The County Gentleman 
AND 
LAND &WATER 
Vol. LXIV. No. 2747 SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 loi'^ r published ast price sixpence 
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LIEUT.-COMMANDER NORMAN D. HOLBROOK, V.C. 
Who by an act of brilliant daring, entered the Dardanelles and sank wilh a torpedo the Turkish battleship Mesmd.xeh which 
next to the Gocben, .s the most powerful umt m the Turkish Navy. In order to re.ch this ship it was necessry to 
entrance ,' ?h n^rNl"^' m,ne-f,e!ds, and the explo.t loses none of its magnifacence by the fact that the urr „ a 'the 
entrance to the Dardanelles are exceedingly treacherous. It is a matter of congratulation that, although holly pursued and 
lired at, the mlrepid Commander succeeded in returning safely to his base. 
