The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-01
TURKS BRAVERY
PRAISED BY IN
ENGLISH WRITER
Mussulman Worthy Of Re.
spect Of All Good Fighting
Men. Asserts Official Oh.
server at Dardanelles.

operations on the Gallipuli peninsula
are reported ia DELAYED corrcspon l.
oncc from the official press representa-
tive with the Australian forces at tn.
Da%tdanelics. lie tcll4 Of the DARING
name in which the TurlSs sought to.
earn the extent Of the Withdrawal of
the nlliod forces. aud he pays tri0ute
90 the Turs "a an enemy
Your du,e ago ne writes from
Anzac. without hate. Just ~ the frst
light Iesaa 10 broaden into a bitter
WinttN dawn 40 I o'ClocN iu the morn
ing the Australian entries as they
blew their unglovod fingers behind tho.
parapois at Quinns Post suw about
thittN Turks creeping up froiI behind
the hummoc,s of broken earth which
separate front trench from that
Of the Turks. Their heads appeared
about fifteen yards away. Twenty Xix
of thcm-or thereabouis crawl
ing down into a small depression be-
tween the trenches where for "a mo-
mcnt they were hidden from his part
Of the line. But the other our came
boldl, across straight Ia the center of
QGlnns trenches. For a particular
reason our men let them come. They
walked straight up 60 the slanting
MAtt IflNNik hNItNh EAN wv NAlNfAHAA
framework which protects our trench
from their BOMBS the TURKS nave just
such another fifteen OF twenty yards
away-caught hold OF It IN their hands
md pulled two short lengths OF II
down. They threw IL half q dozen
humhs-thcre was a scatter to- each
sid. amongst our men in the trench
aud then into the trench jumped the
leading TURK.
'Hc had a rifle in his hand with
bayonot fixed. He landed On his feet
turned 10 his right and strobe down
the trench. Four men were leaning
against the wall Of the trench wound
ed bV the bombs. lie pushed past
them aud straight INTO the dark mouth
al our bombprocf-thnt Is tn say "A See
tion az trench with n tight root of
earth and beams overhead A he
STROBE into the darkness. just In the
mouth of II. a sergeant met him. The
sergeant was coming the other way,
also with his naNuuet. Tho Two faced
one another IN the narrow way. They
parrici and guarded past. The TurN
had seized the scrgoants has u ana
the sergeant Wr"nChcd II away hut
by thi. time an u~nwound"d Australian
was coming up the trench from he
mind Ia. Turk That sealed the mans
fate. lie was ~bnyouctcd from behind
and before a. the same ANA 70
shot from q third man ais ht him
lie fell dead on 90 the narrow uu"r u'
the trench. His comrades h1d ran
away believe the, scattered in
front Of our bombs.
"On the brcas, ~ the Brave man
who lay there dead .u The bottom 90
the trench. our men Noticed q little
strip uf bright color ~ wds a couple
inches III ribbon twisted throu-h hi
hu.r,t aole--u bright ,h,try- color"d
ribbon with 70 narrow white strlp near
either ed. , OF 10. " was redder with
his blood. BIT There was no mtsiaking
It's IDENTITY.
1t was the ribbon Of the lr,l Crcs-
cent. II Is the first time anyone here
has seen H. The Turks have instituted
or the Germans have Instituted Tor
thcm-a decoration on the pattern oi
the German Iron cross except that !1'
the Turkish order the ribbon is RED
instead % bla . n The medal b. "
[ crescent instead ~ a cross. TINS was
the first Turk We have come across
who had gained one ~" was clearly
I chosen to lead his exceptionally OAR
ing reconnaissance on account oi the
bravery which won him The cross ON
enue former occasion. And the deed
I which he performed on this occasion
Vas Is brave a. ans man could do
IN. Turks. who are quite a. wen
aware OF any difficulties that there
may be- ia our position here during me
winter as We are ourselves u Whol
have read an the discussions in parla-
mont and the London papers a- ="
whether We should hold ON hcr" or
leave the peninsula have for me pd-l
two wecls been constantly feeling al
night to see Whethcr our trenches
were any less strongly held. Th"y
have tried an along the ne-nn inc
place where the, tried hrst. with one
exception. was Quirns. obviously l"l
lead the attempt from so doadl. i post
as Quinus they chose this brave man
II l. said that at one time the Turks
had to Offer non-rommissluu'd rank
10 ever, man who went into the Turk,
ish Quinns trenches. It ever a ma
deserved an honor, his man did.
The people who have seen mat lit
lie strip Of red ribbon aud who hay"
seen the sort OF deed that gained IL
thnt b. To say tho only people whose
tnIfIlI1 OF lnf rhhi''A iN NHiNN Nf| I
thiug-do not laugh al the Iron 'f"-
cen, an, more han they would nt m"
grave of General Gordon coz Joan 81
Are. The war b. no NOR" likely Ia b"
won hy our sucorIng at Iron 'rescents
.thu1 by tho Grrmaus making Fun ui
victoria Crosses tho gr'nt decd that
has been duuo Is not BE- the least al
tered by the TACT that some pcupl" are
too puor1n' 90 recognize DO or respect
10. There is b. foolish typ" oi Ont
ciout which We have soon IN som"
new papers which seems to wonder
whether wc can hght the Turks as
well ~ We otherN,se rhould when th"
uoops ia the peninsula So obviously d"
not hate them. ono might as, these
people how much better they expect
us go night anyway But IL h. sulhci'u'
to wonder since when has il been IN
puss.bl, for the British rnco tu tsht
1000 cucms DO a respects MIN
For YER, nssuredly the came |,
capacity. ~ tina ease. must AFFECT tho
Turks as vel as the Australians ana
New ~Z,alapdcts. Som curious lh'l
dents which %happenol u few week
ago helped To- prove this
o.