New-York tribune., 1916-01-07

glory. On this bloody field fell Briga-
dier General Baldwin, who earned his
first laurels on Cesar's camp at Lady
smith. There, too. fell Brigadier Cen
eral Cooper. badly wounded.
Leave Trail of Corpses.
Toward this supreme struggle the
last two battalions from the genera
reserve were now hurried, but by 10
o'clock in the morning the effort OF the
enemy was spent Soon their shattered
remnants began TO trickle back, leaving
q track of corpses behind them. BY
night, except for prisoners or wounded, q,
no live Turk was left upon our side Sf
the slope"
Two lesser attacks were made by the
Turks the same day. General Hamilton
continues:
"Bv evening the total casualties o.
General BirdwoOd's force had reached
twelve thousand and included a very
large proportion Of officers. The 18Th
Division of the new army, under Major
General Shaw. had alone lost SIX thou
sand out OF a grand total OF 10000.
Brigadier General Baldwin was gone,
and all his staff men and commanding
oficers. thirteen, had disappeared from
the fighting electives. The Warwicks
ana W OfCtNLtih udN A'oA 44N' I NAAF w.
single officer.
The old German notion that no unit
could stand the loss of more than %
per cent has been completely falsltied.
The 18th Division and the 10Th Brigade
Of the 10th Irish Division have lost
more than twice that, and IN spirit
were game for az much more fighting
as might be required"
The British held all they gained eX-
cept two important salients one hill.
momentarly carried by the Gurkhas.
and the position on Chunak Bahr. which
had been retained forty-eight hours.
Acquits All Officers.
unfortunately" says General Ham
ilton, these two pieces of ground,
small and worthless as they seemed.
were worth, according to the ethics Of
war, ten thousand lives. for by their
loss or retention they just marked the
differences between an important sue
cess and a signal victory. The grand
coup had not come of; the Narrows
we're out of sight and beyond field
gun range, but this was not the fault
Of General Birdwood or any OF the
officers or men under his command
The first operation in the Anzac
Zone appeared to have been carried
with comparative success. The Suvia
Bay expedition. which has been tn
subject Of the greatest criticism, su.-
fcred various misfortunes. Elaborate
plans were worked out by the army
staff with Vice-Admiral De Robeck.
During the night Of the llth three
brigades with three batteries were
landed in the darkness. The Turks
were completely surprised.
But the navy was unwilling 20 land
six battaliOnS where the corps com
mander considered they could act mos.
effectively. The cause of the navy's
action. General Hamilton says, was for
some reason not specified, but resulted
in delay The men were obliged TO
march considerable distance under
fire and arrived fatigued
General Hamilton lays stress on tn
fact that a large proportion OF the
troops were new men.
"On the morning Of the Sth,' says
the report. General Stopford. recol-
lecting the. vast issues which hung
upon his success in forestalling the
enemy. urged his divisional command
,rs to push on. otherwise all the ad
vantages Of the surprise landing must
be nulllfied. But the divisional COM
manders believed themselves TO be un-
able 10 move"
The weather was hot The new
troops suffered much from want of
water There was disorganization. in
evitabe after a night landing. fol
lowed by fights here and there with
an enemy scattered over a country un-
known.
These pleas for delay" says Cen /
cral Hamilton. were perfectly we'll /
founded But il seems 20 have been |
overlooked that the half-defeated Turks /
in front Of ms were equally exhausted /
and disorganized, and that an advance
was the simplest and swiftest method