Friday - After midnight the torpedo boats on the high seas, after the captain of vessel Enrico Millo from Vettor Pisani had moved on the Spica, make the maneuver independent and direct in line in a row to force the Dardanelles strait while the units of support remain to commute in front of the mouths beyond the reach of the fortification cannons.

The torpedo boats with fast navigation in the light of the projectors, between the fire of the coastal batteries and the minefields, penetrate to the innermost bottleneck protected by retaliatory obstructions beyond which the Turkish fleet is moored. During the rapid approach, when the units are already in view of the objective, it is Spica, head unit, collides with a cable or other underwater obstacle, causing damage to the propellers that make the commander decide for the cancellation of the operation for the return to Stampalia.

Although the incursion of the torpedo boats did not achieve the intended operating result, it contributed to aggravate the Turkish political situation: in Constantinople the government will be forced to resign with the formation of a new cabinet more favorable to peace led by Kiamil Pasha. In Italy the enterprise of the Dardanelles, in verse from Gabriele d'Annunzio in his Songs of the Gesta Oltremare, attracted much more attention, consensus and general admiration of the Navy than any other previous undertaking.

Not only that, but also the European Chancelleries, far from being favorable to Italy, were induced by this action to a greater activism in the work of mediation to end the war. Commander Enrico Millo will earn you the gold medal for military value and rear admiral gallons.

Source: Military Navy