The-Heroic Charge of the Gallipoli

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1915, Page 3

The-Heroic Charge of the Gallipoli

(.By J., J. ItamsayJ

Dedicated to the Hon. James Allen, Minister of Dolence. Jt \wu> our brave Now Zealand sons, With- ''Stralia's gallant, band,'' Who laced the hellish Turkish guns, And Turkey's tangled sand-: W ho bled and fought liko tturkas whito t Bet ween the cliffs and sea, liraved hell, and gained the lire-clad height , 01 wild Gallipoli Baptised by hellish guns on high, lacy, ialtered not nor strayed. Onward they marched lo do or die, Each hero undismayed. Upon the annals of our ago, They carved New Zealand's name. Ami Britain's proud historic page Shall glisten with their tamu With pride ol heart, 11 sobered joy, We read the woiuTrous tale And each one knows some well loved boy \\ ho helped the lioight to scale. iTinno to our doors the battle brings Great deeds of dcrrmg do. Whilst round the world the clarion rings, ".New Zealand's sons are true."

Lives there a lather in the land, Is .there a mother dear, W ho does not feel the breast expand When tales like this tliey hear!' Such deeds' make every bosom swell, 'I hough death stalks in their van, "inrough blinding tears tor thofic love* well, Each knows his son's a man. l'he toll we've paid is sau, alas! Our hearts have all been wrenched. We've sped our Ijoy.s to storm Iho pass Our cheeks with tear drops dreiu'hed lint neath it all we know "with pride, Our offspring would uphold. Ihe grand traditions undelied, 'Since England's day of old. Bravo sons of Britain's southern isles, Bold chums from 'Stralia's land, \ou've helped to dri\e immortal piles . In J urkey's blood-stained sand. And proved the lion's cubs can bite, When England's Hag unfurled, tails on her children to unite lo liberate the world.

.1 returned soldier who was interviewed liy a .Sua lopK.M'iiuiiive was very reticent, but at last he said. "Well, 1 haven't got much to tell you but 1 11 tell you what J call, for this reason, that some ol the men who Mere interviewed by newspaper men in Wellington had not been wounded at ail. but were sick in Egypt, ami were invalided back from there. What those fellows have said about the .lighting is only second-hand scuff. I'll give you a tip to make sure that auy x ot the men who talk to you rea'ly have been wounded. It may be difficult for you to get hold of some oi the wounded men before they go to their homes, and that is why I'Jl teil you what I can. JJut don't mention my name."