At the Dardanelles

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 94, 21 August 1915, Page 6

At the Dardanelles

GALLIPOLI PENINSULA.

[United .Press Association.!

London. August 2d

Renter's in a review of the lour months of the Gallipoli period, says it has been a hard experience since the Australians and New Zealanders perched on the eyrie of Caha Tepe. A\ ithin the first week all hopes of a quick advance were abandoned, ihe link is not a runaway, but is the toughest lighting stock in Asia, lighting lor a,ll that makes’them a Rower.

Nowhere have the Mritish been called to make greater sacrifices, and nowhere have they responded with greater donrage and devotion. Judged by the gains of ground, the reward of this magnificent ednrt seems small, hut it has practically destroyed the flower of the Turkish first line army. The heat, glare, and dust are getting worse, and the lurks continue to shell the beaches at Cape Holies and Seddul-Uahr. The shells are more abundant as the weeks pass, and it is difficult to realise conditions under which the victualling of the Australians and New Zealanders, and AngloFrench is carried out. AVading ankledeep in ill-smelling mud, sand, and acid dust makes the skin smart, and provokes an unquenchable thirst. It is done by the unending/nctivity of the transport wagons and strings of bucking, screaming mules. An intermittent Turkish bombardments one day dropped seven hundred shells on the trenches, hut work proceeds busily, heedless of the shrieking shells.

The most notable change of front is where a division of Kitchener’s now army has been proving their worth. The trenches are the safest place on the peninsula.