The news of the destruction of Turkish forts by the Allied Fleet at the Dardanelles is leas surprising than was the execution wrought in the early stages of the war by huge German howitzers, The naval battles already fought show how terrible is the destructive power of modern naval artillery. How the weight of the broadside has increased is shown by the fact that the Dreadnought, which has eight. 12 in, guns, fires a broadside weighing 6,800 Ib., whereas the Queen Elizabeth's broadside, with eight 15 in. guns, reaches the enormous weight of 15,600 Ib., or nearly seven tons. Moreover each projectile can be placed" to a nicety at any range up to ten miles. Ax to penetration, the four 10 in, guns of the Triumph, for instance, throw a shell which penetrates at least ten inches of wrought iron. Tt ix not known how far the shells of the 15 in. guns penetrate, but we have this to go upon that 14 in, shells (1,400 Ib.) have penetrated 13} in. armour plate and were afterwards recovered in effective bursting condition, and that the power of the latest projectile is out of all proportion to the increase in size,
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