South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-03
ISLAND TROOPS
FIGHT LIKE LIONS
Australians and New Zealand
erS Accomplish Wonderful
Feat in GaIIipOIi.

LONDON. Sept. THE following
description Of four days of the great
est battle yet fought on the Gallipoh
peninsula is received here from j.
Ashmeade Bartlett, the noted CORE
spondent with the British forces at
the I.rdanelles.
By T.. Ashmeade Bartlett.
The Australian and NeW Zealand
army corps fought like lions and ac-
complished a feat OF arms IN climbing
the heights almost without parallel
All through the action they we're
handicapped by the failure OF n
corps 10 make good it's positions on
the Anafarta hills. further TO the
north and thus check the enemy
shell! fire.
When all the details OF these com
plicated operations are collected ana
sifted they will form one of the most
fascinating pages of the whole war.
II was "a combat of giants IN "a
giants country. If One point stands
out more thar another it is the mar
vicious haTdihOOd. tenacity and reck-
less courage shown by the Australians
and New Zealanders.
During the night OF Aug. 9 the eX-
hstusted New Z~ealanders were reileN-
"a bv two other regiments. At dawn
on the 10th the Turks, who were
strongly reinforced. made a most des-
perate assault on our lines from Hill
. at Chanak Bahr
Care Little For Life.
An entire division in successive
lines hurled themselves, quite regard
less of their lives, on the two regl-
ments. who. after a desperate resist
ance were driven from the position
bv artillery fire and the sheer weight
of numbers further down the slope or
Chanak Bahr.
Following up this success the Turks
charged right over the crest and en-
deavored To gain tae great gully south
of R~hodOdendrCn ridge. They reck-
oned without 9ur artillery and ships
guns. This great charge of four sue
cessive lines Of infantry in close for
nation was plainly visible 10 all our
warships and batteries on n
The Turks were caught in a trap.
The momentum of their charge down
hill prevented them from %recoiling IN
time. They were swept away by nun
dreds in a terrific storm of. h1gh eN-
plosives. shrapnel and common shells
from the ships runs. howttzers ana
field pieces.
runners Delighted.
Never since the campaign started
had such "a target delighted n hearts
OF our gunne As the huge smells
from the ships exploded IN their midst
huge chunks of soil were thrown INTO
The air amidst WHICH uulldl boAANo
were hurled alOft and then thrown 10
earth-thrOwn bodily into the deep
ravines
Even this oncentrated artillery
fire might not have checked the
Turkish advance unless 1T had been
assisted by "a concentrated ire OF ~
machine guns at short range. For
half am hour they maintained a rapid
fire until the guns smoked with neat.
The Turks attacked in great
trength all along the line of our posi-
tons extending from DamakJellk Bahr
through Asma Dere and the spurs or
a farm northeast of R~hOdodendron
ridge. At the latter portions OF our
line we were compelled to give GROUND
but the magnificent d OF our
officers saved she day.
Onsccrs Fight.
Generals and colonies fought with
rifles and bayonets alongside the
troops on the firing line.
Ii was a fierce hand-tO-hand Strug-
gle amongst the scrub and through
the broken ground in which no man
knew how his comrade was faring.
Many commanding officers were
killed, including Gen. Baldwin, who
through the four days set a splendid
example to the men.
Gradually the enemy was driven
back and the sround we had been
obliged to abandon was regatned.
Throughout the day of the tenth the
enemy continued his attacks with
gradually |lessening power, but could
not force our men from their hard
won positions.
Armies Exhausted.
AT nightfall the fighting gradually
died dow from the sheer exhaustion
of both armies and the consequent
impossibility OF any further physical
efforts.
Thus closed for the time being
among those bloodstained hills. the
most ferocious and sustained soldiers
battle since Inkerman. But Inkerman
was over in a few hours, while the Eng
lishmen. Australian NcW ~Zealanders,
Ghurkas. Sikhs and Naoris kept up
this terrible combat with the Turks
Tor four consecutive days and nights