Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-11-15
EXPERIENCE IN THE DARDANELLES.
IN a Turk Hospital by CAPITA Arthur Dawes folmeryf saxa ana Sioux CITY,. He is Now
Al Injured Captive in Contantnope

headquarters." 1t was not an imposing
looking edifice. merely a long dugour
IN The slope, rooted with branches ant
clvlded into two parts, one for the gen
eral himself and the other for members
of the staff. The former, we under
stood, was out somewhere in the posi-
ton and might not he back for a while
so with rogretful thoughts of oul
abandoned breakfast we resigned our
selves TO tepid muddy water and the
puppy biscuits Whicl, formed the basis
OF the rations. The ration, one MAJ
remarked, is excellent, consisting of a
pound of small round biscuits. a lin OF
beer and another tin containing con-
contracted beef bullion and an allow
nnce of tea and sugar.
In due ours of time tine general app
reared, and We found ourselves posted
10 our various regiments, mine being
the - Gurllllas. Guides being
forthcoming We proceeded to join our
various UNITS. We of the Gurkhas had
only a short way to go, but our pas
sage was cnlivened by crossing the
sphere Of action of a particularly OBJ
m"%ions anipef. who occupied a con
cealed position commanding ON one
hand she wells n on the other the
open ground between headquarters and
the trenches. '..Sincie file with n wide
interval and at top speed" was the or
der OF the day. We crossed scathless
ana With more luck than anybody had
That day as three or four crumped
forms in khaki lying in the clearing
testified.
Shippers Inside Line.
Ii ma; seem strange that snipers
could lie found inside that position,
put tne h1liS are such q maze of lila
ana raV!nes so choked and matted with
scrubs and thorn bushes that the
shlpers ensccnced in deep holes artful-
~ concealed in some put of the way
Granny amply provided with food,
water and cartridges, may go unde-
tected fer days before he meets his
ate. on joining our regiment We
found g resting after an arduous
week Of heavy losses in the first line
ana were welcomed by the remnants of
the OFFICERS mess and RECALLED on bully
beef and biscuits, jam and water be-
ing uho5tainable, condensed milk
Favored with rum. Shortly afterward
orders were received to be prepared to
move OFT and occupy a position on a
nigh hlll Immediately behind and in
SUPPORT Of the first line trenches in
.he valley. This involved the forti-
hcat!on OF the position which must of
necessity be done by night as no work.
ing parties could live by day-in that
inferno they would experience if once
the Turks guessed they were there.
moreover, moving to the new position
involved crossing two wide open
spaces and would, unless great care
were taken, almost inevitably attract
the notice OF the hostile batteries and
!iIaliy a snlper of the most prenicious
type was established Immediately
above our line Of march. This was,
however, an evil that could be dealt
WIN. Ghurkas are expert snipe hunters
ana enjoy nothing so much as being
sent out to find and deaf with them.
Ilve little men armed only with rifle
ana klkrl We're sent out to hunt him
ms lair. While waiting for dusk.
winch would conceal our movements
as tar as possible, we obtained much,
useful information as to the nature of
the warfare of the Dardanelles.
Clean, Fair Fighters.
one point about which there was
great difference of opinion was the
dealings of the Turks toward
prisoners and wounded. The balance
OF opinion was that the Turk is a
clean. fair fighter and hat the ma
lorlty of stories of surrender being re-
FUSED and wounded being killed were
inventions. The facts are rendered
more ambigously the currency Of ex-
aclly the same rumors apparently we'll
authenticated among the Turks.
e truth, think, is this: one Sec
ton of the invading army has the
habit of the bayonet strongly ingrained
and conducts it's pursuits with that
weapon or did so at the beginning of
lne operations with a ruthless severity.
Ihls led to the whole expeditionary
1orce being tarred with the same brush
ana led to reprisals in kind, principal
~ among those had those early dead
py bayonet charges. In the majority
OF cases believe the wounded and
captured have received the same treat
ment from the Turks as the latter ac-
cord to their w wounded. This dis
cussion was concluded of course by the
general opinion hat that matter was
n which had no likelihood Of effect
picion that within the week it would
De vitality important to ones self.
At dusk we moved off, u start he
ing simultaneous with a
ment with Is known in our camps
us evening hate" This is really. I
imagine, q Turkish equivalent to ARE
we doWnhearted? No." and consists in
every soldier loosing off rapid. indie
pendent. assisted sometimes by ma
chine guns and even artillery. Some
times our people reply. sometimes they
ignore the demonstration, but in any
case little damage is done compared
with expenditure OF cartridges. A eood.
many spent bullets drop about the
place but do very little damage Nov
In single file the regiment reached
the first open space without a casualty.
Just on he far side Of the little plain
the several wells of whose existence
the enemy is so well aware, ms he also
Of the British soldiers habit Of col
Letting at dusk for a dash across the
water. when 1T is dark enough to avoid
We had to time our arrival to avoii
this rush and proceeded across at fun
speed In single file at very wide inter-
walls. It Is rarely that this formation.
fire. On this occasion. however,