WAR NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1915, Page 8

WAR NEWS.

WITH TIIK ITI.XI-: SWKIvPERS. A WAXWANU! BOY'S LETTER. In a loiter to a fric-iul in Wanganui, Dim Lawrie says: —"1 joined the Xl.N.li. last February, receiving a commission, and received orders to join a mine fleet sweeper. Unit is a mine-sweeper belonging to (he main squadron. The job is very risky, hut (here is a risk in everything nowaday,-. However, up till now we have eoine safely , through. After finishing in the North' Sea, wo'proceeded out here, that is, the Dardanelles, to ,see about removing some ol' the mines in the Narrows, but we have been up to the present on transport work. I have had (he pleasure of meeting a few of (he New Jiealantlers and Australians.' who are having a very warm time of it. The.v are lighting magnificently, and receiving praise all round. \Ye had a batch of New Zealand wounded about a fortnight ago, mostly belonging to the North of Auckland Light Infantry. The Turks are real good lighters, hut (hey cannot stand the bayonet. Their snipers are magnificent shots, and have accounted for a great many of the dead. Owing to the surrounding country being very hilly, concealed howitzers play a very important part. The Germans have the guns worked on the trolley system, that is what- the.v call the disappearing gun; that is, they fire a gun from a hill, and then run it through to the other side of the bill, so it is very difficult in findin,!'; ll:o-e guns out.''