. Nelson's History of the war. She sankat ten minutes to six, and a quarter of an hourlater another drift-mine struck the Ocean. Thelatter sank almost as quickly as the Bouvet, but thedestroyers were on the alert, and saved most ofher crew. Several of the other ships had suffereddamage and loss of life from the Turkish Gauiois had been repeatedly hit, her upperworks were seriously injured, and a huge rent hadbeen torn in her bows. The Inflexible had beenStruck by a heavy shell, which killed and woundedthe majority of the men and officers in her fire-control station, and set her on fir
. Nelson's History of the war. She sankat ten minutes to six, and a quarter of an hourlater another drift-mine struck the Ocean. Thelatter sank almost as quickly as the Bouvet, but thedestroyers were on the alert, and saved most ofher crew. Several of the other ships had suffereddamage and loss of life from the Turkish Gauiois had been repeatedly hit, her upperworks were seriously injured, and a huge rent hadbeen torn in her bows. The Inflexible had beenStruck by a heavy shell, which killed and woundedthe majority of the men and officers in her fire-control station, and set her on fire forward. As the sun set most of the forts were still inaction, and during the short twilight the Alliedfleet slipped out of the Dardanelles. The greatattack on the Narrows had failed—failed, with theloss of three battleships and more than 2,000 men. For more than a month the sea attack every day one or more ships entered theStraits and opened fire to prevent the Turks repair- 176 HISTORY OF THE WAR. 0 1 2. Squadron relievedTurks to sunset. The Attack on the Narrows (3). ing the entrance forts, or establishing themselvesin new positions. Mine-sweepers were also con-stantly at work, and had to be protected. On ATTACK ON DARDANELLES BY SEA. 177 38th March there was some activity at the otherend of the passage, the Russian Black Sea fleet havingbombarded the outer forts of the Bos- ^ ophorus. On 6th April we again bom- ^ barded the Smyrna forts. Meantime /, y ^Dur submarines had been busy, and on Saturday, 17th April, E15 had the mis- ^ .,fortune to ground in the Straits near ^^^ ^Kephez Point, There was some danger of herfalling into the enemys hands in a serviceable con-dition, so on the Sunday night two picket-boatsof the Triumph and the Majestic, under Lieutenant-Commander Eric Robinson, carried through a bril-liant ** cutting-out expedition. The boats wereunder heavy fire from the forts 200 yards off, andfrom numerous small guns at close range
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