LANDING AT CALLIPOLI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 5

LANDING AT CALLIPOLI.

BOATS CONTINUOUSLY FIRED ON. COLONIALS JUMP ASHORE. SNIPERS' DEADLY WORK. THE TURKS RUSHED. SPLENDID BRAVERY OF AUSTRALIANS. WARSHIPS' HAIL OF FIRE. Received .May 7, 1H.30 p.m. London, May 7. -\ir Ashincad liartlett, the war correswas on bnard n warship wills " U! liHiiiirrtl Australians, who formed a covering pari, for the landing ,it tin!).., 1»po. H». correspondent savs that ►pa-mlid «k»;i. organisation and' leader£,"l' n-.juiml to gi-t the: huge Armada under from iludros" Bay without accidents. Tile warships aim transports were divided into live divisions. Xever before has all attempt boon made to land so large a iorcc in lace o! a well-prepared enemy, [ i At two o'clock on -ipril 2-lt'i the flag J snip oi tlie division, conveying the Australians, passed down the long line of slowly moving transports amidst tremendous eheenng, ana were played out of the bay by French warships. At i'oiir o clock tile s ! i:p.,' company and troops a-e-emhlcd to near the A*dmiiai's pi'o e. ai na tioii to the combined forie-. '! ni.-, was foliowe 1 by a last fervid' i:«ior■battle, wherein the chapain „t; ; r ,.„ prayi r.s for victory. At Un-ik all lights Were jmt ir.it and ihe troop, rcstiafior t ie or,leal at dawn.

It was a. beaut.fully calm night. P,y one o'clock in the morning the ship's reached the rendezvous five miles from tiie landing place. The soldiers were aroused and served with their last hot meal. -

The Au.itra'a-.ians, who were about to go into action for the fii>t time under trying circumstances, were cheerful, quiet, and confident. There was no sign of ntrvous excitement.

As the moon waned the boats swung out and tli • Australians iccivcd their last instructions. The men began to disembark. They did nut know tiie shore of the strange land. Kach boat was ill charge of a mhMiipman, and was loaded with great rapidity and silence and without a hitch.

The covering force was towcil ashore by the shipV |iimii;.-es, while more of Australia's brigade were carried aboard destroyers, who were able to go close inshore.

As soon a; the covering force landed at 3 a.m., when it was quite dark, a start was made shoreward. There was suppressed excitement as to whether the enemy would be surprised or be alert. At 4 o clock three bittleship.; abreast arrived 25U) yards from the shore. The gun; Were manned and searchlights placed in readiness.

\ cry slowly t: boats ill tow moved inshore, cu.ii edged towards the other ill order to reach the beach four cables apart. 'I lie battleships moved sluwlv in after them until tin: water became shallow.

Every e\ e was fixeil on the grim hills ill front ill the menacing liloom. Xot a sound was heard or a light seen. .It appeared as if the enemy was surprised, in our nervy star* were often mistaken for lights ashore. On the dawn rapidly breaking at 4.."i0 a.lll. tile enemy showed alarm. A %ht which ilasied ior leu minutes disappeared and the joats appeared almost on tlu; lieneh.

Seven destroyers glided noisclcsslv inshore, and at ■1.5:1 a.m. there came a sharp burst of rifle fire from the beach. The sound relieved the prolonged SUSpense, which had become almost intolerable.

Jli. 1 fire ;« fe k v and 11 1< •11 a Ia i lit fji'itisli cheer came over l*ie waters, of tlie first position

