Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
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ton was reached, and the journey COW
cred ground formerly occupied by the
British troops, which at Arr Burnu
are exclusively contingcnts from Aus
trala and New Zealand
The center of the British position is
Ari Burnu. or Cape Ari Here long
| outer trench has been dug. Behind this
! outer trench the British have estab-
! lished n second line of defense con-
| sistinG of two short sectors. Back OF
the southernmost of these sectors lies
another trench, serving, evidently as ii
support to an artillery redoubt located
on the summit of Cape Ari itself.
| This may be called the center OF the
! British position, though the left flank
Of the British consists of single short
trench on hill about 400 yards north
of the extreme point OF the northern
| sector.
| The British right flank. or southern
| series OF intrenchments, is located on
the southeast of the Korkou- Dcresi
Creek. and follows the course Of an adj
vanced trench and two supporting sec
! tors.
with Ari Burnu as pivot the Brit
| ish position is crescent shaped, about
$500 yards long from north to south.
and 100 yards wide in n line drawn
across Ari Burnu. The site is rather
bare There is small spring on 1t. and
most of the water needed by the British
| troops has to be brought from the adj
| jacent islands
! The Turkish trenches are in one case
| only two yards from the British trench
| At another point the trenches OF the OPP
posing forces are only ten yards apart
Constant sapping by the Turks is the
cause OF this interesting condition. AL
ready the British trenches have been
blown up by the Turks in three places
| Hand grenades and large bombs thrown
BY catapult are used by the British
One Of the former had failed to explode
and was the subject of study Of some
Turkish officers. The bomb consisted
Of cast steel outer shell two and one
half inches In diameter and about six
inches long. The she'll contained an
inner tube filed with an explosive.
About noon Essad Pasha, commander
! of the third army, and during the late
| Balkan war defender of Janina. was
met by the correspondent. General Es-
sad is a man of medium height. slightly
gray about the temples. of dignified,
military appearance and courteous
/ demeanor.
and Sed-el- Bnhr Is very favorable" no
said. THE British and French have
| been obliged to assume the defensive
! which. I should say, is not what they
| landed for. We hope to get them out
and before long. The allies have come
to respect the bayonets of our soldiers"
Essad Pasha then recounted what
some of the British prisoners thought
OF the mighty bayonet charges by the
| Turks. Most Of them did not like the
| experience.
Il admit there Is something uncanny
in men rushing a trench silently with
bayonets fixed. Noise has n stimulat-
ing effect at times, while its absence
acts in an opposite direction" he said.
i The afternoon was made interesting
by visit from British aeroplane
which dropped three large bombs.
Throughout the day the shipping
from both trenches continued. y
Turkish battery on the British left
flank added to the picture by taking
a pot shot at some part of tho oppon-
ents' trenches. The British pieces on
land did not reply for some time. blu,
finally were also heard from. y" Brit
ish or French mem of-war could be
seen near Kaba Tepe their former 3ra-
ton. single hospital ship, painted
gray, lay off shore. The allied wal
vessels had been driven TO cover by
the German submarines, opined the
Turkish officer. and then pointed IN the
direction of Imbros Island. With 'ht
aid OF glasses, good view OF thu
northeast bay of the island was to be
J had. The small sheet Of water gas
literally covered with Shipping of al
sorts, mem war, transports supply
) ships. every conceivable sort of water
craft. in fact. had been damned into
the small bay. outsid, 81 which tor.
pedo boats and dcstroyers were patrol
! ling for submarines.
The Gallipoli camEaign plan of the
!, allies. according to officers of the Otto
man army. was to take the forts ;-uard-
Ing the entrance and lower reaches OF
the Dardanelles. For this purpose
landings were made at Kun Kale.
Sed- ell Bahr. Ari Burnu and Kaba
Tepe. Essad Pasha is Of tha opinion
l that of these only Kaba TeDe was a
feint, insisting at the same time the
assertion Of the allies that the Kun
Kalc landing had also been shan
? maneuver is due TO the fact that the
allied troops could not keep the ground
they had taken there Tie landing nj
D Ari Burnu was intended as a flank at
tack upon the Ottoman forces oppoaina
D the allied troops set ashore II Sed. cl.
. l'ahr. BY occupying the narrow par,
Q of the peninsula between Arr Burnu
, and AIaidos. the Australians and New