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Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1915, Page 2

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WAIiOiTO MEW'S GLORIOUS "RED SUNDAY" NAiUttflVE OF HISTORIC LANDING. AUGTtfALIAMS ACHIEVE* UNDYING FAME. Bluff, Jinic 17 Moi'ji!::. which reached HbilV from! Melbou nir hiii' last had fort v four j l'f'liii'in'il \i'\v Xi'.i !'i iiiU'i'S from t li;\ ]>l I ahuld. 'I it'.' i:rd\ Ai V to A! irk land and Weill; i, all are invalided home I'l'siill Only one ni the saw anything oj; ■the landing al tlu l Dat'dai-ielles. jlc i> ! all Uiui;u man who met will) ait accident j on hoard one of the coming '"a i cropper' 5 and breaking his collarbone I ami injuring lift jaw in llu« bay while j , landing operations were in progress. lie was im i!ic hay fur two days, jp.irr--1 viewed fty a reiiorter lie ,!.;'ave a cinivin.* (•.•-'•ripli;.ii ni' (he la'adiiiL-;o}«jraUons. TIUSHiiilA' DIFFICULT LAXDIXd. "W'e diiln't expert miirh opjujidtion." fie said: "Imt we copped it all 1 The Australians eouinieneed discaiijarlvj ation at dav.'i*. hut liie enemy v.ere pre'piind, and clearly reckoned that Hi" i.roujt?; 'would i:t \*-r succeed in ashore. Not oi.lv did the Australians lii.d the whoh' 1 of (!;e hay splcudi'My encompassed with wire entnnjrlcmoir.H undi'i' water, hut mines were found, and trap-bob s with spike.; (aJV. r the -tylr uf .I-u-k tlie (! i ; m l-K i lies l. "At iii'.-L it. s.'i-nn'd as thouj.ii Aus{,rnii<\!:s bad fallen into ;i trap that was Noilly to bb.ck things; but in the fa !-.• of heavy j'iiir and in.tchine-;:ui\ (ire liny tl:;'oii,i;!-. af'i'. s r Irving jiy-i:') u.:d in. ri'n:;dr-d.; must ];-)\ e fa lb ii. '! he poor did Wa.ikatos were tiefirst Xew Xealaiidci's to cop it hot, nnd man after man went down in tiie. surf and was never sc n a<jaiu. The men Inid to jump of tlie boats and *ret e: 1 1 • !*c Mirf tliat was wai-C dee}'-. When a man «|ot inio diiiieiilties in the enL'.nulemeiits he became a sun. l target: but men who were able to keep moving fared getter.

HATS Ol'T TO At'STKALIAXS. "The paved (.lie way, an,l they wiil m-\er euomdi ereiiit for their performance. Drill and dNcipliiie "t always if]]. Tin l Australians in Kiiypt never aa rule eoUoned to dUripiine. and their ollieers had a liard time of it. A man who rivaled a di.- liivl'uii*." and t\veiity-ei;.:h{ days ».' (eon linewent to l»:iri*iicks) rame cat (iii 1!e uc -oftened. ami as somi as iie oni he v.'uiih! perform just the sum; a-> civr a_i;am. They were not in tia' mui:<- the \Y\v Zealaialers in the matter of discipline, the N'ew Zealan'levs having ha.d from Knuland to drive, drill, ami discipline (!e■ I.i; Inil t!ic;. were holy terrors \v!un ihey had their blond up. [( was '(ihe "(MJi Ifeli, 'Slralia.' that day. ami they jjavi* the Turks a lesson in •-in< or fur pluck,' aUhoui'h uhole lots of the (ir.-t Australians to 'la lid IV el' 1? !l!l!H"st wiptd OUt.'' r n I !•: utaoo boys. 1 "Hill ivlal about, (iii! New ZealaudoiV landingii'.iM'ii (! ll><" r■ ■]>oi'icr. "They jfol it hard. 1 heard on hoard next day that only twenty-eight Wiiknl.i Im>\w nunc t)>r«>u»h milmrt init of ;jJ>f.ii l. -int. ntago niiil Southland: Mv word. they had a warm time, (mi: (ho Sili. (Southland), ■!111, 1 ii( 1), and 10th Companies all landed together and .Major Trice and Captain Spodding were killed just on landing'. I ln-anl (hat most of (Ik 1 others got Jim'i; lint of course can't say fur certain. Some of (hem were shot, in (lie surf, and I suppose tliev are (he chaps reported missing, "The Canterbury men landed aI. Ih" same lime as the Otago hoys, and Colonel Stewart, who led them, was shot almost immediately after. The wonder was that they ever made the progress that they did. It took two days lo g''t everything ashore.

