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

Hin z. II :0S, or dig In behind rock.
12:46. Here, zero is understood. the
first figures standing for minutes and
the others for seconds. It might take
several hours to carry out the pro-
gram, but everything is laid out to
an exact schedule.
was In the sixth line of the third
wave OF attack and zero. was 4 80
q. m. whistles were to be the signal
Tor zero and we were to walk to the
nrst line Turkish trench. As we came
out our barrage, fire would be burst
Ing 90 yards ahead Of us aud would
lift % yards every 10 seconds. Our
stunt was to take advantage of 1t
without walking into 1t.
No one man can see all Of an attack.
which may extend over miles of
ground, but during the three weeks
was In the trenches on the Gallipoli
peninsula we made four grand attacks
and many minor ones, so 1 know In n
general way what they are like. Each
wave is organized like the others.
First come three lines of what you
might call grenadiers, though they are
not picked for size as the old kings
grenadiers used to be. They are de-
ployed In skirmish formation, which
means that every man Is three yards
from the next. They were armed only
With grenades, but, you can take 1t
from me, that Is enough! Behind them
come two lines, also in skirmlsh for
nation, and armed with machine guns
and grenade rifles. The first men Oh
the left carry machine guns, then come
three rifle grenadiers, and then anoth-
er machine gun and so on down the
length of the line. After these come
two lines of riflemen with hXed bay
OnetS.
Then come the trench cleaners, or
moppers-up, as we call them. They
were some gang, believe me. Imagine
team Of rugby players spread out in
two lines-Only with hundreds of men
on the team instead of eleven, and
each man a husky, capable Of han
ding baby grand piano single
handed. These fellows were armed
with everything you could think Of.
ana q whole lot more that you could
not dream about in nightmare. 1t
used to remind me Of trial l saw
In New York once, where the ponce
had raided n yeggmen's fop and had
oil their weapons In the courtroom Us
exhibits.
The moppers-up were heeled with
sticks. clubs, shillelahs, black-jacks,
two-handed cleavers, axes, trench
knives, poniards, up-to-dute toma-
hawks, brass knuckles, slung shots
hot
crashing a man with. I guess, except
firearms. These knock down, drag-out
artists follow the rif1emen very closely.
Their job was to take care of all the
Turks who could not escape and would
not surrender.
There are lots Of men in any army
who will not surrender. but think
probably there were more Turks of
that gameness than men in most other
armies. have heard that fl is part
OF their religion that man, If he
dies fighting, goes to very specially
fancy heaven, with plenty to eat and
smoke. And I suppose If he surren-
ders they believe he will be put in
the black gang, stoking for eternity
down below. 1t was awfully hot at the
Dardanelles and / guess the Turks
did not want 1t any hotter, for very
few Of them ever surrendered. and the
trench cleaners had lot to do. Their
Job Is really important, for 1t is danger
Gus to have groups of the enemy alive
and kicking around in their trenches
after you have passed. Almost every
prisoner we took was wounded.
The one thing do not IKE to have
people ask me Is, "How does 1t feel to
Kill man?" and / think the other
boys feel the same way about it. 1t
Is not thing you like to talk about
or think about either. But this time
at "V' beach, when we got past the
first and second Turk trenches and
were at work on the third, l do not
mind saying that l was glad whenever