The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-29
SAYS ALLIES LANDED
UNDER A HEAVY FIRE.
Wireless Man Describes Diff
cult Operation in Oar
danellcs.
Turkish WOMEN FIGHT

MoNrEEAt, June $50 many shells
.,I into the sea when forts and con-
cealed batteries on the Dardanelles pc
,insula were firing at war vessels ana
,,oop ships that at times it appeared to
7 sixsmith wireless operator on the
ravdor Castle and now with the Anglo
vexican. which is in port. as IL the sea
were boiling.
Tho vessel with which he was con-
.,c,od offered n better chance thar any
angle transport in the service from
.hich to see the bombardment and its re-
.u,,s. AZ she was at the Dardanelles for
,o,r months and fifteen days, taking
m % the first English troops to be
landed.
She took part in the memorable under
,aklng in which 900 troop were landed
IN the midst of a terrible shell and rifle
Are. A fortnight later in the Dardanelles
abe had to take the same detachment
NJ. and IL was evidence OF the great night
they had been putting up that more than
half Of them were left on the peninsula.
They we're moved to another part OF
The coast where they were needed and the
AVht goes on. The French and British
are working from different parts OF the
pen,nsula toward each other, and al
though the ground is being won slowly
And at great cost it is being won.
The Cawdor Castle lay so near the
oueen Elizabeth that when her wireless
APPARATUS received a message from the
snperdreadnought the latter's spark
would be seen on the transports conden-
ser. Mr.. Sixsmith reports that the noise
Of the Queen Elizabeth's guns were ter
rife. often having the effect OF rocking
ali the boats in the vicinity.
"Often we came running up. linking
our own vessel had been hit by a TURKISH
she'll" said Mr.. Sixsmith.
The Cawdor Castle was not only near
enough TO see the fate OF the Irresistible
ocean and Bouvet. which Mr.. Sixsmitn
said we're struck by floating mines, ou'
they also saw the French ship Gaulois
when she ran ashore. There were many
narrow escapes of members OF the crew
bur none OF them was killed.
N In III z
smlth, as senior operator, stayed from
& o'clock in the evening until . O'CLOCK
in the morning. He could hear an occa-
,ional bullet hit the funnel OF the boat
and there were bullet holes all AROUND
the vessel.
The Cawdor Castle was in constant
touch with the men who were put or
shore. They were informed by these
men that not only the Turkish men were
fighting them but that there were a
number of women in the trenches. lr
one case the Australians started &c
round up a sniper who had been bother
ing them and at last shot him.. He wa:
not lead as they captured him only Il
fnd out that he was a boy OF IL. They
tried to save his life. the regiment liking
the lad and wishing to keep him with
them as a mascot, but he died from the
effect of his wounds.
The soldiers reported that the Turks
were very clever in Disgusting theil
snipers. Most OF these sharpshooter:
had their faces painted green so as &c
make them indistinguishable In the greer
foliage. Their rife barrels were alst
painted in the same color, making then
very difficult to discover.
A captive balloon and two aeroplane.
went up every day from the Queen Eliza
beth. directing her fire by wireless mes
sages from far above the path OF hel
immense projectiles. Mr.. Sixsmith ak
planned in answer to questions that the,
could not receive messages on board thu
~aeroplanes on account Of the noise Of thu
engine.