NO SURRENDER.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1915, Page 7

NO SURRENDER.

WHITE FLAGS NOT CARRIED. TURK A FORMIDABLE FOE. "M\ old regiment has been practically v. ijied out —only about 30 men remain," v.rites Lieut, .lames Oliphiiiit in reference to the "nl Auckland Infantry Company. "All the ollieers are wounded or The lei tor was written on May 23, and Lieut, Oiiphnnt states that the'wounded vcrc still arriving with stories of the firing line. ''One man told me that it M-enis a. merciful Providence," he continues "that the mind becomes callous to dea Hi and the loss of comrades and frii nds that when a dear companion is .-.hot alongside you, and you realise that all is over with him, the matter is almost immediately forgotten. The fact of the loss becomes a blank, and you f-ffv "ii with the fight and with your duMes as though unfiling had happened. nf all my obi toil mates at Ismailia on H niial !am iiie onlv survivor. All

tie/••-(. ,ir,. reported killed." Ijenl. Oiiphant recently received an lui: rn:'.l commission, find when lie ivroto had liceu waitiny in for orders. I'n.iii conversations with wounded sol::Vrs he has formed nn interesting esti■.';ii<. of (lie Turks as an en mi v. "The Turks arc we!) (rained, well led, and '■'l'll,!', soldicrO l,e writes, "witti tlie -.■ii'ii-e of modern Avar broncdit to tlie Holies! nilcli by llieir Orimin inslrnet- "■]".-=. Tliey are older men on tlie average •Mid of biuncr ■|i':iYsi(|UP llian tlie XcW /'calan.ler.-. and llieir shooting is exeellenl. Tlieir anus are all hotter tlian ours and tlie ainmiinit.on is far better. We are confident of final success, and we mean to <rot. it, or perish, but the.cost will be dear. Xone of our officers is allowed to carry white handkerchiefs, and there is no surrender and no prisoners. A IT'rlit more .LO'iiii you could not imagine."