The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-15

long way toward Denunuk-Bahr.
The advance on the morning of the
ninth was preceded by heavy bonn
bardment at Chanuk Bahr and Q Hill
by the naval and land guns. The ad-
vance of No. 8 column was delayed
by the broken nature of the ground
and the enemy's resistance.
Meanwhile the GurkhaS advanced
gallantIy up the slope of Sari Bahr,
and actually succeeded in reaching
the heights on the neck between Cha
nuk Iiahr and Q Hill. 1t was from
here that they looked down on the
DardanelleS, but were unfortunately
unable to hold the position in face OF
violent counter-attacks and heavy
shell fire.
During this time the Turks count
er-attacked the left column in great
strength, and the column was COM
PEELED to withdraw to the lower
slopes of Sari Bahr.
Meantime throughout the day and
night the New Zealanders succeeded
in maintaining their hold on Chanuk
Bahr, although the men were thor
oughly exhausted. During the. night
of the ninth the exhausted New zea-
landers were relieved by two other
regiments. At dawn the Tenth regi-
ment of the Turks, who had been
strongly reinforced, made a desperate
assault on our lines from Q Hill and
Chanuk Bahr. To the strength OF a
division. in successive lines they hurl-
ed themselves, quite regardless of
their lives, on the two regiments
who, after desperate resistance, We're
driven from their position by artil-
Iery fire and sheer weight Of num-
bers, farther down the slopes of the
ChanukBahr.
Following mp their success. the
Turks charged right over the crest
! and endeavored to gain the great
| gully south Of Rhododendron Ridge,
| evidently with the intention Of fore
| ing their way between our lines and
| the Anzac position. But they had
| reckoned without our artillery and
ships guns. This great charge of
four successive lines of infantry in
close formation was plainly visible to
all our warships and all our bat
| teries on land. In this section the
Turks were caught in a trap. The
momentum OF their charge down hill
| preGente them from recoiling in
time, a1d they were swept away by
hundreds in terrific storm Of high
explosive, shrapnel, and common
shells from the ships guns and our
howitzers and field pieces.
Never since the campaign started
has such target delighted the hearts
Of our gunlers. As the huge shells
from the ships exploded huge chunks
of soil were thrown into the air,
amid which you saw human bodies
hurled aloft and then chucked to
earth or thrown bodily into deep
ravines. But even this concentrated
artillery fire could not have checked
| the Turkish advance unless it had
been assisted by the concentrated FIRE
often machine guns at short range.
For half an hour they maintained q
rapid fire until the guns smoked with
heat.
During the whole of this time the
Turks were pouring across the front
in dense columns, attempting to at
tack our men. Hardly Turk got
back to the hill.
| Their lines got mixed up in a
wedge, as those in front trieC 20 re-
tire, while others pressed them from
the rear. Some fled back over the
crest, seeking to regain their trench
es, others dashed downward to the
ravines.
| n few minutes the entire divi-
sion had been broken up and the sur
vivors scattered everywhere. Thus,
If they succeeded in driving us from
the crest Of Chanuk Bahr, the Turks
paid terrible price for their sue.
cess.
| Thus closed, for the time being,
! amid these bloodstained hills, the
/ most ferocious and sustained "sol-
diers' battle" since Inkermann.