The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-06
IRISH THRILLED.
BRAVERY |Y OF TENTH ID !
They Saved the Situation
Several Times in the
Near East. "
fRx Associated Pressl

DUBLIN, Ireland, December 10
The Irish people have recently been
aroused by the reports of gallant serv-
ice by the Irish Regiments. Just as
the Sixteenth Division of the new
army, 1.-THE Irish Brigade" that raj
lied upon the invitation Of Mr.. Red
mond from the Irish National Volun-
teers, North and South, was prepar-
ing to 20 to the trenches, came stir
ring accounts Of the deeds OF the
Tenth Division round Lake Dorian
in Macedonia. The Tenth Division
was the first purely Irish Division to
take part in the war. 1t received its
baptism Of fire at Sulva Bay, and
fresh from the ships was thrown
against the entrenched positions on
the AnafaTta ridges. No official &C.
count of its valor in that desperate
fight has yet appeared. But the IN N:
official accounts of the capture OF
Chocolate Hill by the Dublin Fusil-
iers and Of the. frontal attack by the
Inniskillings on the Anafarta trench'
es, are among the most stirring CHAP
tiers in Ireland's military annals. The
Tenth Division represented lrelanu'
North and South, though drawn main
|ly from the South.s The General VINO
organized it is an 1rishman, Genera!
Sir Bryan, Mahan, a first cousin OF
Sir Edward Carson. But close as the
relationship of the soldier TO tne
politician, the Generals popularity Is
confined to no political party IN re
land. He is an 1rishman first ana last
and all. the time. and full OF prloe IN
his Irish regiments. For some reason
vet unexplained he was not in COM
mand at Sulva Bay; but when the ga
lonika expedition was DECIDED upon
he was given the command OF tne
British forces, and among the first 10
land were the remnants o the gal,
liant regiments that had fought around
Sulva Bay.
To the gallantry Of the Muster Fus-
filters, the Dublin Fusilters and, the
Connaught Rangers, the General as
cribes the safe execution OF the pan
for the withdrawal to the Nardar'
All the Generals censors nave also
allowed the press correspondents 70
describe the work of the regiments;
They state that but for the stana OF
the Tenth Division and the herceness
of its counter.attacks with bayohets
when there was no artillery 70 ne4p
| them, the retreat of both the French
and the British armies would have
been cut off and the orderly with
drawal would have become rout,
Two companies OF the 1nniskilltngs
posted on a blur held up the Buigar'
ian advance for considerable timeI
and stood their ground until they nag
fallen almost to a man.
This frank recognition of the yaloI
OF the regiments has had an e1cellens
AFFECT in Ireland. 1t was an auspic'
ious coincidence that the news snoulu
have come as the Irish Volunteers
Division was preparing to strike 1ts
tents, The Division was recently re-
viewed by the Queen. One OF the
brigades is composed almost wnolly
Of Nationalists from Belfast aug
Derry. The regiment contains some
of the best fighting material IN ~! re
land: and the Irish public have 1oL .
lowed every step OF It's enFolt 9 y.
and training with unprecedenteo ~
tarest. It's new general, GeheFal
Hickie, Is Tipperary man:
Meantime the enrolment OF the ~
serves for the various Irish br1gades
goes on. Fifty thousand men nave
6een asked for within the year
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