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Show DRAW FIRE OF TURKISH FORTS London, April 14. Router's Teno dos correspondent, telegraphing on Tuosday, says: "Tho British torpedo boat destroyer destroy-er Ronnrd ontorod the Dardanelles yesterday on a scouting mission and ran up tho straits at'Milgh speed for ovor ton miles, ponofratlng tho wa torway probably farther than any of tho British ships havo yot dono. A heavy flro was directed at her, but tho destroyer was not hit. "The British battleship London, which followed tho Renard into tho straits, drow most ot tho enemy's flro. Tho batteries on tho Asiatic side, especially the howitzers behind Erenkui, woro active, but thoso on tho European sldo wero qulot. Possibly Pos-sibly tho Turks havo withdrawn part of thoir nrtillory on tho Europoan sldo in order to bo nblo to pass It quickly at any spot tho allied armies may chooso for n landing. "The battory bombarded by tho Triumph Saturday apparently is permanently per-manently out of action. "Tho woathor is rainy and murky, hindering aerial roconnalsances." |