On 25 April, the same day the Allies landed at Gallipoli, Russian naval forces arrived off the Bosphorus and bombarded the forts guarding the strait. Two days later "Yavuz Sultan Selim" headed south to the Dardanelles to bombard Allied troops at Gallipoli, accompanied by the pre-dreadnought battleship . They were spotted at dawn from a kite balloon as they were getting into position. When the first round from the dreadnought landed close by, "Yavuz" moved out of firing position, close to the cliffs, where "Queen Elizabeth" could not engage her. On 30 April "Yavuz" tried again, but was spotted from the pre-dreadnought which had moved into the Dardanelles to bombard the Turkish headquarters at Çanakkale. The British ship only managed to fire five rounds before "Yavuz" moved out of her line of sight.