jsayoVlt \voi!K. "Ah soon as the men got on to tho beach we could see them (from tin 1 boats) rush up the beach with fixed bayonets and dash for the Turkish trenches on the slope above tlio beach. It was glorious to watch them. We lieal'd the Turks sound the, "Hetreat" pretty soon, but lots of them wanted to stop and fight. They stopped in the trendies—some of them—until they were driven out. The cold steel was t :o much for them in the end, and they tumid iiikl tied. The first night. the coi n.als camped in the Turk'sii tn-n>i><* after making their advanced posts secure, and eontiuucil i.h" aIU-k, next (;:iy, when tfuy drove tb.; forks further kick. When the base ship.-' left, the Turks were still doggedly retreating, but the colonials' advance was gethng inariiV.-Hy slewcr." TURKISH I'lil'.l'AUKDXi:^'?. % Questioned as to the reason (or the Turks' preparedness, the trooper said that, everyone put it down to spies. All sorts of stories were Hying around ab'"lt (Jcnnan ollicers acting as spies 011 iho various ships, and posting as stewards, conks, and so 011. Whether or 110, the consensus of opinion auunigst the troops he said, was that there was too big a delay in sending the troops to (iallipoii. Had tho forces been sent at, the commencement of the big naval bombardment, instead of being left in Kgypt doing next to nothing, the attack would ltiive been twice as oll'ectiw and the Turks would never have been prepared.

"WE WENT THROUGH HELL" "'ALL AIV .MATKS KII.LKD". (lii'isicluu'i.-li, -)uiii) Hi. '•'l know wliat hell is like now. ns \r" wont. through il, during tin' last wt'fi,",'' write.-; Tr'nalf .I'. Shanahan, of ilii' Cautri'lmry Infantry I'attalion, In liis mother, Airs. .1. Shanahan, of PapainM, in a letter rcceiwd to-day Kniii

liim while in hospital lit Alcxiiiulihi with ;i wound ill liiH foot, lio continues: "I had four days' and nights' fighting myself, \\ lieu I met with my little lot. 1 didn't mind the scrap myself so much, Imt the ghastly part of it was seeing tin 1 oilier chaps falling in all directions around iric. I seemed (o bear a charmed life, sinti had some icry narrow emi!«•:!. (Ine bullet slung me on the lip. We started oil' with a bayonet charge, but it didn't last long, as the enemy tied at (lie sight of the cold steel. * "Al'lrr (hat the real br started,] I m.is with a croud ih-it fought for twelve hour.", the 11'eucii-'.-. \\ e had edvaaeid too far, and xuil'ered for it, but we managed to get, back (o our truiclics late in the evening. U'e ivere : in conipar.iti'.'e safety theiv after our day'.; cxperieu, e. but it was stilt deadly. There was in> dinner of .-Jeep, as the enemy attacked us night us well as day. We drove (hem back every time, and their hisM-s lnu-t have been enormous. We d.m't take it great deal of notice of their rille fire, although they use explosive buhets. It is, the shrap;\'l fire that does all the damage, [ can say, without bragging', that no troops have done finer v.'i:!' than did the and New Zcalauders, the Australians especially. Anyone, to look at the country, would say if was absolutely impossible to ,lo what we did, and now that it is done, i don t know h,ow we ever accomplished it. Kit ■•lienor lohl us before wo started that v.-e' v.-rc about to perform a feat unprecedented in modern warfare, and 1 Jtiii glad to sav that we have justitied his i'aitii in us. 1 never came across one of our men who shirked it. All my : mates were either killed or wound'-!. | McXab was killed outright, also his | brother. Poor Mac was next man to me. i Another chap named Tooliill was shot alongside inc. and one bullet missed me and killed an Australian. A chap im- | mediately behind me was reported as ; having been killed or missing the lir.it | day. but turned up again like a In! penny''.