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Page 72 - The troops had had practically no rest on the night of the 24/25th ; they had been fighting hard all day over most difficult country, and they had been subjected to heavy shrapnel fire in the open. Their casualties had been deplorably heavy. But, despite their losses and in spite of their fatigue, the morning of the 26th found them still in good heart and as full of fight as ever. It is a consolation to know that the Turks suffered still more seriously. Several times our...
Page x - Forty years on, growing older and older, Shorter in wind, as in memory long, Feeble of foot ,and rheumatic of shoulder, What will it help you that once you were strong? God...
Page 72 - Several times our machine guns got on to them in close formation, and the whole surrounding country is still strewn with their dead of this date. The reorganisation of units and formations was impossible during the 26th and 27th owing to persistent attacks. An advance was impossible until a reorganisation could be effected, and it only remained to entrench the position gained and to perfect the arrangements for bringing up ammunition, water, and supplies to the ridges — in itself a most difficult...
Page 59 - \TI7^HO would remember me were I to die, * * Remember with a pang and yet no pain ; Remember as a friend, and feel good-bye Said at each memory as it wakes again ? I would not that a single heart should ache — That some dear heart will ache is my one grief. Friends, if I have them, I would fondly take With me that best of gifts, a friend's belief. I have believed, and for my faith, reaped tares ; Believed again, and, losing, was content ; A heart perchance touched blindly, unawares, Rewards with...
Page 72 - ... into the peninsula than had been intended — all these led to confusion and mixing up of units. Eventually the mixed crowd of fighting men, some advancing from the beach, others falling back before the oncoming Turkish supports, solidified into a semi-circular position with its right about a mile north of Gaba Tepe and its left on the high ground over Fisherman's Hut.
Page 72 - Australians' turn had come. Like lightning they leapt ashore, and each man as he did so went straight as his bayonet at the enemy. So vigorous was the onslaught that the Turks made no attempt to withstand it and fled from ridge to ridge pursued by the Australian infantry. This attack was carried out by the 3rd Australian Brigade, under Major (temporary Colonel) Sinclair Maclagan, DSO The 1st and 2nd Brigades followed promptly, and were all disembarked by 2 PM, by which time 12,000 men and two batteries...
Page xi - Lieutenant-General Sir WR Birdwood has been the soul of Anzac. Not for one single day has he ever quitted his post. Cheery and full of human sympathy, he has spent many hours of each twenty-four inspiring the defenders of the front trenches ; and if he does not know every soldier in his force, at least every soldier in the force believes he is known to his Chief.
Page 72 - Battalions charged and put out of action three of the enemy's Krupp guns. During this period also the disembarkation of the Australian Division was being followed by that of the New Zealand and Australian Division (two brigades only). From 11 AM to 3 PM the enemy, now reinforced to a strength of 20,000 men, attacked the whole line, making a specially strong effort against the 3rd Brigade and the left of the 2nd Brigade. This counter-attack was, however, handsomely repulsed with the help of the guns...
Page 73 - The troops were now worn out ; the new lines needed consolidating, and it was certain that fresh reinforcements were reaching the Turks. Balancing the actual state of my own troops against the probable condition of the Turks, I decided to call upon the men to make one more push before the new enemy forces could get into touch with their surroundings. Orders were therefore issued to dig in at sundown on the line gained, to maintain that line against counter-attack, and to prepare to advance again...
Page 73 - ... carried out, such as the taking of a Turkish observing station ; the strengthening of entrenchments ; the reorganisation of units, and the perfecting of communication with the landing-place. Also a constant strain has been placed upon some of the best troops of the enemy, who to the number of 24,000 are constantly kept fighting and being killed and wounded freely, as the Turkish sniper is no match for the Kangaroo shooter even at his own game.