An item dated Berlin, Germany 30 March referred to a reliable source reporting that the French battleship Gaulois heavily damaged during the bombardment of the Dardanelles on 18 March despite all efforts sunk on Friday morning off Lemnos, Greece. (1)
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1. Of the Charlemagne-class pre-dreadnought battleships. Building ordered 22 January 1895, laid down at the Arsenal de Brest, France on 6 January 1896, launched on 6 October 1896, commissioned on 23 October 1899 and sunk by the German submarine UB-47 on 27 December 1916.
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