The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-04
BRITISH UNYIELDING
DESPITE SLAUGHTER
Woman Charge Up Hill 30 in
Face Of Turks Murder
Gus Fire.
POINT LOST. GLORY WON
IL. .Ashmead- Bartlett Describes
Gallant Attack That
Failed.
POINT LOST. GLORY WON
Spec,o' cab,e Despdfch to THE srS.


LONDON. Sept. 4.--The London news
papers print the following despatch from
II Ashmead- Bartlett. their Joint cor
respondent at the Dardanelles, a con-
;.ruation Of last nights cablegram on
the recen. allied offensive:
After several fruitless attacks on
HI! ~ hnal attack was made by a
battalion neld In reserve and a mounted
division behind Lala Baba. This splen-
did body Of troops was in action for the
first time. Led by men bearing some
Of the best known names IN England, It
moved out from under cover and pro-
ceeded 20 cross the Salt Lake in open
order. No sooner did they appear than
the enemy concentrated II heavy shrau-
mel fire on the advancing lines. fully
exposed in the open. The crest was
furiously bonbarded by every available
gun. while the Turkish batteries con-
centrdted Oh our trenches.
The scene was majestic bu; awful.
The light was low rapidly waning and
the whole horizon almost 1loued out
with enormous clouds % smoke and
flames and trees. scrub. grass and home
stesds burned furlousy at dozen dif-
ieIent points. The morse o. ;hy guns
Vas incessant AID the never veasing roar
from thousands Of rifles rendered the
scene perfect inferno.
she'll Fire Tell. On Turks.
"A little after i O'Clock the battalion
went forward. seized the southern slopes
Of the hill and began to dig themselves ia
preparatory 10 "A further advance against
the top. At this point the smell fire
seemed t. begin to tell on the Turks.
Many OF them were seen streaming from
the noriheru knoll oi the hill down the
trench lines either because II neCame
uuicnaplc or because they were prepar-
ing to meet the advance OF our me.
For about an hour there was no
change In the situation. Then the yeo-
many again moved forward in d solid
mass. forming up under the lower west
ern and northern slopes. II was now
almost dark. The attack seemed 10 hang
fire, when suddenly the yeomanry leaped
to their feet as "A single man and charged
up the hill. They were met 10y Il wither-
Ing fire, when rose IN a cTcscendU an
they nearcd the northern crest NOt1ing
could stop them. They ChIrg'd with
amazing speed and without = single halt
from bottom to top, losing many men
and many chosen leaders. including the
gallant Sir John Mlbank.
1T was stirring sight and was
watched by thousands IN the cvcrGither-
ing gloom. At one moment they were
below tre crest. the peNt on top. and a
moment afterNard many disappeared in.
side the Turkish trenches. baNunc,tnS
all the defenders who had not He'd I'm
time. while others never stopped AT the
trench line, but dashed in pursuit down
the reverse slopes
nm Lost, Glory Won.
From a thousand lips shout went
up that IIill 30 was won, but night now
was rapidly falling and the figures be-
came blurred. then lost all sJape and
finally disappeared, and the view Of thu
battlefield vanished completely.
AS one left Chocolate IIill one oked
back on a vista OF rolling clouds of
smoke and huge fires from the midst
OF which there Nas an incessant roar Of
rifle f.c which never for a moment
ceased This was ominous, for although
hin 30 was IN our hands the question
arose: Could We hold 1t throughout the
night in tho face of determined counter
attacks?
AN through the night the battle
ragged ncessdutly. When morning broke
Hin 20 no longer was IN our y sseSsion.
Apparently the Turks never were driven
of the knoll On the northern crest from
which they enfladcd us with machine
guns and artillery FIRE while those
yeomanry who dashed down the reverse
slopes In pursuit were counter attacked,
lost heavily. ana were obliged to retire.
During the night IL was decided t. he
impossible to hold HIN 20 until daylight,
and the order was given for the troops
to withdraw to their original positions,
Nothing. however, will lessen the
glory of the fnal charge of England's 5
ye men. Thus ended a great fight.
"The troops in the Anzoc region
achieved gone success, the Australian
infantry finally driving the enemy from
Hill 60. while our whole line was linked
up in trench line instead OF isolated
posts"