Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-31

on our way TO the front nne. Along
the rond were numbers Of troops
scoflng and among them Indian troops
on sentry duty. They looked like q
bunch OF frozen turnlps, cool and UNI
comfortable. We were close enough to
make the roar OF the cnnnonnding
seem intolerably loud and could see
the bursting shells, particularly those
fro the British ships.
Then we came across some Turkish
prisoners who were shelterlng In an
old barn, l guess II was, and we
stopped for shelter and rest. They
told us that their troops were very
tired from long fighting, but that they
had plenty OF men. They said n couple
OF shells had dropped about a hum
dred yards from the barn just before
we came, so we knew the batteries
were trying TO get our range and we
did not stay my longer, but went
away from there and on our road.
About 500 yards farther on we came
to ruins, and when we went inside
we found 80 or 90 OF our boys cooking
and sleeping and not giving a thought
TO tho shells or shrnpnel. The mules
outside were banging away at the hay,
rs though there never had been n war
in the world. There was no shell made
that could bulge them away from
that hay unless II hit them.
Then along came n cart making a
lot OF racket. One of the fellows In II
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 we're
Anzacs, and were pretty badly shot mp.
| The word "Anzac," ms you probably
know, Is made from the initials OF the
/, Australian and New Zealand army
corps. They had n regular town, called
r Anznc, on the peninsula. At Suvla
bay and around CABIN Tepe the Anzncs
/ got further into the Turkish lines than
any other unit In the allied armies.
They we're wonderful fighters.
o BY this time the Turks were making
0 an attack, and all you could see to
the front was one long line OF smoke
and spouting earth. Then our guns
a started and the noise was fleming.
n II was worse than In the turrets
Q aboard ship during an engagement.
My head rang for days after we left
the Dardanelles.
The Turks were getting n better idea
OF Il range now and the shells were
| falling pretty close to us, but finally
we tore in with the 14-lnch nnvals
and ripped up three of their batteries
In the lull that followed we made good
time and reached our front line posi-
lions ut Sedd-el-Bahr during the after
noon.
The next morning we made our hrsl
attack. I had had n bad night OF II
thinking about Murray, and when thu
time came there never was II cha;
more glad 20 charge and get n chance
mt the enemy with the bayonet thai
| was.
We attacked according To n program
Time car Il were Issued 10 the Office
Of each section. so that we would wcr'
exnctly with the harrnge. TO he ahea'
of, or behind the time card, woul'
mean walking into our own bagrage
The time OF attack Is called zero
. that Is, the minute when you leav
the trench. Some OF the Anzacs said
d. meant when your feet got the coldest
!, but do not think they suffered yer
much with trouble In the feet-no
as when they were advancing, anyway
he The time card might rend somethin
vs. like this; First wave, zero, advance
nv rapid walk, barrage 25 In 10 secondI
lie. take first trench, 0:20; second wav'
same as the first, pass first trencl
Nv 0 :29; take second trench, 0:8o. Tn
ed third wave is ordered 10 take the thlr
he trench, and so on, for MS many lns
ed ns the enemy Is entrenched. The othS
en- waves might be instructed TO occup
an Hill Z, - :0s, or dig in behind roc
- AS. Here. zero Is understood, II
nut FIRST figures standing for minutes an
Tor the others for seconds. II might tai
ng several hours TO carry out the pr
IRE gram, but everything IL laid out
Ich an exact schedule.
Use I was IN the sixth line OF the THU
.hs wave OF attack and zero was Al
a. m. Whistles were TO be the sign
lev for zero and we were 10 walk to Il
lad first line Turkish trench. As we can
he out our barrnge FIRE would be buri
net ing 80 yards ahead Of US and won
leh lift 20 yards every 10 seconds. o.
ch. stunt was TO take advantage OF
he without walking into II.
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