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... . tie --of id TiEm DARDANELLEs.-The Dardanelles, said to be so fo n- formidable, may be easily passed by a fleet, or the castles en he may be beaten down by batteries erected on shore, or by wj fi- sea, from situations where the great artillery cannot bear st; y, on ships. There are on each side the water fourteen great p y- guns, which fire granite balls. These guns are of brass, Si in with ...