The Arvada enterprise., 1918-11-21

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When We got to tie 0allipoli peni1-
sula the nth time our battle lest
and transports lay on the straits. We
could not reach tie little harbor o.
The Turkish coast. but the whole neet
felt happy and fairly confident Of VIC
tory. We lay OF Cape Helles. and It
was there We received the news that
there were submarines lying around
0ihfaltar. Then. they were reported
OF MALTA. We got the news from Brit
ish trawlers and transports. Our ON
Gers said the subs could not reach the
Dardanelles without putting in some
where for . fresh supply of fuel. and
that the allied fleets were on the look.
on. at every place where the subs
might Try to put in. But they got there
Just the same.
Then the British superdreadnaught
Queen Elisabeth, "the terror Of the
Turks" came In. She left England
with q whole feet Of cruisers and de-
stroyers, and all the Limeys said,
shell get through. Nothing will stop
her"
One Of the boys aboard Of her told
me he had no idea the Dardanelles
would be % hot q place as he found
It was. "Gaw blimey," he said, "what
with dodging shells and submarines.
you cawnt 'elp but run onto a bloomin'
mine. HI don't mind tellln' you" he
said, 'that HI was scared cold at .nrst.'
And then hi thinks Of what Oily Joe
(the chaplain) told us one service.
Hin times Of dynger. look upwards
. Gays. So HI looks upwards, and
blimey hn there wasn't q bally plane
a-droppin' bombs hon N. What price
hupward looks, Oily Joef I sings out,
but he weren't nowheres near. Blarst
me. there weren't nowhere you could
look without doin' yer bloody hSye 4
dirty trick" ..t
When the Queen Elizabeth entered
the Dardanelles, the Turkish batteries
on both shores opened right on her.
They had ideal positions. and they
were banging away in great style. And
the water was simply thick with
mines, and for an epybody knew. with
subs.
Yet the old Lizsis tailed right along,
with her hand up On the main deck
playins. "Everybody's Doing It." It
made you feed sAivery along the spine.
and believe me. they got . great hand
from the whole flsst.
:. They say her Old Man told the boys
he was going to drive right ahead and
that II the ship Was sunk he would
know that the enemy was somewhere
In the vicinity. Well. they were headed
right. but they never got past the
Narrow They stuck until the last
minute though, and those who went
up, went up With the right spirit.
"Are W downhsarted1' they would
yeal. moi" And they were not. either.
Thsy did not bsag when they put 1t
over On tie Turks, and they did not
crouch when they saw that their Red
Caps had made mistakes. Their motto
was. Try again." and they tried
day after day. do not knew much
about the histories Of armies, but I
Do not believe there was ever IN army
like that Of the allies IN the Gallipoli
campaign. and I do not think any
other army could have done what they
did. I take o6 my hat to the British
army and navy after that.
It was hotter than I have ever
known 1t to b elsewhere, and there
was NO water for the boys ashore but
what the navy brought to them-some-
times Q pint q day. and often none at
all. The Turks had positions that you
could not expect any army to take,
were well supplied with ammunition
and were used to the country and the
climate. Most Of the British army
were green troops. II was the Anzacs'
1rst campaign.
They were weo4srful boys, these
Australians and New Zealanders.
Great big men. al Of tAeuA and finely
bai1t and they fought nike devils. It