The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-03
BY An Australian Who Relates
Incidents Of Last Days of
Allied Operations.
Correspondence of Associated Press.)

Correspondence Of Associated Press.)
SYDNEY. Australia, Feb. Some
interesting incidents OF the last days
OF the Allied operations on the CALI
poll peninsula are reported in delayed
correspondence from the official press
representative with the Australian
forces at the Dardanelles. de tells
Of the daring manner in which the
Turks sought to learn the extent OF
the withdrawal of the Allied forces.
and he pays tribute to the Turk as
an enemy.
-Four days ago." he writes from
Anzac. without date, "just as the first
light began to broaden into bitter
wintry dawn at o'clock in the morn
ing the Australian sentries as they
blew their ungloved fingers behind
the parapets at Quinns Post saw
about thirty Turks creeping up from
behind the hummocks Of broken earth
which separate our front trench from
that of the Turks. Their heads ap-
Ipeared about fifteen yards away. Twen-
ty-six of them-or Observation-Disclosures
crawling down into a small depres-
sion between the trenches where for
the moment they we're hidden from
this part of the line. But the other
four came boldly across straight to
the center Of Quinn's trenches. For
particular reason our men let them
come. They walked straight up to
the slanting wire netting screen set
on sloping framework which protects
our trench from their bombs-the
Turks have just such another fifteen
or twenty yards away-caught hold
of it with their hands and pulled two
short lengths of it down. They threw
in half a dozen bombs-there was q
scatter to each side amongst our men
in the trench; and then into the trench
Jumped the leading Turk.
Bayoneted from Behind.
"He had a rife in his hand with
bayonet fixed. He landed on his feet,
turned to his right and strobe down
the trench. Four men were leaning
against the wall Of the trench wound
ed by the bombs. He pushed past
them and straight into the dark
mouth Of our bombproof-that Is to
say a section Of trench with tight
roof of earth and beams overhead. AS
he strobe into the darkness, just in
the mouth of, a sergeant met him. The
sergeant was coming the other way,
also with his bayonet. The two faced
one another in the narrow way. They
parted and guarded past. The Turk
seized the sergeant's bayonet and the
sergeant wrenched it away. But by
this time an unwounded Australian
was coming up the trench from behind
the Turk. That sealed the mans
fate. He was bayoneted from behind
and before at the save moment and a
shot from third man also hit him.
He fell dead onto the narrow floor
of the trench. His comrades had run
away believe they scattered in
front of our bombs.
ION the breast Of the brave man,
who lay there dead in the bottom Of
the trench, our men noticed a little
strip of bright color. 1t was couple
inches OF ribbon twisted through his
buttonhole-a bright cherry colored
ribbon with narrow white stripe near
either edge of 1t. 1t was redder with
his blood, but there was no mistaking
its identity.
Turkish Honor Ribbon.
at was the ribbon of the Iron Cres-
cent. 1t is the first time anyone here
has seen it. The Turks have insti-
tuted-or the Germans have institu-
ted for them-a decoration on the
pattern of the German iron cross; ex-
cept that in the Turkish order the
ribbon is red instead of black, and the
medal is crescent instead Of a
cross. This was the first Turk we
have come across who had gained one.
He was clearly chosen to lead this
exceptionally daring reconnaissance
ON account of the bravery which won
him the cross on some former occa-
sion. And the deed which he per-
formed on this occasion was as brave
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