Athens, March 7.
The British Squadron, headed by the Queen Elizabeth, resumed operations yesterday. It penetrated the Gulf of Saros and immediately poured a heavy fire on the Turkish batteries on the heights. The first 737 shots silenced a Turkish battery. The shooting of the Turks was wild.
Some British vessels also went into the Straits of Dardanelles and continued the attack on the interior forts.
The forts on the heights above Smyrna have been silenced and "he British Squadron is bombarding the forts at the entrance to the Gulf Smyrna, Paris, March 7.
An official communique issued tonight states:
Yesterday the British superdreadnought Queen Elizabeth, from the Gulf of Saros, bombarded forts Hamidieh-Tapia, Hamidieh and 8ultanieh, which defend Chanak, 8imultaneously some battleships in the Dardanelles bombarded the forts at Dardanus and Soghandere.
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