v>on. At 5.: i it .lis. l!i:- fire was intensified, and by tii" sound we. eonm ?;>!] our men were 1 imi-. It lasted twenty-five minutes and then died down somewlii.it. The and a pi;n:aee eauie alongside with two reeumbeni figures on deck and a midshipman, eheei'ful 1 and waving ■ ]>i-i .Innal, with a shot tnromi'h tli-.' stomach and three wounds ' Hii.-ti'.iiied in the first of muskctrv. TJir bout; : :i:l a'most reLU-he.i tin.: b;':K'h u lien a parly ol Turks eniivnrh'd -ho;v C f r ,> wllii a te:ribh- ill: itladc v;i!'.s an;] nia\iais. Toriunaltly mo.-t t-i the bullet-; went hif'h. 1 ::o -V n iid not wait in]- ordei's ui" iul* t:.; 1 bu;:U to iv ■ < a tin- he:ii*!i, but into the sea. formed a sort of ro H K ;i line, and rushed the enemy'; trenches 'I heir ]n:»;:n/.iue■; were uuehnrued. :-u t!u-y just Went in with o>i:a ntcel. 'ike 'Lurks in i] i( . lir-L trench wer-.,* eitl;!- 1 ' '.,r. i i' r;;11 away, itn.i (heir maxima, v.'cri' captured. 'lke Ain!-ians found tliemsolvas fac.iiy' an almost perpendicular clijf. !iaif-y,a;j up tliv runny had a second tre:ea, vleeh they held and from u'-ii-.-'i Lliey ]Kituwl a lerrihle fin: on tin- below and uii tin: d'Sti'uyr 'S whirs ■, 1) I j: buck for ;i St coild broiling p;-.rly. It v,';is a Ioii;;!l prupositiun to tackle' ill iliii darkne.-s, bill, tjii; stopped a few in ii n it i's to pull themselves together. jet rid of parks, and clianie t!s;• il' magazines. Tliey ilu u proceeded to A-alr tlii' dill vilaout i'i'r>]n;i!a;i!;4' to tliij enes ill!'. lia-,■ !o-t -onic men, but they did mil worry. ' hi h-s ■- ihaii a) Quarter o? an honr ti:e Turks wei'e nut I ol i/ie.r si't-md ne-'itio;;, eTher bayoneted or fleeing. As came it was seen that the lauding had htvu cll'ecled nUlier further north nl (oika '! epe than was original! y inti'iidnl. a 1, ;i point wllere the cliffs rise vc ry ; i:r for dressing iii-y u i . kr-eaii-e ihrri- were no ;;iacie-; down which t!u- i'ii"iir. i"=::!d fire. 'I lie bi(i?;. n ground illiordi'd ,i!ood cover once thrv '•'! I'v "•il.v 1 1 -ils of at brarh, The country in the vicinity of the laia.iin;' I'la' wa- loriiiidaiile am! forliiildiny. 'l'd th" a il. pn -cuts a NLrrp froiif. i.ri.hi'!; into inuiini'TaMc ridye-., lilnii-i, Vallr, s a."d sami-|a(s, and ri-ini; iji a lieiylit of si-vra] limidrcd feet. The surface of ihe was a cniiiililv .>n-1-stone cii \ ei'i i! v.ith tliick sliruh|ic]-y aliont six feet in lieiyht, an idea! place for snipers, as tiie „\ihlralasians soon iomul to tlier cost. On the other hand the An-dr: he-ians pro /c>! (hene-rlves adepts at this kind of warfare in the early part of their duty. Heavy casiia!t ; es were suffered in the boats eouveyin'.r the troops t'nmi the destroyers, ta id transport •<. The enemy's s]);ii pshoot'-rs wi'iv h'dden evt>ryl;ere, i-iid th«'y ei.inn'iitvat'd their fir. 4

on the boats when close in. At least throe boats 'broke away from their tow ami drifted down the coast conlrollcss, sniped at the wdiole way. and fct: ftdilv, losing men. T'ie work o[ disembarkation proceeded mechanically under point-blank fire. The moment the boats touched the lieacli tile troops jumped ashore and doubled for cover, but the gallant boat crews had to pull in and out under a galling fire from hundreds of points. Ail through the '2sth tliis went on, landing troops, ammunition and stores. When daylight came the warships endeavored to support by heavy fire from their secondary armaments, but not knowing the enemy's position the support was more moral than real. '

When the sun had fully risen we could see that the Australians had actually established themselves on a ridge and were trying to work a way northward along it.

The lighting was so confused aril occurred on such broken ground that >t was dillieidt to follow exactly what happened on the 2Sth, but tlie covering force's task was so splendidly carried out that it allowed the disembarkation of the remainder of the troops to proceed uninterruptedly, except for the never-ceasing .sniping.

The Australians, whose blood was up, instead of entrenching, rushed northward and eastward, searching, with the French, the enc my to bayonet them, It was difficult country in which to entrench, and they therefore preferred to advance.

Tlie Turks ou'y had a weak fore,; actually holding the beach, but they relied on the diHieult ground and snipers to delay tlie advance until reinforcements came up. Some Australians who pushed inland met a counter-attack and were outihuiked by the oncoming reserves. They had to fali back after sull'ering heavy losses. The Turks continued to counter-attack during the v-hoe afternoon, but tile Australians did not yield a foot on the main ridge.

