The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-10

~ WaD . lAAdsnan ana not usod =
Asavy woatAsR. .
Whsn ~ 81 - ~ 0sllipon psn1n-
s11k the nth tins sar battle Ass3
ard tranapoEts ny ~ tie stratt1. We
eould not reach the little Aarboe On
~ Turkish coasG but the whole fleet
felt happy and fAiriy confident Of VIC
togy. We lay OF Caps Helles. and It
WaS there ~ roeelvod the news that
there wero eubmAfines lying around
Gibraltar. Then they were reported
o8 Malta. We got the news from Brit
lah hawlers and Transports. Our ON
esss aid the subs could not reach the
Dardanelles without putting in some
whsfe for Q fresh supply o. fuel. ard
that the allied dssts were on the look
on: At every place whore the subs
might try to put In. But they got there
Just the same.
Then the Britsh superdrea adnaught
Queen mixabeth, "the terror Of the
Turks," came in. She left England
with q whole Aest Of cruisers and do
stroyess. and an the Limsys said,
sSheu get through Nothing Win stop
her"
Ono of the boys aboard Of her told
me he had NO idea the Dardanelles
would be ~ hot place ~ he found
It was. ~Gaw blimey." he said, what
with dsdging shells and submarines.
you cAWnt 'slp but run onto . bloomin'
mine. HI don't mind tsllin' you," ~
said, ''that HI was scared cold at hrst.
And then IN thinks oe what oily joe
(the chaplain) told NJ one service.
:H1n times Of dynger. look hupwards.'
. says. 80 HI looks upwards, and
blimey hif there wasn't bally plane
a-droppin' bombs hon N. what price
hupward looks. Oily Joer sings out.
but he weren't nowheres near. Blarst
me-. there weren't nowhere you could
look without doin' yer bloody hsye q
dirty trick"
When the Queen Elisabeth sotsrsd
the Dardanelles. the Turkish batteries
on both shores opsnsd right on her.
They had ideal positions. and they
were banging away In great style. And
tie water was simply thick with
mines. and for an anybody knew. with
subs.
let the old Iixzis sailed right along.
with her band up o. The main deck
playing. .Dvssybody's Doing It." Il
made you fesl sAivsry along the spine.
and believe ma. thsy eo< Q great hand
from the whole nesE
They say her Old Man told the boys
hs was going 10 drive right ahsad 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
NarrowA They stuck until the last
minute though. and thoss who went
up. went up with The night spirit.
.Aro Ne downAsartsdr they would
ysIl sNor And they wsrs not, either.
They did NOT brag when they put It
OVER - The Turks, and they did not
Crouch Whsn thsy saw that their 1sd
CAPS had made uistaksa Their MOTTO
was, Tty again." and thay tzisd
day a1tse ~. Do not know much
about the hiotpG1eo of armies. but I
Do not believe tAefo was svef IN army
lks that q the alliss In the 0ellipoli
campaign, and I Do not think any
other army could have done Wbat thsy
nd. ! take az my hat 10 tie Brltish
army and navy aftss that
Il was hotter tAaA have ever
known it TO b elsewhere. and there
was no water for the boys lahore but
what the navy brought 10 thsm-soms-
times q Pint Q day. and eftsn none at
an. 1Ao Turks had positions that you
could NJ expect any army to take.
were wen supplied with ammunition
and were used to the country and the
climate. Most e he British army
weFs green troopa II was The Ansae6
Afak campaign
TAAy weEs wsalsF1ll boyu. tAsse
Anstxallans and Rev 4aalandsfs.
Great big msn. an of tAaR aAd nnsly
[bul1t ana thsy fous1t nks 6svfla It