WITH THE SIXTH.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 44, 27 January 1916, Page 8

WITH THE SIXTH.

CAPTAIN WESTON AT GALLIPOLI.

Writing from Gallipoli on November 18th, Captain Weston, of New Plymouth, gives some interesting details, which appear in the Taranaki Herald He says; “Wo are having our week’s rest, which started yesterday. It is a C'est getting oul of the trenches, although one has not' -felt any anxiety or worry. The men are all occupied on various construction works, and all L have to do is to see that the sergeantmajor gets them off to their jobs. The men behaved awfully well in the trenches, keen and steady—they seem to develop so wonderfully. Nothing happened during our week, so one. was able to get a fairly good grip of the position. Captain Lumpen came up yesterday with cheery news. As 1 write th<j mules with their Indian drivers are coming up the dere (gully) laden with our stores. They and their drivers are invaluable. They are unloaded at once and back they go without a wait. There are one or two places on the dere which are subject to machineguns and sniping and they have to face it every trip. Unfortunately the rain has accumulated at these spots and so one has to do a 50 yards sprint under difficulties. 1 shook hands with -Malcolm Ross the other day ; he loks well, but a bit fine on it. Major Carbery spent the afternoon with me yesterday. He is in great form, as he says rather war-worn, and that expression has quite a meaning of its own—one recognises it at once. Men get drawn about the face and scraggy on the neck. Colonel Rhodes is here and others.” Writing again on November 24 he says: “Kitchener has come and gone. The men behave terribly well, one bas such a feeling of confidence in their steadiness—it is very wonderful. That appears to have been their record all through. We are naw occupying the position won by the New Zealanders in the August fighting.”