Reinforcements pound up freni Hi" beach, but the Turks enfiladed the beach with two lieki jjinis from (iaha Tepe. This shrapnel lire was incessant and deadly, and the warships vainly for \M>nie' hours tried to silence the majority. There were heavy rastialues during the fifty from shrapnel, which swept the beach and the ridge where the Australasians were established. Later in the day the guns weie silenced or forci d io withdraw, nutl a miis-

iuo\ ieg close- inshore, plastered (ell' Tepe with a hail of ►•hell.

•..reus. Tin; nu'i!);. r was Mnpc.'lod hy | ■:i\vc: , r:l arl.HVry inland, vliicii tlx l i-'h|;s' wen' powerless to d':;! with, r.Vii t)i. k pjvssmv on tho Ix/i-amo lieavior and 11 m 1 ii* lino li;id to bo eo ntructod. (if'iicmi i'.irdwood and stall' landed in tlio afionioon and dovotod tlioir to securing the position so as to hold firm until next morning, v.hon tlioy hopod 1;> <j;ot tho iiold nuns into position,

Somo id;':\ or' tho difliculty of I-mdiroj; inav lie authored wliou it is lviiiomliored th it (■(cry round <if aminunUion and all water ami stores had to lie landed on a narrow beach and carried up pathless ]iilis and a valley several hundred feet to the firing line. The whole mans of troops win; eoncentrated on a very small area, and were unable to repay the relentless and incessant shrapnel five which swept every yard of the ground. Fortunately much of it w-.is badly aimed and hurst too liijjli. A serious problem was the wounded from tin; shore. All those unable to hobble had to be carried from the hil's in stretchers and then hastily dressed and carried to a boat. Boat parties worked unceasingly throughout the entire day and liiyht. The courage displayed by the wounded Australasians will never be forgotten. Tliev were hastily placed in trawlers, lighters, and boats and then towed to (lie ships. 11l spite of their they cheered the ship from which they had set out that morning.

Mr. Kartl'tt litis in-vcr seen anything like those wounded Australians in war before. Though many wore shot to biis without hope of recovery their cheers resounded throughout the You could see in id si; a mass of suffering humanity arms waving in to tic* crews of *lhe warships. They were happy because they knew they were bciii«f tried for the fir.st time and had ivjt been found wanting. Vol* liftmen boms the Australians oceupud tlk- height:; und'T iuei's.ant sliellJire without moral or material .-uppoH from a »un ashore. They were subjected 11m whole time to a violent counter-attack by a brave enemy skilfully led wiih snipers deliberately ]>ickin:< oil' every ofiicer v/ho endeavored to ti'ive a coiaaiand or lead (he men. There lias been no i'mer feat in this war than the .sudden landing in the dark and the storming of the heiyhts. Above ■UI, bv holding on whilst reinforcement*

J!aw colonial troops in these desperate Jiours proved worthy to side by >ide wiih th" heroc* <>f Moiis, Msne, Ypres, and Neuvo Chapf-lie.

!'n.rly on the morning of the 2(>t]i the i'urks i\ peatedly tried to drive the colonials from i';: l 'i* 'po.-.iiion. The colonics made local counter-attacks, and di'ovo o!l' tin l enemy wiih tin- 1.-a ynnet, ! i, !iic!i tiie Turk.-, will never face. | 'Hie lar.jjclv reinforced o\vr-lih-iM, h;'-d prepared a })i r u" ai-Minil, from U-f- nori lieast. The .Mownmnt be/;m at !».')> o\.!oc k. i-Toiu the >-hips v\»: could sc (i.-. 1 (i eiiiy ereepMi'i' i.vni;; th'/ billions and i nde.i vol ii-;/ 10 aiyi'-a.-h timUr jo , '> r. .1 i•' also brought more pin-; and onr vositions w iih .hi';ipia I iviiile riile and luachine-un lire became :iAt 7 ('"clock the warships :'Vcpt eh:..-.' ill wiih tllO QiU'Cll I'!!! 7,'.] let h luruier o;t as a kind of chap< rone. K;:ch watvhip covered a s: i clii>n aud opened a terriSic bombardment on the heights and valley beyond. As the Turkish infantry advanced they met (very kind of Modi. 0;:r warships carry from Iho Ouein Kli/.abeth loin, shrapnel to 12-pound"rs.

