The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-12-12


storehouse. There was bayonet
through each arm, one through each
foot and one through his stomach.
One Of the garbies tainted when he
had to pull one Of the bayonets out.
They had hacked Off his right hand
at the wrist and taken his identifica-
tion disc. I lay this to the German
officers more than the Turks.
do not know just what I did after
this. But 1t changed me all around
and I WIS not like my usual self dur
Ing the rest Of the time.
1t was still raining when we started
on our way to the front Alan
the road were numbers of troops
scoffing and among them indian troops
on sentry duty. They looked like
bunch Of frozen turnips, cool and un.
comfortable. We were close enough to
make the roar of the canno. oding
seem intolerably loud and could see
the bursting shells. particularly those
FROM the British ships.
Ihen we came across some Turkish
prisoners who were sheltering In an
old barn. I guess 1t was, and we
stopped for shelter and rest. They
told US that their troops were very
tired from long fighting, but that they
mad plenty Of men. They said couple
or Shells had dropped about a hun.
Sdred yards from the barn just before
= We came, so we knew the batteries
were trying to get our range and we
did not stay any longer, but went
away from there and on our road.
About 500 yards farther on we came
to ruins, and when we went insld,
We found so or 60 of our boys cookin;
and sleeping and not giving though
to the shells or shrG pnel. The mules
outside were banging away at the hay,
as though there never had been a war
In the world. There was no shell made
that could bulge them away from
that hay unless 1t hit them.
Then along came cart making n
lot of racket. One Of the fellows In 1;
had half of his face shot away and
was all bandaged up. but he was try
Ing to sing and laugh just the same
as the rest were doing. They were
Anzacs, and were pretty badly shot up.
The'word "AnZac," as you probably
know, Is made from the initials of the
Australian and New Zealand army
corps. They had a regular town, called
AnZac, on the peninsula. At Suvla
bay and around Gaba Tepe the Anzacs
got further into the Turkish lines than
any other unit In the allied armies.
They were wonderful fighters.
BY this time the Turks were making
an attack, and all you could see to
the front was one long line of smoke
and spouting earth. Then our guns
started and the noise was deafening.
1t was worse than In the turrets
aboard ship during an engagement.
My head rang for days after we left
the Dardanelles.
The Turks werc getting better idea
of our range now and the shells were
falling pretty close to US, but finally
we tore In with the 14-inch navals
and ripped up three Of their batteries.
In the lull that followed we made good
time and reached our front line posi-
tiOns at Sedd-el-Bahr during the after
noon.
The next morning we made our first
attack. ! had had bad night of 1t,
thinking about Murray, and when the
time came there never was a chap
more glad to charge and get chance
at the enemy with the bayonet than
was.
We attacked according to program.
Time cards were issued to the officer
OF each section, 80 that we would work
exactly with the barrage. To be ahead
OF, or behind the time card, would
mean walking into our own barrage.
The time Of attack Is called zero
that Is, the minute when you leave
the trench. Some Of the Anzacs said II
meant when your feet got the coldest,
but do not think they suffered very
much with trouble In the feet--not
when they were advancing, anyway.
Inc time card might read something
Ike this: First wave, zero. advance,
rapid walk. barrage 25 In 10 seconds,
take first trench, 0:20; second wave,
same as the first, pass first trench,
O:23; take second trench, O:35. The
third wave Is ordered to take the third
trench, and so on, for as many lines
sSthe enemy u eptrsnchsdA The other