Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-07
surprised that some important details
failed 20 work out as planned.
Men Exceedingly Brave.

failed 20 work out as planned.
Men Exceedingly Brave.
Beneral Hamilton bestows the high
est possible praise upon the bravery
of the men, He believes that after
the middle of August the Turks ou,-
numbered the British and had plenty
OF fresh soldiers and munitions Whit
the British government was unable 70
furnish him with the rcinforcemeuts
he wanted
The general strongly opposed The
abandonment Of any of the bases held
by the British troops.
General Hamilton's report was sub
mitted to Field Marshal Earl Kitch-
cner. Concerning his retirement in
october, General Hamilton reports
Opposed Evacuation.
''On the 18th of october, your lord
ship cabled asking me for an estimate
OF the losses which would be involved
in the evacuation of the peninsula.
replied in terms showing that such
step was to me unthinkable. | then
received cable recalling me to Lon
don for the reason. as | was informed
by your lordship on my arrival, that
his majesty's government desired
fresh. unbiased opinion from respon.
sible commander on the question OF
early evacuation
The most stirring passages of tho
document describe the Inflated land
ing at Suvla bay and Amaze early in
! August.
Landing Of the Men.
/ This operation began on August 6
The climax was reached ut daybreak
on the tenth, when the Turks made q
grand attack from the summit OF
Chunnuk Bair hill upon a short front
| held by two battalions of the Sixth
North Lancashire and the Fifth wilt.
shire regiments which General fIenil-
ton describes as weakened in mum
bers, though not in spirit"
THE North Lancashire men were
simply overwhelmed in their shallow
trenches by sheer weight of numbers
while the Wiltshires, who were caught
out in the open, were literally almost
annihilated.
| Heavy Losses Incurred.
The ponderous mass of the enemy
swept over the crest and swanmed
round the Hampshires and General
Baldwin's brigade, which had to give
ground and were only eXtricated with
great difficulty and very heavy losses
Now it was our turn. The war.
ships and the New Zealand and Aus
tralian artillery, an Indian mountain
artillery brigade and the Sixty-ninth
brigade royal field artillery were get
ting the chance of a lifetime, AS sue
cessive solid lines of Turks topped the
crest of the ridge. agps were torn
through their formations and iron
! fell on them as they tried to reform
! in the gpllies
| Turks Terrible Slaughter.
Not here only did the Turks pay
dearly for their recapture of the vi.
tai crest. Enemy reinforcements con
! tinued to move up under a heavy and
accurate fire from our guns. still
they kept topping the ridges ane
pouring down the western slopes Of
1 1HullIuk Dill. OiiNt tiltN Wtlt bN'i
the crest they became exposed moi
only to the full blast of the guns, ma
val and military, but a battery of tel
| New Zealand machine guns, which
played upon their serried ranks a
close range until their barrels were
red-hot.
Enormous losses were inflicted ant
of the swarms which had once fairly
crossed the crest line only handful
ever struggled back to their own side
/ of Chunnuk Bair.
! Deadly Fighting Occurs.
AT the same time strong forces Of
! the enemy were hurled against the
supporters to the northeast where
there arose a conflict so dealy that il
may be considered the climax of foui
days fighting for the ridge Portions
| of our line were pierced and the
troops were driven clean down the
hill At the foot of the hill, the mer
who We're supervising the transport OF