The shoot was excellent, y : t th< Tiliks miViiiiM'il ;j;alleiitly. tin: artillery not only >Ji<• 11i n< air 11I»iLi<»1I s, but trying to drive oil' our ships.

'l'll-* M\ !'.»• (if the < !:<!.oil tl'C li< -i wrs sombre and magnificent. We cou'd sec <lo\yu the coast as far as Sedd-01-l-alir. Three war-hips wore blazin away on the shun.', while the !'!' liil-' and nni'.-hino-ijuns was incessant im the In!Is, which were ablaze witii > 11;■ ils, while l:ia-->CK of troops wciv on lite inaches waitm.'; to take the'r place;? i:i I lie iivnehes. The jireat ait a iasted \wo hours. We revived m< that the ship:;* fire was inliirtin;j; awlul lo>sea on 1 In: enemy amidst lhi-h of the bayonets nnd tin' sudden charm- of Hie coloni-iK before which tfi =» Turks broke ai;i\ fNd '! i:;■! a. pcr''" J 11 - ni.'u'of shell: from - i'.'-l b;ek~, s11!!' 1 ri und H.eeked. They kept up an incessant lire I!i?o'.i;dio!ii, t!ie day. lad the eo ! o!ual> W( re now "da;: in." Some prisoners j Wi-vr eapiured. iM( Indiiw oliieers, who j v.;»id the Tori-ware .n;i;i%' deraoi'll- - i-cd by ana llie (-Vi'ma n < laid i lUH'uadly in i;e(liu;_r them to attack.

CONSTANTINOPLE BOMBED. GREAT DAMAGE. DESPERATE FIGHTING. HEAVY LOSSES BOTH SIDES. Received Hay 8, 2.20 a.m. Athens, May 7. Three Russian airmen droppc 1 bombs on Constantinople. Considerable damage was done. '' Id- Allies captO'v-1 l',e heights facing Suandero Fori. The Allies are advancing steadily, devoting their attention to a section between (laba Tope and Sodtil :llahr. The Turks have boon reinforced by a division. Desperate fighting is in prom-ess. The All'ios are endeavoring to prevent reinforcements joining the other Turkish forc«s. The losses on both sides are licavr.

THE LANDING DESCRIBED. INDIAN TROOPS TAKE PART, London, May (!. Replying to Mr. Bonar Law, .Mr. As <;uith detailed the landing et (lie !id::nellcs. It comm-nced at. three iaiporlant point:', simultaneously on April !o in fe.ee of much opposition ''lum entrenched infantry and artillery. By nightfall J).ODD had landed. The Indians, who wore held up the whole day, eventually succeeded by a line attack in taking up a position enabling theniMo cover tiie disembarkation of the remainder of the forces. '"he landing of the A I•(>'.iHans Mil '»>■-. /-cabin ;t" was oupo>•'.! I), hc.v j lire at poiiit-blank range, but they carried the position with a rush, and (he attack was carried forward with the test da«h. ■The French landed on the Asiatic side and advanced with great gallmito. The whole liU'din# v.as magnificently supported bv tie l nivai ;jrce, but the Psies during to;' op< rations were heavy. Tiie <li-'nibarkaiion continued on April and every attack was repulsed. The troops on April 27 were firmly established across the Peninsula. 'I he New Zealandcrs and Australians defeated every counter-attack and by May 2 the positions everywhere were consolidated. The successful performance of this dillicult operation in the face of determined opposition displayed unsurpassed courage and skill on the part of the troops. The operations were now being continued, and the forces were pressing oil under highly satisfactory conditions.

NARROWS FORTS DAMAGED. ALL ROUND PROGRESS. Loudon, May lh The Daily Chronicle's correspondent before the Gallipoll Peninsula, writing on Sunday, states that the most prominent feature since his last message is the great damage to the Narrows forts by the guns of the fleet and the artillery of the land forces. Maidos was still" on (ire on Friday afternoon. The Queen Elizabeth got destructive shots into the Boghali Kalcssi fort, opposite Nagara. until the place was on lire. The Chanak fort was on fire at midday on Saturday, and it was evident the fleet had made considerable progress. The Australians and New Zealanders were pushing on towards the coast opposite Nagara. The pit-a-pat of mach-ine-guns could be clearly heard on the Aegean Sea.

