NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TEE advance made during the week by our naval force in the Dardanelles has been snout satisfactory. As we write our ships are engaged with the great group of forts at the Narrows, while in the Gulf of Saros, opposite the neck of the Gallipoli Peninsula, French and British ships have doubled the bombardment and have been able to take some of the enemy's works in reverse. By the time these pages are in our readers' hands it is most probable that the action in the Narrows, where the Straits are only about half a mile broad, will have been decided. Nothing above ground, whether of earth or stone, is able to stand the fire of the Allies' squadron, which numbers in all sonic fifty-two vessels. One of them, the 'Queen Elizabeth,' carries the moat powerful guns of any ship afloat. Her 15 in. guns are irresistible. Though our ships have little to fear from the Turkish forts, armed though they are in some cases with 12 in. guns, there is, of course, always danger from mines and torpedoes, whether discharged by submarines or other craft. The forcing of the Straits is no naval pageant.
