| Show Att ck n D rd h VI as Sp r i LONDON March 13 The 13 Th The officers of the tile British battleship Triumph formerly the Chilean warship which has been seventeen times in action acton In n the Dar Dardanelles gave save an account of or the action In the tortuous waterway waterway waterway water water- aelon way to t the e Dan Dally Daily Telegraphs Telegraph's correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent at MItylene where the the Triumph Is coaling Tho The trial trips were made Into the he entrance of or the Dardanelles on February as' as iSby by the tho torpedo boat destroyers de destroyers de- de which got within a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand yards ards of oC the forts torts said ono one of the he officers Tho Th he destroyers were mot lot fired upon as the tho Turks probably probably abl ably through a n shortage of or ammunition ammunition ammu ammu- niton reserved their for the large arge ships Tho The Triumph was orde or- or de ed to bombard fort No 1 and and battery batteT- batteT No 50 60 both on the European European European Euro Euro- side of or the straits but we could CoUll find no trace of the bater battery which oven the seaplanes s failed to locate ocate Along the shore we wp perceived trenches and barbed wire entanglements entanglements entangle entangle- I ments ment which had been erected to I prevent landings Some troops also were seen on ott tho the hills his Scene Is Spectacular On the morning moring of ot February 19 all ni he tho allied ships proceeded against he the outer forts torts opening fire fro at yards yards The They received no reply The ho Triumph reconnoitered Cape Helles' Helles Heles' Heles defenses and opened fire fre on them hem durin during tho the afternoon with her Inch seven guns Eons causing cusing very heavy damage amage When rhen we rejoined tho the fleet in the evening a a spectacular scene W was wit wit- wi- wi The Tho French Fench were firIng trIng fir fir- tr- tr Ing ng furiously from the south while two wo British ships steamed up tip and down firing tiring salvos salvos Bad Bd weather interrupted the tho operations which were cre resumed tho the and the Triumph Tri Trl- imph succeeded In locating battery No 50 60 The same Be da day the three trips rips into tho entrance were mado made by arlous various British ships the mo Triumph getting to within 2000 yar yards s of oC fort No 3 and making direct hits his on the he enemy's guns suns One Man la is Killed That night the Turks burned the lighthouses The next day mine minesweepers minesweepers sweepers passed through the en entrance entrance en- en trance un under er protection of ot tho the Tri Tri- U on ph On March 1 the Triumph was ordered against l' l Fort ort Dardanus where she was wa hit thrice one shell shel going through her armor killing one man This would have ha e been a serious affair but the shell exploded before it penetrated Another shell shel went clean through time the captains captain's cabin evening the Triumph The same e covered a landing party landing party part which bl blew w up some of or the important works on the Asiatic side The explosions sent fragments of or wreckage hundreds of or feet feel into the tho air and three-quarters three of ot the tho distance across the straits All l the men of the Triumph are ore In excellent spirits spiris Throughout tho tIme operations one would have havo thought the these c men were engaged In some somo sporting expedition rather than In warfare |
