The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
BRILLIANT DASH Of
COLONIAL TROOPERS
Capture Hill 20 at Great Cost But
Are Later Compelled to
Withdraw.
MOST STIRRING WAR SCENE
Turks Valiant Defense Sweeps Back
Advancing Yeomanry-Charge Up
Slope OF Hin Was One Of Great
Turks Valiant Defense Sweeps Back

London. Sept. 6.--The London
newspapers print the following dis
patch from H. Ashmead- Bartlett,
their joint correspondent at the OAR
danelles.
After several fruitless attacks on
hill 10, a final attack was made by
battalion held in reserve ana
mounted division behind Lala Baba.
This splendid body of troops was In
action for the first time. Led by men
bearing some of the best known names
in England. II moved out from under
cover and proceeded to cross Salt
Lake 90 in open order. No sooner
did they appear than the enemy con-
centrated heavy shrapnel fire on the
advancing lines, fully exposed in the
open. The crest was furiously bonn
barded by every available gun, while
the Turkish batteries concentrated on
our trenches
The scene was ma jestic but awful
Inc light was now rapidly waning and
the whole horizon almost blotted out
with enormous clouds of smoke and
flames. and trees, schrubs, homesteads
and grass burnt furiously at a dozen
different points, The noise of the
guns was incessani and the nexer-
ceas'ng roar from thousands of rifles
rendered the scene a perfect inferno
Make Splendid Charge.
"A little after o'clock the bat
talon went forward. seized the south
ern slopes Of the bill and began to
dig themselves in preps tory TO a
further advance against the top. At
this point the shell fire seemed to be-
sin to tell on the Turks Many OF
them were seen streaming from the
northern knoll of the hill down the
trench line. either because 1t became
untenable or because they were pre-
pairing to meet the advance of our
men, For about an hour there was
no change in the situation, Then the
yeomanrv again moved forward in
solid mass. forming up under the low
er western and northern slopes. II
was now almost dark. The attack
seemed To hang fire wheE suddenly
the yeomanry leaped TO their feet as
a single man and charged right up
the hill. They were met BY with,
ering fire which rose in crescendo
as they neared the northern crest.
Nothing could stop them. They
charged with amazing speed and with
out single halt from, bottom to top.
losing many men and many chosen
lea ters including the gallant Sir John
Niibank
u: was stirring sight and was
watched by thousands in the ever
&ftf0ill. Al one moment
they were below the crest the next
on top. and a moment afterwards
many disappeared inside the Turkish
trenches. bayonetinc all the defend
ers who had not fed in time while
others never stopped 81 the trench
line but dashed In pursuit down the
reverse slopes.
From a thousand lips shout went
up that hill 20 was won, but night
ures became blurred, then lost an
shape and finally disappeared, and the
view Of the battlefield vanished com
pletely. AS one left Chocolate Hill. 1
one Looked back on a vista OF rolling
clouds OF smoke and huge Ares from
the midst of which there was an in !
cessant roar OF rife fire which never
for moment ceased This was omsn-
Gus. for although hill 10 was IN our
hands, the question arose could we
hold 1t throughout the night in the I
face of determined coanter-attaeks. I
Battle Ragged All Night
"All through the night the battle
ragged necessarily When morning /
broke hin 10 no longer was in our
Apparently the Turks new
or We're driven off the knoll on the |.
northern crest from which they en-
f1aGed Us with machine guns and
artillery ttre While those yeomanry /
who dashed down the reverse slopes in
pursuit were counter-attacked lost 7
heavily and were obliged To retire. 1
During the night 1t was decided TO be 4
impossible to hold hill 10 until day
light and the order was given for the +
troops TO withdraw 10 their original
positions.
Nothing. however will lessen the i
glory of the Anal charge of these {
troops.
THE troops at Arzeo achieved some |
the Australian infantry final I
Is driving the enemy from hill so, 1
while our whole line was linked up /
In n trench line instead OF Isolated /