ANZAC PICTURES.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1917, Page 6

ANZAC PICTURES.

INTERESTING EXHIBITION, An exhibition of the original water color sketches and drawings of the Imperial and Turkish positions on Gallipoli Peninsula, by Sapper Moore-Jones, of the New Zealand Engineers, was opened in the Soldiers' Club yesterday, and attracted many visitors during the afternoon and evening. The pictures, displayed en the walls of two of the upstairs rooms of the building, are extremely interesting, and convey, collectively and in detail, some idea of the rugged nature of its precipices and deep j ravines, where our men had not only to I meet naturally difficult positions but had to contend with all the devices of i modern 'warfare. The situations shown I in the sketches, formidable to attack | and apparently impregnable, were actti- | ally stormed, taken and held. These facts lend a particular fascination to the pictures, considerably augmented by the circumstances under, which they were taken, many of them actually under fire, and give them an historical interest that is intense and absorbing. The pictures are S5 in number, beginning with a view of the coast, later known as "Anzac." allotted to the Australian and New Zealand forces to attack and stormed by them on April 25, PJl's, a sketch specially drawn for Head- ' quartets from' a captive balloon ship. Then comes a sketch of the spot where the troops landed in Anzac Cove, showing many places now familiar in the story of the campaign, such as Maclagan's Uidge, Queensland .Point, Plngge's Pla- : lean, and, in the distance, Gaba Tepe, ! Achi Baba, Cape Ilelles, and the Olivo Grove. A general idea of the country is given by these two pictures, and details are supplied by the others which adorn, the 'walls. One gives a striking , view from a mountain battery of the ' Turkish positions between Pope's and Quinn's Posts, another the Australian lines as seen from McCoy's Hill, and. yet another of the Turkish trenches faced ' from Stewart's Post, where, according to Sir lan Hamilton, our lire trenches , were mere ledges on the brink of a j sheer precipice falling into a valley below. It is unnecessary to particularise the many other sketches and drawings . of our positions and those of the enemy, ' and it need only be said that each has a special interest of its own, bringing vividly to the memory the stirring inci- ' dents and .gallant deeds that have enshrined our forces with imperishable fame. The exhibition, which will be open again to-day, to-morrow, and Saturday, is one which should be visited by all who desire to become more intimately acquainted with, and to more actually realise the achievements of our valiant forces at Callipoli. Last night the New Plymouth Male Choir, instead of holding their usual weekly practice, gave an open night. They repeated the part songs of their recent concerts, Mr. A. O. Sturrock played a pianoforte solo in masterly I style, and Mr. ; S. If. Dunstan contributed j a vocal solo that was highly appreciated.