New York Times 100 years ago today, July 30, 1912:
Bombard One of the Forts, Which Was Apparently Deserted.
MASSOWA, Eritrea, July 20.— The squadron of Italian warships, consisting for the most part of cruisers and destroyers, which has been patroling the Red Sea since the beginning of operations against Turkey, to-day bombarded and destroyed the North fort of Hodeida, one of the principal seaports of Arabia on the Red Sea.
So far as is known there were no victims of the bombardment. It is thought that the fort was not manned, and it was armed only with a few old cannon.
The south fort of the town has been in ruins for some time.
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