Passage Of The Dardanelles

The reported closing of the DardaBelles by Turkey calis out the question, Can the passage be forced ? The task would be extremely difftcult ; but twice within the last two eenturies it has been done. In 1770 Capt. Elphinstone, a British offlcer in the service of Bussia, ran through the Dardanelles with a singlevessel, anchored in front of the Sultun's palace (off Seraglio point), drank a glass of grog, and ran out agtün. Thirty years later another British officer ran through the Dardanelles with a squadron, and menaoed Constantinople with a bombarduumt.