Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-07
HORRORS TOLD
OF LOST FIGHT
FOR GALLTPOLI
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and the Fifth wiltshire regiments. which
General Hamilton describes as weakened
in numbers though not in spirit.
First our men we're shelled by every
enemy gum" he says, then assaulted by
a huge column consisting OF no less than
a full division plus three battalions. The
North Lancashire men were simply over
wheImed in their shaifow trenches by
sheer weight OF numbers. while the Wilt
shires. who were caught out in the open,
we're literally almost annihilated.'
sweep over Crest.
THE ponderous mass of the enemy
swept over the crest and swarmed round
the Hampshires and General Baldwin's
brigade, which had TO give ground. and
were only extrlcated with great difficulty
and very heavy losses.
Now. It was our turn. The warships
and the New Zealand and Australian ar
tiIlery, an Indian Mountain artillery bril-
gade and the Sixty-ninth brigade loyal
Field artillery. were getting the chance
Of n lifetime. AZ successive solid lines
Of Turks topped the crest Of the ridge
gaps we're torn through their formation
and an iron rain fell on them as they
tried to reform in the gullies.
Not here only did the Turks pay dearly
for their recapture of the vital crest.
Enemy reinforcements continued 70 move
up under heavy and accurate fire from
our guns. still they kept topping the
ridges and pouring down the western
slopes Of Chunnuk Bair. as II determined
to gain everything they had lost. But
once they we're over the crest they be-
came exposed not only TO the full blast
OF the guns, naval and military, but
battery of ten New Zealand machine
guns. which played upon their serried
ranks at close range until their barrels
were red hot
Losses EnOrmOus.
Enormous losses we're inflicted and the
swarms which had once fairly crossed the
crest line only a handful struggled back
to their own side of Chonnuk Bair.
AT the same time strong forces Of the
enemy were hurled against the spurs TO
the northeast, where there arose a con-
fict so deadly that It may be considered
the climax of four days fighting for the
ridge. Portions of cur line were pierced
and the troops were driven clean down
the hill At the foot OF the hill the men
who were supervising the transport of
food and water were rallied by Staff
Captain Street. Unhesitatingly they fol-
lowed him back. where they plunged into
the midst Of that series OF struggles. in
which generals fought in the ranks and
men dropped their scientific weapons and
caught one another by the throat.
The Turks came on again and again.
Fighting magnificentiy and calling upon
the name of God, our men stood to II
n.a inf hxgF dPQd nf daT-
ing the old traditions Of their race. There
was no fllnching; they died in the ranks
where they stood. Here Generals Cayley,
Baldwin and Cooper and all their gallant
men achieved great glory. On this bloody
field fell Brighter General Baldwin, who
earned his first laureis on caesars camp
at Ladysmith. There. too. fell Brigideir
General Cooper, badly wounded.
No Live Turk Left.
Toward this supreme struggle the alb
solute last two battalions from the gem
eral reserve were now hurried, but by
| 10 o'clock In the morning the effort OF
| the enemy was spent Soon their shat
| tered remnants began to trickle back
/ leaving a track of corpses behind them
| BY night, except for prisoners oil
wounded, no live Turk was left upor
| our side of the slope"
Two lesser attacks were made by the
Turks the same day. General Hamilton
| continues:
by evening the total casualties OF
General Birdwood's force had reached
1900 and included a very large proper
ton of officers. The Thirteenth division
OF the new army under Major General
Shaw had alone lost 5000 out of granC
total Of 1880. Brighter General Baldwin
was gone and all his staff men and
commanding officers, thirteen, had dis
appeared from the fighting effectives
| The warwicks and Worcesters had lost
| literally every single officer.
THE old German notion that no unit
could stand the loss of more than
twenty-five per cent has been completely
falsified. The thirteenth division and
the Twenty ninth brigades OF the Tenth
Irish division had lost more than twice
that. and in spirit were game for al
much more fighting as might be re-
quired.
Hold All They Gain.
1.-THE British had held all they gained
except two important salient, one hill
nnomentarily carried by the Gurkhas
and the position on Chunnuk Bair. which
had been retained forty-eight hours.
Unfortunately" says General Hsrnil
ton, 'these two pieces of ground, small
! and worthless as they seemed. wer'
a worth. according to the ethics Of war
10000"