The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-15
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just as severe on the right, for 2;
half-past three the troops of a certain
division rushed from the trenche!
and stormed the first Turkish lint
under a fearful fire, over grount
without a pc.rticle of cover. Unfor
tunately it was found impossible t
storm the second Turkish line in tht
flat, which YVES established IN dead
ly hoopholej trench, with overhead
covering.
Unable to clear the Turks from the
open, our infantry wheeled to tho
north, according to previous plan
to form an assault on Hill 112, while
a brigade advanced from the ridge ir
front of Yiighin Burnu-or rather
they were driven off it to the south
side by the terrible fire which hac
broken out, this having been started
by the bursting shells.
The flames swept in a solid bank
surrounded by rolling clouds Of black
smoke, right across the hill, and the
heat was terrific. Many Of the wound.
ed, who had been placed or had
crawled there for safety, had to be
hastily carried out and laid out in
the open.
All this delayed and stopped the
further development Of the attack on
Hill 112. A division wheeling to-
ward the same objective was caught
at short range by the eneny's second
trench on its flank in trc cp:n plain.
It became obvious that it would be
impossible to proceed with the ad.
vance on Hill 112 unless this trench
line were taken. Throughout the af.
ternoon the fighting in this quarter
was intense, and the rifle fire tre-
mendous, but we could not gain an
other yard Of ground.
Meanwhile, orders were issued for
another attack. on Hill 70 by a bat.
talon which had hitherto been held
in reserve and a mounted division II
reserve behind Lala Babe. This splen
did body of troops, in acticn fer the
first time and led by men bearing
some of the best known names in
England, moved out from under
cover and proceeded to cro=s the Salt
Lake in open order.
No sooner did they appear than the
enemy concentrated a heavy shrap-
mel fire on the advancing lines, fully
exposed as they were in the open; /;
but the men, moving as if on parade,
pressed steadily on, losing many, but
never wayering, and formed up be-
hind the infantry brigade in front OF
Hill 20.
1t was now six o'clock, and once
more the crest was furiouSly bonn
barded by every available gun, while
the Turkish batteries concentrated on
our trenches. The scene was males
tic, but awful. and the whole horizon
was almost blotted out with ener-
nous clouds of smoke and flames, as
trees. scrub, homesteads and the very
grass burned furiously at dozen
points, while the noise of the thou
sands of rifles rendered the scene a
perfect inferno.
A little after six, the battalio1s
went forward, seized the southern
slopes of the hill and began to dig
themselves in, preparatory to a fur
ther advance against the top. AT
this point the shell fire seemed to be-
gin to tell on the Turks, for many OF
them could be seen streaming from
the northern knoll of the hill, down
to the trench line, either because it
had become untenabie or they were
preparing to meet the advance Of our
men,. For an hour ther" was no
change in the situation, and then the
yeomanry again moved forward In a
solid mass, forming up un6Er the
lower western and northern slopes.
1t was now almost beginning to be
dark, and the attack seemed to hang
fire, when suddenly the yeomanry
leaped to their feet and as a single
man charged right up the hill. They
were met by a withering fire, which
rose in crescendo as they neared the
northern crest; but nothing could
stop them. They charged at amazing
speed, without single halt from the
bottom to the top, losing many men
and many OF their chosen leaders
including gallant Sir John Mhlbanks.
It was a stirring sight, watched by
thousands in the now ever-gath2rlns
gloom. One moment they were be-
low the crest, the next on top. A
moment after many had disappeared
inside the Turkish trenches, bayonet.
ting all the defenders who had not
fled in time, while others never stop.
ped at the trenches line, but dashed
i'm pursuit down the reverse slopes.
From thousands of lips the shout
went up that Hill 20 was won. But
the night was now rapidly falling
The figures became blurred, then lost
all shape and finally disappeared
from view, and as one left Chocolate
Hill he looked back on vista OF
rolling clouds of smoke end huge
fires, from the midst OF which the
roar of the rifle fire never ceased.
All through the night the battle
ragged necessarily. and when morning
broke Hill 20 was no longer in ou1
possession. Apparently the Turks
were never driven off the knoll on
the northern crest, from which the!
entiladed us with machine guns and
artillery fire. while those Of the yeo'
manry who dashed down the reverse
stones in pursuit were c0unter-attack'
ed and lost heavily, being obliged tc
retire.
In the night it was decided that II
would be impossible to hold the hill
in daylight, and the order was giveT
for the troops to withdraw to thell
original positions. Nothing, however
will lessen the glory Of that fna
charge of England's yeoman. Thu
ended this great fight.
However. the troops at Anza
achieved some success. the Austria
lian infantry finally driving the enc
nv from Hill So, while our Who'll
line was linked up with the trencl
line instead of isolated posts.