Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07

large. One can almost sense his en-
deavor to fill it.
The most remarkable document in
the lot is that of a Capt. F. l. Lynch.
doubt as to the second initial, which
may be intended for 30" or -"
His diary is well kept, gives the
most minute details. and mirrors a
There are in it many illusions to
himself as a lucky man" or man
with charmed life
The captain left Rugby Wednesday.
March II. for Alexandria. The French
he met en- route he refers to as those
funny little Frenchmen." His stay in
Egypt is given in the diary in bleak
notes devoid of interest. Wednesday.
April II. his ship arrived in Saros bay.
On the same day the Turks fired on
result that about seventy soldiers
jumped overheard, Of which number
about sixty were drowned, according
to the entries in Capt Lynch's diary.
OF the many entries a few Will be
given here in the exact words of Capt.
Lynch
Bayonets a SHIPPER.
Sunday. April e5.-I was the sole
survivor out Of a company Of eighty
five rank and file, the majority of
whom were killed outright. In the
morning just before we retired I band
aged a sergeant of the r. M. l. l..
whose brains were hanging out Of the
back of his head. A sniper suddenly
fired a couple of shots, wounding again
some Of the wounded. l took a little
time to locate the devil and fired a
shot, bringing him down a hill 200
feet above. l took the belt from his
rifle and put it in my pocket for a
keepsake. | was very much surprised
to find him to be a German. l gave
him fine death of about six or seven
bayonet thrusts just to finish him off.
didn't try to kill him." (Sic)
Between April rs and May Is, Capt.
Lynch confined himself to entries of
little interest. Nothing but military
routine is recorded.
May Is. Turkish guns reached base
killing eighty-five horses and four men.
and wounding sixteen men. On the
18th the Turks killed eighty horses and
twenty men,
of deserter who had been caught and.
as he thinks, will be sentenced to death.
Four others, he says, have already been
sentenced to death, but sentence had
been committed to ten years penal
servitude. OF the four one was SER
geant-corporal and three were privates
belonging to the Munster Fusileers and
the Worcester Regiment. There is
little sleep to be had and the Turks
give no quarter, says the entry. nor do
they permit the care of the wounded
and killed, because the German officers
are against this. Capt. Lynch writes of
his own trench as being filled with dead
men and accouterment.
May 10, Turks showed great pluck.
We like the way the Turks come up to
us in great bundles as the Germans.
They fall like ninepins. You cans help
hitting the brutes, they simply walk
into our bullets"
Saturday, May 22.-Had avery mar
row escape. Was unbuttoning my great
coat j bent my head to see what had
happened, when bullet hit me bang
on the top knot. Had l not bent my
napper l would have been buried by
now. My luck must have been in. The
bullet was like ton of bricks falling
on top of me. Fighting at it's worst
at present. The firing is awful"
Tuesday, May e5.-The Manchester
Brigade has been split up and sent to
different units for discipline. some of
them giving us great laughs; of course
they are only terriers.
Turks Splendidly Equipped.
saturday, May as-Turkish shells
are dropping terribly near. Found frag-
ments of German, French, English and
Turkish made shells. They are splen-
didly equipped as regards firearms and
ammunitions."
'"ruesday, June 2-Digging communi-
cation trenches all day long, wishing
we were in firing line. Getting messed
about something awful. Some strong
chemicals have been put in the water to
discourage men in drinking it. Wrote
Addie another letter.
The last entry reads:
"wednesday, June Called out last
night to go to base, but the order was
very soop cancelled. We are not sorry
to go to our beds.
Capt Lynch must have mistaken some
of the blond Turks, with Georgian ana
Circa ssian ancestry. for Germans. An
inspection by the Associated Press cor
respondent of the Sid-el-Bahr Turkish
trenches and camps has established
that today There are not more than
a score of Germans at the front and
that up to May none at all were active
there