Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-10
CLOSE VIEW Of
TURKS IN ACTION
IS GIVEN WRITER
Associated Press Correspond
eot Gives Impressions After
Three Days on Firing Line
With Ottoman Forces,
-,..n,Lnl.d DO. oorrespondenee.l

,..,ri.ted Press Correspondence
,..D., G1llpoh Peninsula, Tur-
tan. sI.-TO be for three days
ts firing line with the ottoman
en fa.fng the allies armies In TINS
LIN If operations is an experience
tb 4, far as is known only the AS
.ts4 Press correspondent has en-
{.va5 uu no this time.
r..lI Marshal Liman Won sanders
p,gba had previously Indicated that
n. situation Of the Turks had no Sc
sts Ir ts makeup Essad Pacha'
,anler of the ottoman north
M this writing. holding in
- tba British al Ari BournoW.
,g.11iup also that the region under
ti. control DE visited. and Weber Pa
COMMANDING the south group,
f.nr against the allied forces at
eid-I-E lhr. merely asked what was
desired t1 be seen.
aco apvwhere." said Weber Paeha,
uTnrkish right wing left wing, cen
ter artillery positions, firing line
"a summoned one Of his aides and
instructed him 10 take the correspoh-
4ept wherever he wanted to go,
I'm approaching Weber f0cha
,9np IL was demonstrated that II Is as
dangerous behind the modern front
ms In the firing line. The allles We're
gt.'np much attention to a Turkish
frsnrb shot high. missed the trenches
o.f,b tho result that the bullets by
XXI time almost totally spent, flew
aver fine summit and hummed past
me heads Of the party
II was 2:30 p. m. when the camp
WAS reached General Weber had
been taking nap. but accepted an
unipteuded interruption good -natur-
no objection at all said Weber
poqha after he had read letter
from Lman Pacha, i'm which the cor
RESPONDENT was given permission 70
vlsit the north and south groups
provided their commanders had no
affection Then followed the part of
the conversation already given.
Favorable 10 Ottomans.
The situation was most favorable
IN tbe ottoman forces he continued.
had IT not been that the allied ships
literally overwhelmed the peninsula
with artillery fire during the landing
operations. not a single British or
French soldier would have set foot
ashore But for days and days the
allied ships had bombarded every
SQUARE yard on the southern extreme
of the peninsula, making it impossi-
Bile To move the ottoman troops with
ont exposing them to almost instant
annihiation But day after day the
Turks dug more trenches ana inn
proved them. Then it was that the
allied land forces ran into wall OF
Turk SIN pluck and endurance.
D. tr.I E9R u
command of the ottoman forces be-
hind KUN Kalc. Here the French
tried their luck. General Weber
forced them back The operations
against The Asiatic side at Kun Kale
were no feint. Weber Pacha has in
his possession the General order" of
the French landing troops. Kun
Kale and IT'S neighhorhood were to
be taken and held at all cost in order
that the Turkish batteries in that To-
Cality might be captured It was
feared that these batteries would
prove q thorn i'm the side of the al
lied troops at Sid-el- Bahr; because
they could sweep. ana at present do
sweep, every day, the positions on the
allied right wing
The French failed to hold Kun
Kale because the Turkish batteries
moved down everything on the
ground held by the French troops,
ana the ottoman infantry waded in
with the bay0net in a manner, which
not even the French no mean per
formers with the bayonet themselves.
could stand So they re-embarked
and went to Sid-el- Bahr. where to-
day they form the allied right wing
ana are almost daily subjected to
calling fire by the Turkish batteries
they We're to silence AT any rate
the British forces form the left wing
at Sid-el-Bahr, which is out Of effec-
tive reach of the Turkish Kun
kale' batteries
Early ia May General Weber was
transferred to command the south
group of the ottoman forces of Gal
lpoh
About four in the afternoon the
iitst visit to the actual sid Bahr
mont was made by the Associated
Press correspondent. The route taxi
en- led across a stretch of country on
which the allied ships and land ar
lllery have thrown tens of thousands
OF shot and shrapnel. For miles the
earth is SCARED with the holes and
burrows OF exploded prO1ectles. Frag-
Wents of steel are almost as common
as rocks on a New England field.
within few square yards one can
ma parts Of projectiles of every cal
lore ana CriptiOn-frOm the three
men shells Of field artillery 70 the
Io-neh giants Of the superdread-
uought Queen Elizabeth. Some Of
,he holes torn into the ground are
large enough to completely hide sew
eial men on horseback Despite this
Nihering fire the Ottoman troops
held their ground.
me spirit of the Turkish soldiers
ln this position was excellent The
lueA were resting on the ground when
ihe party approached Instantly
,hey We're on their feet lusty
Herhaba came from hundreds OF
sI"hs Threats. To an inquiry how
'Hes Irl, the men replied with a sim
eie. Very good sir. and smiling
i,'ces despite the shrapnel which
Nspl ON coming, and the spent allied
me balls which hummed above their
We're not afraid of the English
ana French said several to whom
'Ne question implied was put
VOW comes a part Of the approach
N.ieh Is very dangerous said the
D'lieer who acted as guide I'VE
plss he that at smart pace The
nIilsh infantry can't see us, but every
spot"
Olf he started at a canter, follow
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