The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-08
Positions of the Ottoman
Troops Inspect ted by Asso-
ciated Press Man.
say 4ssoesATap raEa.,

KIRTHlA. Galllpon peninsula
Turkey, Aug. Ito be for three
days on the firing line with the Otto
man forces facing the allied armies
lin this field Of operations is an ex-
perience which so far as is known,
only the Associated Press correspon-
dent. has enjoyed up to this time
Field Marshal sLiman Won Sanders
Pacha had previously indicated that
the situation of the Turks had no
secrets In its makeup. Essad Pacha
of the Ottoman north
group, at this writing. holding In
check the British at Ari Bournow.
was willing also that the region un-
der his control be visited. and Weber
Pacha. commanding the south group.
operating against the allied forces az
Sfd-el-Bahr, merely asked what was
desired to be seen.
..Go anywhere 2 said Weber Pacha-
Turkish right wing. left wing, CEN
ter. artillery positions, firing line
anywhere.
He summoned one Of his aides and
Instructed him to take the CORES
pondent wherever he wanted 70 go.
Bullets Hum.
In approaching Weber Pacha 4. 8
camp it was demonstrated that it Is
as dangerous behind the modern
front as In the firing line. The all
lies were giving much attention to
Turkish trench, shot high. missed the
trenches. with the result that the
bullets by that time almost totally
spent. flew over the summit and hum-
med past the heads of the party.
1t was 2 80 p. m. when the camp
was reached General Weber had
haan tasing nap, but accepted an
l,nintended interruption good natuf-
x.<5Hxy
mo objection at all. said Weber
Pacha. after he had read 9 letter
from Liman Pacha. In which the cor
respondent was given perm isst on TO
visit the north and south CLOUDS
provided their commanders mao. no
objection Then followed the part
Of the conversation already given.
Tha situation was most favorable
In the Ottoman forces, he continued.
had il not been that the allied
lships literally overwhe lmed the pen
Ursula with artillery firing during the
landing operations, notsa single Bill
isIa 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 1t impos-
s;y,Ie 10 move the Ottoman troops,
wsf ho,1t exposing them to almost in
slant annihilation. But day after
slav. the Turks dug more trenches
iand imnroved them. Then twas
that the allied forces ran into wall
ar Turkish pluck and ndurance
IN those days Weber Pacha was
In command of the Ottoman forces
Ebe1,ind Kun Kale. Here the French
tried their luck. General WebeGs
forced them back The operations
arainst the Asiatic side of Kun kales
were no feint. Weber Pach has IN q
his possession the General order
OF the French landing troops. KUN
Kale and its nefghborhood were TO
BIO taken and held at all cost IN Or
der that the Turkish batteries In
tbat locality ght be captured IT
va I feared that these batteries would
prove 4 thorn III the side of the al
lied troops at Sid-eI5Bahr: because
they could sweep and at present do
sweep. every day, the posi- lon on the
allied right wing. =
h The French failed to hold Kun
Kale. because the Turkish batteries
down everything on the
lrround held by, the French troops.
and the Ottoman infantry swaded in
with the 'bayonet In q manner. which
NOT even the French, no mean per-
formers with the bayonet themsel YES.
could stand. So they re-embarked
ana went to Sid-el-B abr. where to-
ifav. thew form the allied right wing
ana are almost daily subjected to
sailing fire by the Turkash batteries
they were to silence. At any rate
the British forces form the lekt WIN s
Itss sidzeIzBahr hich Is nut of seI=l
ife6t IS reach 0f the Turk 1ull1
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