Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Killed In Naval Battle.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 23, 1913:
Turks Lost 4 Officers and 36 Men, While 164 Were Wounded.
    CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 22.— The Turkish losses in the naval battle with the Greek fleet off the Dardanelles on Jan. 18 totaled four officers and thirty-six men killed and 164 wounded.
    In the course of the fight a Greek shell exploded inside one of the turrets of the Turkish battleship Torgut Reis, killing and wounding every man in it and disabling both the 11-inch guns. Severe damage was also inflicted by the Greek projectiles on the Turkish battleship Assar-i-Tewfik.
    The Turkish gunners declare that they inflicted important losses on the Greeks.

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