New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-13
Allies Slaughter Turks
Charging by Cannon Light
Day Reveals Bodies Lying Five Deep Over Wire En-
tangements-Britsh and French Sweep Five
Furongs Toward Fortress on Gallipoli

stormcrs reached the barbed wire en-
tanglements. only to find to their dis
may that their artillery had been inei-
fective i'm the attempt 10 demolish
them. The slaughter here was terrible.
Yet at three points the enemy man
aged to swarm into the French trenches
and even succeeded in turning some Of
the French weapons on the defending
troops. The second French line, how
ever, hurled itself instantly on the foe.
"Wc were so closely mixed up to-
Gether," French soldier told me, that
II was almost impossible TO use a bayo-
net, and we had to clear the way for
ourselves BY simply pushing the Turks
back into the trenches. There we fell on
them, ramming our bayOnets into the
solid mass. Once we cleared a little
way we rushed forward, and the Turks,
now badly supported, fed"
Into the struggling, fleeing masses
our MaXims poured strcaks Of death,
moving the enemy down IN heaps.
Meanwhile, the naval division had been
sustaining a portion Of the attack and
had turned its machine guns on the
wreck Of the attacking force. They held
the searchlChts firmly on the enemy,
thus providing n ghastly target for
our guns and rifles. Soon the field pre-
sented a most appalling spectacle. Sol
dierS who fought in some of the fercest
fights in France and Flanders, and who
had been through the terrible expert
ences provided by the landing Of allied
forces on the peninsula, say they sick
ened at the awful sight which lay be
fore their eyes when the dim glow Of
morning spread over the scene.
Bodies Lying Five Deep.
Bodies were lying four and five deep
on the ground. Fallen men lay strewn
on the barbed wire entanClements.
while many OF the enemy's dead still
stood erect, propped up against masses
of their stricken comrades. Further
and further. amid yells and groans,
mixed with shouts and the whistllng
Of officers, the battered and beaten
rabble retreated, following by relent-
less death. The sight was so terrible
that many of us could not fire our
guns or rifles. This especially affected
those in charge of the machine guns.
That night battle was an awful night
mare of horror.
At last the poor remnant OF the
Turks attacking force was sheltered IN
the trenches in front of Achl Baba's
slopes The opposition our counter
attack met was very lttblt, anu NV
first line Of attackers easily carried the
first line of the Turkish position. Then
the second line of our troops swept on
and after stubborn struggle the
Turks were seen in headlong retreat.
The enemy's guns developed surprising
activity, and for the next two hours
our men in the new positions were sub
iected to a bombardment Of between
1000 and 5000 shells. This died down,
and the enemy then attempted to re-
cover the lost ground. No fewer than
seven times did they. hurl themselves
against our new lines, and on every
occasion were driven back with heavy
losses.
When the last effort died away in
disorder and death, the British left
swung smartly forward and threw the
demoralized enemy out of two add
tional lines of trenches Immediately IN
front. This was the last phase of the
battle along the entire line. Our gains
were added to here and there and
everywhere consolidated. The British
losses were comparatively light.