INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT IN EGYPT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2415, 22 March 1915, Page 7

INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT IN EGYPT

NEW ZEALANDERS' ESCAPE. A member of the Australian forco relates how he was impressed by the Bceno of the recent fighting against th» Turks. "It seemed impossible," he said,."to believ.e that most of the things we saw at Ismailia were the property of dead ■ men, most of whom nad been smashed' by British shrapnel. Some of the shells were reported not to have burst, and were picked up intact in the Turkish trenches later on, but the majority exploded, and did frightful havoc. There were few wounds in the head, most being about the chest, arms, stomach, and legs. Three aeroplanes made a reconnaissance every morning during our stay. There were fiye on the spot, and used to fly inland 60 .odd miles, and see what the other side was doing. The morning after we arrived the observer turned back to say there was not in enemy within 20 miles. That was our bad luck. I saw 11 camels which had carried ammunition for the Turks before the Gliurkas captured them. One batch of New Xcalandei's related having a narrow escape. A shell burst right in front of tliem, knocking sandbags out of place, and hurling half a dozen soldiers to the ground, but all they suffered was dust in the e.ves."