The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11

NehIb mat iuIly thrrs-uudftCTS OF the
subjects and activities taken ny In
them anre included In the Boy Scout
scheme" the first OF which will open
ing cigarettes and plug cut from
General Lakes men, nature stepped
in and dealt a blow which no Turk
ish force had indicated any capabil-
ity of dealing itself.
Floods came. The water OF the
Tigris and It's tributaries overlooked.
Nature had made Impossible all hope
OF succor from the relieving force.
RatIons. which had been issued In
full quantities, although the meat
was horse meat, under the cxpcCta-
tIOn Of relief were o cut down very
sharply, Food supplies were almost
exhausted. Starvation menaccd the
garrison. Then II was that search
OF the town was made for food stores.
followed as has been related. by the
discovery Of large quantities Of corn
and barley.
Fleeing Natives Hanged.
To further relieve the situation an
effort was made to persuade the ma
tive population to c%vaCuate. Several
parties set out. As soon as they ar
rived at the Turkish lines they were
hanged. This discouraged all fur
Their exodus and left General Town
shend with the problem OF feeding
the nOn-cOmbatant population as well
AZ his own army.
The story from this time on to the
end Ia n story Of hardship, suffering.
p]rivation. disease. From time to
time at short intervals. orders were
issued to cut down the ration. Gro
ccrlcs ran OUT. All the horses had
been Killed and eaten. Mules were
next on the meat menu, and there
were few OF these.
By the first week Of February rice.
sugar and vegetables had been used
up. Worst of all. from the viewpoint
Of the soldier, all the tobacco had
been smoked. Aviators dropped n
few packages Of cigarettes and cut
plug. but rs there was not enough to
20 around General Townshcnd would
not permit their distribution.
The commanding ONCE and his
stan suffered every ]privation endured
by the private. He ate the same ra-
ton. He had nothing the private
could not have.
on February ) sCuryy attacked the
camp and played havoc, especially
with the Indian troops. None cOu..
bnthe. Turkish snlpcrs made il i'm
possiblc.
With ever diminishing food sup
niles the siege went on and the SUI
fcrlnr Increased. Half starved. tho
soldiers remained cheerful. they d
nor realize that the end was ap-
p~,o,cbInr although General Town
shcnd did.
The ration was cut to four ounces
of flour. There was no more fuel to
drive the mill engine. The third
phnse had begun. Day by day hunger
showed its effects and took its toll.
The Surrender.
Tho limit Of endurance was AT
hand Tho men wore weak cmnctat-
I'd Actual starvation was but . day
ny so away when the wireless opera
tore ~ GcDsroI rakc,s n,Iknd army
pickcd ont his message from the air
NJ Il.4u in tho morning of April 20
Have destroycd NV gums and most
,r NV munitions and officers have
pone IN KbalII who Is M NaIuu TO
sly am ready 70 surrrnlrr must
,,gyn some food here and canno, hold
out am longer KhalU has been foId
today and a dcpuration OF officers has
ronc in n launch to bring some food
from mo lunar The shin sont nigh,
-, Anil "a rn rarrv sunnlIes to Tho
p,rr,son -Townsbcnd"
Shin Wont Nrrnund brIOyy kut
Al i n m III. oprrntCrs got This
wcssnYe.
81 haye boJstcd the white flag over
Kut tort and Town. and tho guards
will he taken over by a Turkish rnpi-
mont which is a~pproachipr shall
sbnr,lv des,roy wireless The rrooDs
On NJ . n m IN canD near Sbamran
~Townshcnd
AG,IInnt Turk.
.rbcrc IA u,rIe IN add Thes. tvo
1-.sna,cbcs teII tho story NJ ,br an
rrnTe, I, remain oniv 70 he said
,bo, tho Gallant defanac had won tho
bigbcs, admIratjor Of EhaiI p,sha
nov tho new turkish command"r
y.ho seems n hav" dana nysrythIpT
In his mower 10 aII,y. a, rho snr.r,
inps Of the s.IffamisbeG garrison