The battleships at the entrance to the Dardanelles late on Saturday shelled positions inland to facilitate'the progress of the French at Kum Kale. The report on the week's progress is that it was amply satisfactory in every way.

CONSTANTINOPLE'S VIEW. A LANDING THAT FAILED. Received .May 7, (i p.m. Constantinople, May (i. Oliieinl: The landing of the enemy near Calia-Tepe on Tuesday morning failed. (Cab.)-Tepe is on the 'European side of the Peninsula, directly opposite Maidos.) ENEMY COMMUNCATION BROKEN. TPANSPuRT WILL BE HAM I'KI!ED. Received May 7, 7.10 p.m. Athens, May 7. As the result of a British aviator destroying a bridge at Pandemia, communication bivvccn Smyrna and the Dardanelles is interrupted. The transport of troops and supp'ics will be hampered.

HOSPITAL IN MALTA. | SHI FREDERICK TREVES IN CHARGE. ■Malta, May 0. Many of the Dardanelles wound.-d have arrived. Large hospitals have been established, stalled with English nurses under Sir Frederick Treves. .Mallealadies are forming a nursing association. Arrangements are complete to accommodate SIMM) wounded. Sixteen hundr.-d are coming from Egypt. Sir Jan Hamilton's family have donated £7OOO to the hospitals and the British Red Cross .!:M, (100. Sir Frederick Treves is one of I lie most distinguished surgeons in Great Pritaiu, and he is Sergeant-Surgeon "to the King. Sir "Frederick was specially retained by the British Government t i go to the Boer war, and since the present war broke out he has been at the Ili'it '■ h base hospital in France. He retire;! from practice in HHK.)

WHAT Til 11 QL T KI-:X Kl.t-ZAliKTll j COSTS. 1 iv.'erv time (he (hieen Kli/abo(b fir.'d one of iter t on-weiyht projectiles at; lh<.1 'a. i uv aelh's I'm ts, a hunt I'lOil disappeared. This warship carried ei«dit loin. ■/•Mis. and its costs approximately for powder and shot alone each time one of these is tired. Other charges add materially to the outlay jut round, though that of the projectile and propelling eharjre only is sufficient to <jivc a \ \\ id idea of what an expensive nn.deni artillery is to use. Kmployimr her is::*ln armament only, the Queen Klizaboth could burn up about ;C2OOO per minute. Her secondary batteries could .rim up nearly as an ammunition bill, for,- though the guns in them are

mivli smaller tli,ill the lain., they arc >»«w numerous and can bo fired much more rapidly, ho tliat what lacks in tiio iiabvidua! item in made up in tlu' aggregate. Roughly, therefore, it would cost nearly a-quarter of a million pound:) for the Queen Eiizabeth to light all her guns to their full capacity for one liour, plus the value of any torpedoes she might /ire. THE ROLL OF HONOR. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. TOTAL C'ASUALTIKS RETORTED—VIS. KILLED AND DIED OK IWOUNDS. Officers. Men. Wellington Infantry 22 Auckland Infantry 4 ' 3 'Canterbury Infantry 4 Otago Infantry .. * 1 2

