The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-18
HOW SOLDIERS SEE
WAR SHOWN BY
THEIR DIARIES
Glimpses of Wearlsome
Marches and Much Drill,
With Plague Of Insects and
Other Details Obtained.

Other Details Obtained.
ASSOCIATED Press C0rrcspondence,)
Gallipoli Peninsula Turkey. June
ID Many dead British soldiers hato
been buried by the Turks-usually at
ter "A trench has been taken. iiafore
the body n disposed OF It is searched
for letters. or some other means %
Identification. IN the course ct this
many interesting documents. Among
them diaries OF fallen officers and
men. have been found. a number OF
these were placed at the disposal OF
the Associated Press correspondent
with permission to COPY such parts rs
he might cure to make use OF.
A dozen Of the diaries were read
Parts OF them are given here. Lie
In the trenches Is pictured AZ one long
round OF fatigue aud squadiug" and
keeping back the Turks. whom nearly
all have come ia respect and fear.
The dairy of Private Il. Charbes-
worth fought az Sid%-ei-bahr. life be-
ing a series OF alternate shifts u
work and rests Then comes tho
last entry!
ION the 26th May we finished
the tronch. ON the eth We moved to
the second line of ranches"
"A march past Sir Ian Hamilton
In Egypt appears To- have been the
most important event to another,
whose other entries made IN "a calen-
~ consist entirely OF on" and or
duty and similar routine remarks
The diary OF another contains the
owners will ON she inside page Of
the cover. II reads:
"My will.
Everything | possess TO go Go my
father.
(slgnedj "WHfrcd Huyea.
eth RAFT Manchester Regiment
The entries are extremely natter
of-fact.
May 18th. Turks advance"
MAY 10th. one OF our officers
shot dead
May 2ist. Nothing doing an day DO
Many references To- attacks hy the
Turks follow. the Royal scots" are
given much credit by fhc writer for
their brave conduct.
MAY 27th. Not "A minutes sleep
for three days and three nights
MAY 2Sth. We were obliged 10
move To our reserve trench"
MAY 29th During the afternoon
the Nth ~ NJ ~ Csth Battalion Man
chester llcrimeutl were digging in q
trench. which they had advanced 20
during the night when they were
surprised by the Turks They re-
tired. leaving rifles and equipment
behind. We saw tho Turks playing
with h rifles ana hay8n,ls winch
were LEFT behind Tho artillery and
iuf'ntry pcppored them Tho sun Es-
Sos were 90 take back the trench and
tho sixth who were in the reserve
trenches. resting after two nights oi
advancing and trench digging. had Ca
so and support them The Eighth
lost heavily, although the 9Th had few
cusInltics. The Eighth got the order
% advance with fixed %bHyonets but
funEed II go we sixth would not let
them stay IN the t.enCh and pushed
them uVcr the parapct. same day d
wounded man crawlcd into our trench
aud said that a sergeant n toul
men were the only survivors in a
trench. hciuforccmcnts were gen
MAY seth. We are stiil In th'
trenches and are getting very worn
and tired
MAY 3ist Turks nttaclting Eightl
unable Co hold their own; II of ou'
plutoons 10 aid. The Eighth hcgir
tu retire, but tho sergeant In chhtE'
Of the Siath Will not allow them 90 rc.
tire
Then comes the pcnupltimatc entry
II o. dated
June grd. Cousin Eichurd killed
only me LETT out of the three vi US
And hen the last:
june fth. Preparing 10 take nil
709 at the point OF the bnyonet 4
! O'Clock We charge The Turks az III.
point OF the b%uyonct''
Private william sykes. OF the Stl
Battalion, Manchester regiment, en-
listed az No. 2O2O. at the Hge Of /
years and five months, had nothin'
but his letters on his person whel
found. Most Of them were wrlttcI
by his mother. a gentle middlc-agc'
woman, according 20 her photograph
which the boy carried with him Tn
letters were addressed 20. our dee
son VIII" There is "a photograph tina
shows WIN among his five sister
and there h another taken when en-
listed, showing WIN as a chubl'
youugstcr with "a wondering innocct
stare In his large eyes. lie IL clothe
in % very smart uniform that Is
NAAAiN ANN AnAN's 'AN eAhAN"N '
bis ondoavor TO fin II.
The most remarkable document
the lot Is that of "a captain r.
Lynch. regiment unknown. There
some doubt as To the second inltin
which may be intended for a u q
al"
Hts dairy is VOL kept gives ia
most minute details ana mirrors
mind constantly under great straii
There arc In " many illusions I
himself AS n lucky man or a ma
with O charmed life.'
The captain left Ruby on Wedne'
day. March II. for Alexandria, tn
French he met en- route ne rcfors I
us those funny little Frenchmen.
His stay In Egypt Ia given In the dalI
In bleak notcs devoid Of interest q
Wednesday, April a, his ship arrive
in Saros BAY. ON the same day III
Turks fired on the British transpol
"Mnnita' with the result that abot
20 soldiars jumped overheard. q
which number about 60 were browne
according to the entries In Captal
Lynch's dairy.
OF the many entries a few Will
given here In the exact words Of Car
tnia Lynch.
sunday. ApIil 20 I was the so.