The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
SEA RAN RED WHEN BRITISH
EFFECTED CALLLPOLI LANDING
Men Had To Jump Into The Sea and Wade Ashore
Turks Had Machine Gun Playing On Water Where
Lean Was Taken-Whole Companies Wiped Out

when they made an attack with 3S,-
900 men.
On the night Of May 1 I woke up
and found the Turks right on top OF
us. We had a lively twenty minutes
with plenty of bayonet fighting. A
great many Of my company were
bayonetted that night and the only
following morning | was the only
officer left and thirty-two men out
of 240 who had left home. We fought
from 9.45 until dawn the next morn
ing, never stopping for moment.
The Turks shout "Allah!' when
| they charge, and it is most blood
curdling. They are very brave and
come very hard with the bayonet, but
still came on and died on our side
OF the trenches. At dawn we saw
| them retiring in hundreds and SIM
ply moved them down. Just in front
| Of our lines in a space Of 200 yards
there were 450 dead Turks, and there
were many more that they dragged
in a gully about 200 yards in front.
| Indian Troops Arrive.
The next day we were busy making
| repairs to our trenches. This went on
| for several days, the shelling stopping
attacks to tire us out. We were much
too few to attempt an advance, but
after a bit some Gurkhas and Indian
| troops arrived.
The day before yesterday a great
advance was planned The French
pushed up on the right flank to near
| Iy a level with the British line so we
charged on another 400 yards. At
4.3O in the evening we were suddenly
ordered to advance and dig in as far
as We could. We were very few then.
W., V. and myself led the battalion,
while T., who was the only other Of
ficer, remained with 100 men in sup
port. We ran forward, and in cou-
pie of minutes while advancing about
$50 yards, my lot lost seven killed
, and twenty-three wounded straight
away. Poor V. was hit next to me
very badly. He sot a bullet practi-
I cally through his heart and it then
turned and passed through both
: lungs. 1t was marvellous escape. w
: and I were both safe, though how
any one got through that fire was
a marvel.
Y There was Turkish redoubt 400
4 yards in front and they simply swep'
e the ground with machine gun fire. L
t we had advanced another 100 yard.
!, none Of us could have been left alive
There was no going back, SO we JUS
:, dug in where we were and hung OF
f all night, hoping the Turks wouldn'
s try to turn us out.
I We got some sort Of a line and tw'
" other regiments Cor their remains
n, FOR we were all decimated) came VI
on our left. We were not attacked
{. for some unknown reason, and tn
:; following morning we were reinforce,
l. landers, and we were glad to Sc
Is them. We remained all day in GU
n new line, and at dusk the Worcester
s relieved us and we were taken ava
:" two miles to the left to deliver a nigh
d attack on a Turkish position wher
two regiments had already bee
wiped out in daylight.
at Advance in Darkness.
= At l a. m. what remained Of tn
'e battalion (about 900 and three off
h GERS. W., T. and myself) advanced i
n: pitch darkness toward the Turks
~ lines. We had gone about 400 yar6
Ia and had just reached our positio
re when the Turks heard us and opene
ot heavy fire on us. We Justly la
IN down and dug as usual, trusting
", luck. The place we were in was
Vo cliff on the seashore. where a for
ne night before the K. Q. S. Bordere
ed and South Wales Borderers, c. l.
had landed the same day as we WEI
ne cut up.
st After fight lasting hours again
ne many thousand Turks, they had
en- re-embark, leaving TOO dead Of the
ng own and about 1 800 Turks and seve,
no teen officers. These bodies were st
III lying exactly as they fell We ke
nd tripping up oyer these bodies. VIII,
ch the Turks opened fire we dug
where we were, and when it got lig
on 1 found myself lying next to the bo,
ed of an awfully nice fellow in the K.
on S. B. whom I had seen at the ope
as in Malta. where we had a most chez
SO time together. I could only Just r
cognize him, and it was extreme
unpleasant. There were many othe
'ur but could not recognize a. lot.
In Hopeless Position.
,as AT dawn we found we were in
I'D hopeless position to be held, as
led were enfiladed from two sides, so
ha were ordered to retire to the origin
fell advanced line. At 10 a. m. I and
md SuDaltern OF the Dubllns crept up
did ourselves ana did q recOnnaisan
ex- We went half a mile along the S