A RELIC OF GALLIPOLI.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1919, Page 5

A RELIC OF GALLIPOLI.

I DISPOSAL OF THE RIVER CLYDE i By Telegraph,—Prsss Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 21, 5,5 p.m. ! nr„ t, , „ London, Dep. IS. I ti t>- r S e bas announced that • the Rn-er Clyde would bo sold at Malta owing to the cost of repairs. Towing , to England alone would cost £-30,000 ■ He would consider leaving the vessel at Jalta as a national relic.—Aus.-N Z table Assn. ' ' [The story of the River Clyde proJ?. °"f t '! e stirring episodes in the Gallipoli campaign. Writing of Bnhr m t i®' V Beach ' near s e<ld-el-Bahr, Mr. j o } m Masefield, in his book on & V S^' s: r" Three of ' WerC t0 Jatl(l froll ' ) towed lighters, the rest- of the party ' nl'!L a £'i" P st , eanler > tlle collier River ' mJ-i-v' * nt P' a conspicuous sea mark at Cape Jlelles throughout the rest MJir °f 1 [ jais "' llafl altered to carry and .and troops. Great gan-r----ways or entry ports had been cut in her lcv , el , of , her between decks, and patforms had been built out upon her sides below these, so that men might run from her in a hurry. The plan was to beach her as near the shore as possible and then drag or sweep the hffw erS ' I tmvcd ' into Position between her and the shore, so as to make a kind of boat bridge from her to the beach. When the lighters were so moored as to make this bridge, the entry ports were to be opened, the waiting troops were to rush out on to the i-hl e v n [ ff P,atfo T s run from them on to the lighters, and so to the shore. The ship s upper deck and bridge were pro- , noted with boiler plate ami L an a casemate for machine guns was " : - tliafc shemight jeply to the enemy's fire. Five nicker boats each towing five boa+s or launches full of men, steamed alongside e River Clyde and went ahead when )>e grounded. She took the ground ra hor to the right; of the little beach of^M^5 n i nd T 1 • vards ' from the "'ins f Sedd-el-Bahr Castle, before the Turks ™ IT' 1 , f ' re: but almost as she the w thp , pipkfit bont3 *»>• ] r ,e ' 1 . totts were ahead of her onlv • Si thirt J yatd * from the'beach, c oastl e J d T Chille 8"" !n «ie ' cTrved L own » bO T c the i lon t!, P hi °" glr trenched h >» » UDon sv I', gan a fire upon ship and boats.)