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Show BIG NAVAL BATTLE ON Greeks Engage Turkish! Fleet in Heavy Fire Off Straits. Sedll-Bahr. Dardanelles, Dec. 17. Another naval battle was betun between be-tween tho Turkish and Greek fleets thl3 morning outside the entrance to the Dardanelles straits The firing was iery heavy. How many vessels arc engaged Is not known. After tho naval battle off the Dardanelles Dar-danelles th Tnrtdah warahlpB return ed lo their anchorage with flags flying fly-ing and bauds playing amid the enthusiastic en-thusiastic applause of the crowds lining lin-ing tho shore. According to an eye-witness who wrifiei the official report of the engagement, en-gagement, after a long range ex-'chanpo ex-'chanpo of shots the smaller Greek vessels retired, leaving the pride of the Greek navy, the cruiBer Georgio Averoff, to bear the brunt of the fighting. The cruiser seemed to be using only her small callhro guns and showed signs of having been struck by three or four shells. Finally she j slowly retired from the combat. The Greek gunboats and submar- ' ines remained behind an island under cover during the fighting oo |