The Dardanelles.
l.!-.L"i:T Ki:..M CAPTAIN' LEAN. Sydney. .:„!, lz .' t < -iptaiu Lean, writing ~„ .\lav 211,1 '. >a-ci,he- i!„. ■i-ilifiug a few days'afterj ' tm- lauding. At length the New Zea-j ' land gnus were landed. The- waited for a-, - ami then eaino in a pitiiL with the gnu horses, wlih-h took tl 101s j ' along th- heaeh. The artillorcmen' „,,-! ~ hitched ,!„■ horses and dragged' the guns! ' across fi„- hillsides ,0 positions wne,-.. ' they afterward.- did tivm.-ndou- work.i ' soinetini... at a range of lift,- yards. j ' W riling hi- date June ti'. he tcMs ;l of tile advance from I'opeV Hill. Everv-1 ' thing Went well except that the Olagol Battalion did not come up owing to the congestion of the communications. | When they came up the effects of the! bombardment had worn oil', and they had to face a withering lire*. The advanced line was a little short of the one ~ laid down for it and was forced to dig t in. It was reinforced hy the Canterbury r Raltalim during the night, but it was impossible to advance further.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1915, Page 5
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174The Dardanelles. Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1915, Page 5
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