Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-14
bARES WAR TRAGEDY.
GENERAL. HAMILTON TELLS OF
GALLlPOLl CAMPAIGN
FAILURE.
REGIMENTS ARE WIPED OUT
Commander In Chief of Allied Troops
Says Men Fought Like Beasts,
Dropping Arms to Choke Each
Other.

OLneTs
London, Jan. 8.-Tragedies, disap-
pointments and heroism of the Brit
ish, the fanatical bravery of the
Turks. fat disagreement over the
withdrawal from the upper positions
on Gallipoli peninsula between Gen.
Ian Hamilton and Lord Kitch-
ener-all are told in report of Gen.
Sir Ian Hamilton, disclosed to the
worlds view in the Official Gazette
On Thursday.
! Despite his recall, General Hamilton
tells of the bravery of his troops and
| the efforts Great Britain is making in
the face of storm of criticism. He
ascribes failure Of the campaign at
Anzac cove and Sulva bay to the fact
that the allied forces there consisted
largely of untried troops under gen.
erals inexperienced in the new war
fare and partly through the failure
of the water supply. The sufferings
Of the troops for lack of water make
painful reading.
The most stirring passages of the
document describe the Inflated land
ing at Suvla bay and Anzac early in
August.
This operation began on August 6,
the report says. The climax was
reached at daybreak on the 10th.
when the Turks made grand attack
from the summit of Chunnuk Bair
hill upon a short front held by two
battalions of the Sixth North Lanca-
shire and the Fifth Wiltshire regi-
ments, which General Hamilton de-
scribes as weakened in numbers
though not in spirit.
First, our men were shelled by
every enemy gum" he says, then as
saulted by a huge column consisting
Of no less than a full division plus
three battalions.
THE ponderous mass of the enemy
swept over the crest and swarmed
round the Hampshires and General
Baldwin's brigade had to give ground
and were only extricated with great
difficulty and very heavy losses.
Now 1t was our turn. AS success
sive solid lines of Turks topped the
|
through their formation and an iron
rain fell on them as they tried to re-
form in the gullies.
mot here only did the Turks pay
dearly for their recapture of the vital
crest
Enormous losses were inflicted
and of the swarms which had once
fairly crossed the crest line only q
handful ever struggled back to their
own side of Chunnuk Bair.''
AT the same time strong forces o.
the enemy were hurled against the
spurs to the northeast, where there
arose conflict SO deadly that it may
be considered the climax of four days
lighting for the ridge.
Portions of our line were pierced
and the troops were driven completed!
down the hill. At the foot of the hii
the men who were supervising tn,
transport of food and water were raj
lied by Staff Captain Street. Unhesi
tatingly they followed him back
where they plunged again into th'
midst of that series of struggles il
which generals fought in the rank
and men dropped their scientific
: weapons and caught one another b.
: the throat.
Here Generals Cayley, Baldwin
and Cooper and all their gallant mel
achieved great glory. On this blood,
teld fell Brigadier General Baldwin
who earned his first iaurels at Caesar
camp at Ladysmith. There, too, fel
Brigadier General Cooper badl
wounded.
"By night, except for prisoners o
wounded, no live Turk was left upo
our side of the slope.
by evening the total casualties @
l General Birdwoods force had reache
$4,000 and included very large prt
I portion of officers"
The remainder Of the story of Suvl
3 consists largely of mfsfortunes. o
the 18th General Stopford was relieve
1 of the command of his division corp
= General Delisle succeeded him.
A In the middle of August. Geners
t Hamilton estimates, the Turks ha
10000 rifles to the British $4,000. Th
t Turks had plenty of ammunition an
; reserves, while the British division
r were $4,000 below their norm;
strength.
e The report describes fighting, par
t ly successful and with heavy losse
on the 21st of August, which was
n signed to consolidate the British pos
}, tions Important fighting ceased the
Sickness, the legacy of a despe
,, ately trying summer. took a heay
,, toll of the survivors of so many ard
n GUS conflicts" the report continue
q But all ranks were cheerful