WOUNDED. Officers, Men. Wellington Infantry .... (i 122 Auckland Infantry !) 275 Canterbury Infantry .... 4 (10 Otago Infantry; :! 100 Field Artillery Divisional Signallers .... 1 Army Medical Corps ... 1 N.Z. Engineers Field Ambulance ....... FOUR MORE, DEATHS. ANOTHER LIST OF WOUNDED. Wellington, May 7. The following have died of wounds:--12/1.31):!, Private Christopher Harold I'oyce, Auckland Infantry liattaliou; ('has. P.ovce, Cambridge, father. 12/1701), Private Frederick \V. Mardell; .1. W. Mardell, Onehunga, father. K/Pdli, Private .James Piper, Otago Infantry Battalion; Michael Piper, Cumberland Street, Dunedin, father. 10/7 OS, Private-Howard Newton, Wellington Battalion; Mrs. L. Wise, Waimea Head, Nelson, mother. The following are reported wounded:— Auckland Tnfantry. Private ,1. T. Adams. Private T. W. Albister. Private W. A. Allen. Private 0. C. Avery. Private T. W. Ballam. Private A. .I'. Hanks. Private E. Belby. Private A. Belcher. Sergeant F. (1. Hennett. Private' E. A. Bollard. 'Private C. L. Boss. Private W. Beuer. Private W. Bradford. Private V. S. Bridoin. Private It". A. liroderick. Corporal J. C. Brook. Lance-Corpl. T. W r . Burke. Private C. M. Caiu]ibell. Sergeant PI. W. Coltnmn. Corporal A. S. Corlett. Private D. If. Craig. Private E. H. Crawford. Corporal 0. Dehmey. Private A. Eiling. Private D. G. T. EiUpatrick. Private W. J. Geard. Private F. Giddings. Private W. G. Cordon. Sergeant R. 11. Harris. Private A. (!. Howe. Private \V. (!. Jackson. Corporal F. Johnson. Private 1,. Ivernot. Private C. W. Kilgour. Private W. L. Kittelty. l.ance-Coi'pl. (!. Bnswell. Private P.. ,T. Cupstacks. Private H. A. Card en. Private P. ,f. Costello. Private W. T. Graigie. Private C. U. Cummings. Private W. H. Dunn. Private O. Ellis. Private T. F. Foreman. Private C. ,T. I'. Gerbcr. Private J. Gledhill, Private R. Guy. Private J. L.'llill. Private ,T. .Jackson. Private A. .Tames. Private E. Kneightley, Private 11. Kevey. Private R. ,J. Kirk, Private J. S. Lee. Private D. Meßurney. Private J. Alalining. Private R. 0. Mason. Lanee-Corpl. .1. Mettrick. Private (1. Morpeth. Private R. A. Munro. Lance-Corpl. G. 0. Osborne. Private 0. F. Page. Private 11. Pnsslield. Lance-Corpl. G. L. Popple. J'rivate A. B. Pure-lies. ' ' Private C. P. Roberta. Private T. E. Howe. Private F. M. Rule. Private 15. Seott. Private G. ,f. Sileock. Coirporal ('. J. Skinner. Corporal W. Spiers. Private 11. B. Steele. Private F. MeConnell. Private F. Martin. Private V. Meehan. Private N. A. Middleinas. Private A. .1. Muirhead. / Private 11. E. Omcnon. ' • Sergeant-Major C. 1). Page. Private J. Parker. Private C. 11. Pitts. Priiii to L. Pro.iscr. Private W. 1!. Rhodes. Private R. J. Rogers, Private W. It. Roweson. Private T. A. Sanders. Private E. J. Slo-uciook. I'rivate F. Simmonds. Private E. W. Super. Private A. Stafford. ' . Bugler P. T. Stokes. Private A. Stuneil. Q.M.-Sergeant C. A. Swears. Private A. Taylor. Private 10. G. Suallow. Private A. Thomson. Private 11. Tomlin. Private W. .T, Trotler. Private E. Underwood. Private F. \V. Yon Stunner. Private M. Ward. Private K. C. Warin. Private E. Waring. J'rivate W. M. Wilson. Private J. ,1. Wolstenbolme. Private G. C. Wright. Private L. W. ITeaton. Private A. ,T. Law. Private (1. 11. Riley. Private V. E. Somerville. Private M. Coulter. Corporal 0. .J. Lane. Private P. McLean. Private L. Quirke. Bugler F. W. Willisted. Canterbury Infantry. Sergeant .1. J), llilson. Major A. :E .Loach. 1 Private L. A'. De Villiers. J'rivate T. Creen. Otago Infantry. Private C. Baillev. I'riv.ite R. ]'). Browne. Private W. H. Cameron. , Private W. C. Ca 1 to. , Private W. llanali. J'rivati- A. .Jolmston. . J'rivate J. Rainhain. 1 J'rivate N. A. AVilson. J'rivate W. Clarkson. '■• 1 '. i l.ance-tlorpl. A. J. Grant. • • • Private G. Green. ~ Private T. Henderson. ■ . . • Private R. J. McCall, ' I Private 11. Herd. ' V ' " ! Private D. Lawlor. " ; Private H. g. LarJuns.- 7 ;,'; :

Corporal \V. C. I). North. Lanco-Corpl. I). liitchie. Wellington Infantry. Lance-Corpl. A. W. Lcdbrouk. Private J. I'etrie. Private J. Slianahan. Private E. Wilkes. Private 11. Beaumont. Private I!. Drvder. Corporal .1. Thorp. Private .1. Nullhan. Howitzer Battery. Gunner Jl. C. Crawford. New Zealand Field Artillery Gunner K. O. Jones,