The weekly soliphone., 1915-08-27
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Military Correspondent Tells How
New Zealanders Put Turkish
Snipers to Rout,

London, Aug. 25.-E. Ashmeade
Bartlett, who represents the Lon
don papers at the Dardanelles, de-
scribes in a dispatch the operations
of the Australians and New Zea-
landers, which began on Aug. 6,
with a view to seizing the Ko-
jacheman Heights, running north
east from the Anzac positions.
The New Zealanders, including
the Maeorie, using bayonets only,
drove the Turks before them
throughout the night of Aug.
through difficult ravines, where
Turkish snipers were numerous.
The death toll of the invaders was
severe.
'The struggel," says the corre-
spondent, Continued on Aug. 7.
Much ground was gained, but the
advance was ultimately held by
the Turks rifles and machine guns.
The fighting was renewed on the
following day at close quarters and
was desperate. The Turks finally
fled, leaving the New Zealanders
in possession of the highest point
yet gained on the peninsula.
Counter attacks were repulsed
by the military and naval artillery.
From Aug. to the evening of Aug.
IL the landing and advance at An
afarta, Bay, supported by artillery,
were successful, occupying a wide
front on the hills beyond the Salt
Lake. The enemy's position on
the Anafarta ridge, however, re-
manned untouched. The problem
was how to take it.
Snipers Do
Damage
''The Turks made a most skillful
use of the broken country. Their
artillery sought the British re-
serves and shelled the roads lead
ing round the lake, pushing for
ward the majority of their men as
tiraeullers into. the broken ground
front. These men, many of whom
were local peasants, knowing ev-
cry inch of the ground and carrying
no kit, except rifles and a large
supply of ammunition, skillfully
used the cover that offered itself
to them and proceeded to snipe our
lines from all angles. They fought
with the greatest courage.
''The British, however, continued
to gain ground. About midday on
Aug. 9 a difficulty arose. A strong
north wind was blowing and, eth
ler through the bursting of shells
or by design of the Turks, the scrub
caught fire at several places and
the flames spread with amazing
rapidity. The smoke and flames
swept diagonally toward our front
and forced our infantry to abandon
the advance positions.
''It was a strange sight, for in
all directions you saw Turkish sni-
pers and British infantry crawling
out of the scrub, turning their
backs to one another and running
to get out of the track of the
flames and the suffocating smoke.
This effectively stopped our ad-
vance on Aug. 8, but the fighting
and sniping continued all day and
throughout the night. Great fires
lit the darkness, backed by clouds
of white smoke, from the midst OF
which came the incessant rattle OF
ther south the booming of guns and
| the bursting of shells on the tops
of the hills showed where the 9th
er part of our army gradually
fought it's way from ridge to ridge
to join hands with our troops.
son the Anafarta front there was
desultory fighting throughout Aug.
10. 1t was quite unlike anything
now seen in this war, but it re-
called the Boer war. Frequently
fresh troops sprang up on both
sides, changing their positions.
"By Aug. IL the complete line
between Ancza and newly landed
forces at Anafarta Bay was estab-
lished. The commanders voiced
unstinted praise for the troops en-
gagged in the struggle"
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