the German Ger-man Breslau, Sent to the Bottom, and the Sultan Yawuz Selim, Formerly the Goeben, Is Beached, FRENCH REPULSE RAIDS OF TEUTONS Berlin Reports Bombardment Bom-bardment of Ostend on the Belgian Coast, but Makes No Mention of the Damage Done; Artillery Ar-tillery Duels on the Italian Front. hON'OON, Jan. 20. In a. naval action between British and Turkish forces at tho entrance to the Dardanelles, tho Turkish cruiser Midnllu, formerly t ins German Breslau, was sunk and the Hultan Yaw us Selim, formerly tho German Goc-ben, Goc-ben, was beached. This announcement was made by tho admiralty tonight. The official statement says: The Goobeu and Breslau Turkish names Sultan Yawuz Selim and Mi-dtillu Mi-dtillu with destroyers, were in action ac-tion with tho British forces at thd entrance to the Dardanelles this (Sum day) morning. The Breslau was sunk. " The Goeben escaped, but has been ' beached, evidently badly damaged, at Nagara point, in the narrows of the straits. The Goeben is now being attacked bv naval aircraft. ; "Our losses reported are the Jloni- tor Raglan and a small monitor, the 1 u--:$. The German cruisers Breslau and Goe- 1 ben wor3 in the Mediterranean sea at the ' outbreak of tho war and lied into the Dardanelles, seeking' safety from the British and French warships that sought their destruction. Since then their activities in the Dar- 1 dauelles. at the Black sea entrance to . Ihc Jfosphorus and in the Black sea alont.' the Turkish Asiatic, the Russian and the I Rumanian coasts have brought them famo for intrepidity and audacity as sea wolves like tho Dresden, Steadier and the Karlsruhe. i Reaching Vmstantlnople in the middle of August, RU4, the British government Immediately protested against the Gorman Gor-man wand lips being accorded refuse. Turkey promised th;it they would be in- 1 terned. and placed out of eornmist Ion until! un-til! the end of the war. Later, however, it was announced that Turkey had purchased pur-chased tho L-rnisers and given t hem t ho new names of Midulhi and Sultan Yawua Selim. Activity in Black" Sen. j TItmi followed f remind, report ri of th ; activity of t he. wai ::hips in the, Black s-i a , born ha rding enemy land posit Ions and rnaiing or hoing engaged by ihlpa of the Russian Black soi, Ih-et. Altliough j t lie T11 rk jph a nd Germa n wa r stale men 1 h 1 freriuently announced victories for tho ro- I christened Germans, the Hus;da.u admiralty ad-miralty on numerouM oc'j;Mojim told of how Ru.s.'dan war.sliiiiR had eent them senrryhig from the Black t-ea Into tho BosphoniH, dHiiiaci-il, on lire, and showluw the wounds the Russian sheila had slvcn , them. Shortly aftena.rd, liowever, the T.II-dullu T.II-dullu and her sister Hhlp aaln would ap- pear, and tho game; of hide and seek be- ; tween them and tho J"iiiKKans would z.i ' on a-Tai n until a not he 1 ba 1 Mo took place, tho Turku in the mn nt hue. a I va s having hav-ing been Mjccossfnl in slnkhik' numoroun ca rgo boa '.s, 1 ;nu:inii from t ho sma Ust fishing cra.it to goodly sixed steamers. Hit by Airmen. The latrst account of the Sullan Yawuz Selim was in -July of Ia:.i ear, when tho British admiralty rep..n e.j that Hritlsh airmen had dropped b-unbs on tno vers id durimr an air attack on the Turkish licet off Constantinople, in tho Golden 1 lorn. D I re c t hits v e re o bs r r v e d on the Sultan and o he r vessels, a board which explosions explo-sions occurred and fires broke on . Tho ad nil ra ity report sa Id 1 ho tormer Genua p eruh-er was thj center (, attack, und that it wan fai to pr'-puioe she wiuld be out of aet'on f'.r several months ;is n. r suit of her in.iurie:-. Tlio prediction proved true, a m the SuM a n Sr I j m sinc then ha h not bemi men I ion ei I In a n v l the reports an br-in- enayd. The hut account of the Mldulln was in June. I ft IV, when t fie. Turkish war nfiico reported that esse! In a su '!. Kdi enr-asemcnt. tOKether with other Turkish units In tho Black sea. aL-nim.t Russian laud positions posi-tions and small war cjafi. ( '.msiderabie -rit fcism of Biilish an.d Brench na;d command'-rs ban nt timert beui xpjessed o cr tli'dr failure to prevent pre-vent the i;mc:,.-m and Brc-'au troin yi-tin yi-tin out of titc Miaits; "t Mesinn. jit' tho outbreak nf the ;i , u n,j u;in a port rif f hU. y iti Turkey. FRENCH EASILY REPULSE RAIDS BY THE GERMANS PAl;l. Jan. 'id. 'Two raids by the Germans, Ger-mans, one In the region southeast of St. Qiienfin and the olhcr north of Cour-teson. Cour-teson. wore easily rcpuh-.cd by our (Continued on rage Two.) BRITISH BEST THE TURKS IN SEA FIGHT m Continued from Page One.) - troop?,"" says today's official statement. "On the remainder of the front there was intermittent artillery fire." The official communication issued by the war office tonight reads: Northwest of Kheims and on the right bank of the Meuse there was quite active artillery fighting. An enemy raid on our small posts" In the neighborhood of Loivre failed. North of St. Mihiel our patrols brought back prisoners. Aviation: On Saturday our aerial crews were engaged in a number of combats, rtix German airplanes were destroyed: two others seriously damaged dam-aged fell within their own lines. |