The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-10
nAlRIE REVEAL s RMOST SIDE
 DE S0L. DYER LIFE
Documents Found on Fallen Fighters Give Real Story
 of War.

GaIlIpon Paninsula, Turkey. June Many dead British soldiers have been buried by the Tur ks-usualIy af- @*eR a trench has been taken. Before s%Ebe body is disposed of it is searched <uss letters, or some other means of sut ncation--@ Tn the course of this Eeany interesting documents. among. ' them diaries Of fallen officers and. % men, have been found A number Of es these were placed at the disposal of The Associated Press correspondent SvIth permission to copy such parts as he might care to make use of
 A dozen of the diaries were read. Parts scf them are given here. Life in the trenches is pictured as one long .round of fatigue and squading'' and keeping back the Turks, whom nearly. all adcome 10 respect and fear. The diary Of Private R. Char rbes- & worth, fifth platoon, B's company, A Eighth Manchester regim ent, 32 years Bold, is somewhat typical of those kept by men of his station There is a quaint charm in his simple descEip- ton of the trip to Egypt and the 1n- $stallimg of the regiment in Mustapha ss Parha camp, Alexandria The insects there were a plaguel his diary says and says and the men were glad when, ~ they were transferred to Polym edia camp, on the island of Cyprus.
 Then come references to long route marches and much drill Later the & regiment was sent 10 CaIEO. MOES marches followed Many men fell yoI1t and often officers with human inclina- tions would help some poor enlisted youngster by carrying his rife for < him.
 The regiment was picked for service in the DardaneIles. It was em parked on the steamer tTonian'' of Glasgow. For about a month Private Char besworth fought at id-E'l7Ba l1r, life being a series Of alternate shifts of, ssuzorlSF and rests Then comes the szastAentrys
 On the 26th (Max1 we finished he 4rench On the 27taA-yveg moved b thz second line of trenches.
 "A march past Sir Ian Mami1ton'' sfn Egypt appears to have been the most important event to another, hose other entries made in a calen- 0ar, consist entirely of lon" and *off'' Eauty and similar routine remarks
 The diary of another contains the ozvnerss will on the inside page of cover. It reads:
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 verything possess to go to my (signedD .eWILFED HAYES.
 ss6th BAtt Manchester Regiment The Aentriea are extremely matter May 18th Turks advance
 May 18th. One of our ofHcers shot dead
 May a1at. Nothing doing all day.'"'
 
 url1s follow the Royal Scots are given mich credit by the writer for their brave conduct. 7th Not q minutes sleep 2at l.Es w were obliged to move 4o ozfT.zreserve trench. z
 May 18th. During the afternoon he 9th B. M. R. Csth Battalion Man 4rench. which they had advanced to uring the night hen they were sur 5rised by the Turks They retired eaving rifles and eaNipment behind. Fe saw the Turks playing with the 3des and bayonets which were Jeff Behind. The artillery and infantr5 ieppered them. The 8th Essex were b take back the trench and the Sixth KEox were in the reserve trenches esting after two nights Of advancing and trench digging had to go and supporf tn em The 9th lost eayiIy though the 9th had few casualties She 9th got the order to advance witt sh cd bayonets but funked 1t 50 Wt sgth would not let them stay in stht rench and pushed them over #ths arapet. Same day a wounded mar fa5El 8ds into our trench and: sald thas geant and four men were ths ecaly survivors in a trench. Reinforce nlents vTe gre sent z
 shfag seEla we are still ins tn. Tenohes and are getting very worr nd tired. .ss
 
 sighth unable to hold their own: on, pT 0tlr s.platoons to aid. The 8th be gin to retire. but the sergeant il hargesof the 9th will not allow then Then comes the penult1niute entry t is dated:
 June Brd Cousin Richard killed srl1y me left out of the three Of Sls.'' And then the last:
 June 4th: Preparing to take hi sF09 ate the point Of the bayone1 Twelve o'clock we charge the Turk at the point Of the bayonet.
 Private Wi f1Iiann Sykes, of the St Battalion. Mauehester Regiment, en listed as No. 2,O29s at the age of I years and five months, had nothin buf4 his 1etters on his person wfe 3oundsz Mostof them were write his mother q gentle middle-age <vonans according to her photograpK 5vhich the boy carried with hirn.~ Tn letters are addressed to 1Our dea Eons VI There is photograp st11 at Shows ts5Yi1l'' among his five sis eEe and sthere is another taken wlle n1isted. showing .'WtIl" as chubb NounEster with wondering innocen tare in fffS large eyes. He is clothe n a very smart uniform that is a trif1 po large, One can almost senese hi ndeavor to i'll 1t.
 The most remarkable document i he is that of Captain F. I. Lyncr TeGmeut unknown. Thero is som doubt as to the second initial whic play be intended for ssDn or t.J.e
 His diary is well kept gives the mos nfnpts "details. and mirrors, a min econstantfy under great strafn.I Ther aHs lza if many illusions to himself 2 luelxys man pr man with @charraed life.ss
 Tnescaptain left Rugby on Wcdne. day. March IT, for Alexandria. IT. French he met enroute he refers z those funny little F'renehmen' 7 H stay in Egypt is given in the diary bleak notes devoid. of interest. 0