BACK FROM THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 260, 1 November 1915, Page 8

BACK FROM THE WAR.

ARRIVAL OF THE WILLOCHRA. I HXW Z2AI_JIjrDEKS TJITOER j IriiunVE. CHAPLMN BL'-sH KINt.'S TR.IBLTE. \ to "-tar.", ' | DCNF.DIV Satnr.Uy. ! has been one of the x;.:~t won | deri'ai experL-nce* of my .:'-." lerUre.; Chapiaan ('. J. Rasa King, who has re-en *ent out on tne \s ;;, H nra for the tene fit ..:' :..s healtn. -.v....'! '.roke down on Ca!l.poli. He hopes to go ba.-k alr.ion: tjnmedt-itely to » ,rk among.t tiie troop- <■•! whom he :s -~ pardonably proud. ":' '.ii.- campaign itself h« .-a;... "The liehaviour of .. ir men U s ju-st n-.or- thaP | word, a,-, describe Their wonderful' ■ fric.er.-v. and their < vtraor-l.narv bra i v-y ir,; gallant eon:: t, na-. c .v,,n tne a.im.rat.on oi trie stai" olTi.-er.. 1 na-- ! - ccc.i our ni.-n in the trenches, mvouaek. and I think it - r,r.» ~:'_>-• iiegfies,t experiences of a man', ,fe in ~< ■ assoriated with them in tins ,-ani;li.-'n r.-.e ,r.en under fire ..re ye.--. ga 1. collected. Tiiey know what the-? a.'.do nrr. and f-.il-.-v oit orders. Tl P.K I- A ...VLLANT KHHiTER. "The Turk :s .-rta.n'v a mo-t gallant fight... He has proved him.sei: to >" a real -.an. an.l during my thirteen W9ck» at Ar.za- 1 never found anything to question as to his fairness. Wnat oilmen do d_.-l.se _s talk, which has le.n in cv .denre Lately that tue.r efforts have re-en a j.-tes. ar..! ex peritnent. It may be trial it is a hope le.s but we ..are done our siiaro, we have _lc__ic our rs-st to wia l: .out for Kini and f oantry. and it is not pleasant to re-a.l -.ic-h comments as I have indicated oji the vrorfc of our troops. Th« men do not regret the sacrifices. Tnej have ma.:- them willingly. If we had been re.nfor.'e.l by more Colon.aU we would have held the posnt.ons we captured, and there would have been a brighter r>age of history written. New Zealand has every r>-._--or. to be proud of her gallant s„r.s. They 'nave done tnar vciio___,iy well." PROVED THEMSELVES- GENTLE-MEN The Nevy Zealander has woo adm.ration orT tne field as well a-s on it- Chaplain Uu-b King says that right iron, the time they landed in Kgypt v:> to the present t.me. they have proved themselves gentlemen. People have been surprised at the knowletlge and learn.ng of our men. .-orn- ot the prominent Kngiieh residents of Kgypt have told the ( haplain to tell tbe pesiple of New /ea land how pleasetl they have been *ttt tbe conduct or the Dominion's men. They have behave,! wonderfully well They have surprised everybody. posted unsßnrG. MF.N WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED. 1 o-e who returned this m-irning art thak Major statham and others who hive b»-en poste.l have undoo"oted_y ':_een killed. It appears that t.e infantry suffered heavy casualties in the attack .n th.- fir-t week of August. Major c-tathagn, __ay_i an infantry offi-c-r. v. aa an ahnolute hero. Hi» men v.siiild follow him ac> where. They had irrrtiht-it confidence in him. He was shot down while spurring his men on. Hwas iils-oliitety fearless. His brother (live Statham was killed almost at the came time. 'Hie men who buried him were aftcrvarde relieved ny Engli_.h '. troops, and a« all the wounded were f.-nt back to bo-spital they left no re cords. Of Lieut. Rolf sargood, who was also killed and buried, the name officer speaks high!;.. FAMOUS NIGHT ATTACB-. "Officers and men. 1 am proud of you all. It ban been a terrible night. but you have behaved yo:irs«dve_, splendidly. Nothing 1-etter Iras ever Iwen done by Australians or N'.-w Zealanders on Oallipoll Peninsillo. The people at Home will lie proud to know- that you have acoU-tt-d vourhclves s„ nobiy." The fier.e Sgliting on tho nigTTiT of August lith will long be a memorable errx-nenee to those who lived through the hailstorm of bullet*, on the way to Rau-diop's Ridge. It was a fight vrhich tested the mettle of the .sew Zealanders. and they ro-e superbly to the occasion. The Otago Mount.sl Rifles were in the thi'ik of it, their job being to take the ndec. That ira-5 the night in which Colonel BauvJiop vsats sJiot. and tbc ofTicer. who fought under him pay fine tribute to hie gaU-antrv. It .van at mid night when he.made the famous speech -lliotcd nWo to .his regiment (Otago Alounted Rifles). The men received it with loud .beers, although every time they cheered it broiig.it r,new el firing from the Turks. < cdonel Hauchop Uieu -tarted work to make his position tenable, but as f.oon as-he hud finished this he was s-bot through bhe spine. He was paralysed. Although knowing that tie could not live long, he was mo-it cheerful, and was conecioiis of everything. -To wan taken away by Mret.-hcr-bcir.-rs, and died on law'way to Alexandria. Captain Bruce lUy led the Dandy Fifth the same night, and. like the men on the Tofiiii. those who returned today regard him .is a hero. BRAVE AND GALLANT LEADER. —There was never a -.raver or more gfjllant leader." say his fellow otlicern. "Before we took our final position Captain Hay na. sending a message to the General to say that we wore just about accotupl ism ing" the Usk, although still lighting heavily. When he was shot lie aaked if be was bu.lly wounded. He said -. have got it," and. turning round. a<Jded. "(.ood-bve." Thus die.l one of the. ablest soldiers and .-n.- of the ° r ay eift no-n who ever Undid at An/ac" < uptain Hay had been prt-V.oi.sly men-tion.-1 in 0r.'1.-r- for valuable «srrv icov. '1 he uight before the llt-ic wnich prov.-d to 1«.- his last lie remarked "I have .-oldi.r.sl twenty years for tine. Tib- man who lives through Until to niorro.v morning will be lit to wear the King's uniform." A MIGHTY TASK. iil'KßAl lONS AT (. .LLIPOLI. Tin uieu who returned this morning wen lull-, ally curious to know how thin,;- •vn g«'iiig iivi-i ul Hulli[x)li. JTlcv '■-.. 1...1 altog. ti.er surprised at the ii .-.!.:.. i in vviiicli (In- prot.pc.-ts lire " aji.n.i one man "I don't •Jjok «c vwll in r lai..- it. but that is lor" live stalT to say 11 teems lo m<aliiioal ajl iinpossiliilitv ." 'iV.i-w Zealanders und Australians have nothing t... ttxi ashamed of," was the sun- conviction of a mounted man. A'

