The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-03
Rntipodeans' Deeds Of Arms
RIyaled by the Marvel OF
Their Retirement.
STORY OF HATEFUL NIGHT
Thrills Of .he Passing Hours Told By
Anxious Correspondent Watching
From ship--"All on" Comes
Word at ass a. m.--Gun-
fire Bluffs Mosisms.

leu ths daillpolI peninsula, Out now
with the few other correspondents.
privileged TO witness that wonderful
piece OF work. Captain Bean. the OH
cial press representative. has de-
scribed In telling phrases much OF what
was done.
Cabling trcm Anzac bay under date
OF December -, Captain Bean says:
The movement. which at this mo-
ment is going on, Is the one which.
from the day Of landing. everyone here
has most dreaded. heard II said on
the day Of landing and 1t has been a
commonplace ever since, that although
the experiences Of landing were bad
enough, one thing would be worse and
that was II IL ever fell to oar lot 10
have to get OF again.
One read in tho papers speeches
by members OF parliament asking light
hcartgdly' why TIE forces. were not
Withdrawn from the Dardanelles as IL
the process was merely one of picking
w baggage and walking of, People
talking like that, one knew, could not
have the slightest conception OF the
conditions under which We have been
holding on for eight months at Amaze.
Az Mercy OF Turks.
Did they realize that the main
beach. from which almost all the work
OF supplying Amaze had TO be done,
was within goo yards OF the main cen.
ter and pivot OF the whole Turkish
/ line, that II the Turks could fight their
way 300 yards they would reach the
edge OF the clitf. from which they
would be able TO look down. as from
the gallery OF theater, upon the mar.
row fat, containing nearly all our
stores the ordnance depot, and all the
| paraphernalIa for landing and embark.
alton? Six hundred yards below them
would DO tho north beach itself--that
| IA, the beach Just north OF Ari Burnu
| Point with three OF our five landing
stages, and the solitary sunken tramp
steamer which served US for break,
| water.
Just south OF Ari nurnu Point In
| Amaze cove Is Watson's Pier, built
! by the Australian signalers soon after
| the landing, But this so.Called pier Is
within sight OF Gaba Tepe promoutory
! and the enemy can see It so we'll that
the guns OF their batteries TO the south
OF us can put shell on any par. Of that
! beach at any moment they wish az
easily as YOU can strike any letter on
your typewriter, There are II guns in
| those particular batteries they all go
by the name OF 'Beschy nnl'-and
they had made 'Watsous Pier and
! Amaze beach easily the most unsafe
places on the peninsula.
The only chance is to get the troops
away without the enemy, OF whom
! there are $4,000 at Anzae and Suyla
! having a suspicion Of IT, The North
! beach Is better hidden than Watson =
The enemy cannot actually sea the
! ground around tho landing point. but
/ there is an ofr.shoot from the main
ridge 10 the north, from which be
could lock over our inner ridge and
| into Ari Burnu Point. and half az the
North beach. II was known as Shippers
J Nest because he habitually SHIPPED
from there NJ night with machine
! gun From Shippers Nest he can Jus,
see the tip Of one landing step and ali
boats moving TO or fro from them In
deed, he keeps careful list Of all sea
traffic. Suvla is even more open &c
she'll fire. hut at several -, ilns distance
from the nearest Turkish observer
Complete secrecy is the only meth
cd of preventing the most terrible con
ditions on the beach ~
Departure Made in hoonllaht.
Captain Bean here plunEes into bis
account OF the actual retirement In
this language
The moon ts just beginning 10 fioot
sea and land with lieht so clear thai
you can scarcely notice the chang,
from twilight into night The bright
mesa OF the moon is one Of our chic,
anxIet;es, for If the aEemy secs whai
We are doing and attacks during Ger
tain stages Ot the emharkation betor,
tonight Is over then nothing can pre-
vent one 0! the moss sanruiaary ans
J GrSuaY4-p HsNfs IN bts.a-. I'M, a.