The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-03-03

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surface OF the sea- dark shape, From
ashore comes the ordinary piek-pock'
OF riilss quite normal
WatehfA Monitor Steals Past.
:27--Another dsg:an: gray shape
passing outward far 10 the soutlivan6
They are clearly getting assay wtthoa,
the least hitch, and actually ahead Of
time.
a big monitor has Just been steal.
ing III past us-a ship | have never
seen before. She must be going In
theirs to enfl&de the Suvla trenches. II
anything goes wrong
Some gun has flashed down near
our beach. Probably 1, is ono Of the
guss which we are leaving behind SO
tha, they can be tired up till the very
fast moment. Our cid Amaze position
is SO small that Geld gun. II placed
In one Of the valleys where il could be
hidden from the enemy cannot tre ai
the enemy's front trenches. They tthe
Turks could FIRE a, positions 5000
yards away. but from the nrst In or
der TO enable the Australian Geld guns
70 fire on the enamy's trenches IL has
been necessary to place them right on
| top Of the hills.
Heavy Fire Causes Brief Alarm.
by this artillery blutlug the Aus
traliaus and New Zealanders kept OF
the Turks
II is . So" the correspondent goes
on, A very heavy fire has suddenly
broken out down there. II is ten miles
away al the least from where this
cruiser lies and yet can distinctly
hear the ripple Of rifle fire and ma
chine guns, puuctuated By the thud OF
bombs, II is the FIRST time that | per.
sonally have ever heard rifle Ere AT
Helles from Anzac. /, gave one very
big heart thump al first because II
sounded almost like sn attack Oh the
Amaze right.
The British made an attack this
afternoon at Helles, The Forty.second
and Fifty-second divisions, that is. the
Manchester and Lowland divisions
! made, a ), tsharge., '. We cagld see the
Turkish shrapnel bursting over them,
the navy and land guns helping the
British By one OF the most tremendous
shore hombardments ! ever listened
TO. Everything ashore is quite
normal"
From this II would appear that by
General Monro's direction the eyacua.
tlon was helped by demonstration OF
considerable magnitude at Cape Helles.
Captain Bean resumes
"A message has Just heen received
by our captain from the naval captain
In charge TO say that the whole plan is
working splendidly.
Turks Made Ready 20 Be Attacked.
'l0.05 D. m--Therc are sounds OF
very heavy firing down south, can
distinctly hear their machine guns
FIRST one and then two together. then
a continuous ripple. know that the
troops, who are now coming OF, are
using not only the North beach but
also tho beach in Amaze cove, on 10
| which 'Bcachy nlll can put shells
whenever he likes He can make that
beach almost impossible, Occasional
ly when some small increase IN the
sniping from the trenches makes one
hold one's breath for a moment. re
member this-that 'Deachy Bill has SC
far fred only four or Ave shots during
the whole night And that Is certain
proof that he cannot even suspect that
there is any unusual movement on.
II +Q--A collection of few cutters
with a steamboat is TO gather a,
Brighton beach In order TO bring of
the latest party. We often land stores
at Brighton beach so 'Beachy' viii
notice nothing unusual in this mes
sage has arrived from an officer, com
manding the remaining troops, TO say
tina, the enemy has actually been seer
strenuously employed In the trenches
putting up harbed wire, lie must sure
ly think that our activity means an at
tack by us
Il MA transport Is moving In
and another stealing out
Bomb 70 Deceive Foe.
4 IS a Bomb on Apex. ] % a
m bomb on Apex, 30 a m. bomt
on Apex. That IL evidently demon
stratton Of the PARTY al the Apex.