"They have done their »hare—m-ore than ! their fair share, perhaps. We have I given it a good go.'' Perhaps) the opinion of an officer -turns .up the general view: "I don't know that the place w.ll ever he abandoned,'* he I said, "but I do know that the opinion of I every man on this ship a that had wo had more colonials we would have won ! through." "Caanaltiesi have been simply enormous.'' -aid an otTice.-. "A i-attalion which | went into action w,-n over 1.000 strong I came out a few day . later with less than j , Jim men left. ' I "The Turk has r.ad the advantage of] i postition : it is h:.< stronghold." is a com- ; mon sa\ in_r "(rive rr,.- the l.hnrka_>" is the opin' :..n of everyone. <.-.;.rkbas. in a popu lar phrase have a tr-mendoua lot of t.m.- f„r the colonials. ".oil will get no better men In the world ti.in the \:i.stra;_ans." said ani Vi.-U.in.l maefiine gunner. An,l the Aus I tral-ans like \:... \\ _. are truly comrades j lin ir.il." j Tl.e Maoris say the wounded officers I .were gallant fighter.. They were as! i hra?e a. any of their -white brothers." I Bl RIEU AT MIA. In ti..- hottest stret.-h of the vo-age in tie K--I -.-a tar-- men die,| and "rr vi.-i-- : i - i a form of burial which vex_sj ! . .' a..., ..j., ~,„ fa,, mates come jne/vcs oi tae strongest m.-n. I*o sue [ ft-mb-M to s.-arlet feier. and one to fever following a long .pell of dysentery. I T:.'-te lamented la.is were Private Pater- I •on "anterburyi. Private U,::.a.m., } i •■'ell.ngtou and I orporal Niehoila 'D'.ined ; n-. The last menCone-l waa a bar. .is man an vmazini; ( u.:.:F.n [.N.>>. it i, n-.t a mere pleasing ei_a_gger_iti.)n to ;av tc.at an amazijig cn,-erfuines_ per.a.b, t.-ie entire cornj-any of wowned and *oun.!.-d soi.iier.. War mar have taken much that was prized from the, Sew Z.a!an.ier<. but it has not roboed I them of their indomitable sptnt^ —of that' impetuous determir.al.on. forti-.-.! w.th ' '-.rightne-s. which enabled taem to make imperishable fame m their first .i____-i into ] mo.;em iarfa.-e. and aha: a danh ! A so!- | dier who Ha* also In the South African campaign, now a temporary cripple.• says: "The South Af.-..an war was a pi.n.c compared with that heil on Caili poll. I sa -. more fighting in one week in Call.poll than I saw throughout the whole .ampaign in -outh Africa" AIt.KU.S'O .iFTTrER?. UI NKDIN. Son-lay. Major Mackf-sy. of Auckland, picked up I wonderfully on tiie voyage osit He lomletl on Callipoli on May 12. and was ther* untii August 27, when he waa wounded m tlte right arm and left shoulder and the net-k. He states tr_at I tiie country is .-minently suite.l to the stvie of tighti.-.g fx_>_M"sse,l by the coionials. ani that the oversea troopa have shown that they thoroughly understood the country and mosie of warfare requirtvi of them. F-rjt"._.b offic-ers fros-ly admitt.-.) that there could be nothing finer than tiie Sghting .)iraliti«-s shown ' by the c-olonial. Their o__*uaities> were j heaiv-v. but tboste of the Turks were heavier. Tliey bad been fighting an uphill battle. TJre odds ag-_s-»t them were aw.ut three to one. vet since Mar 13 the Turkish troops iwd _*"e-n prarti-c-iilv all the time on the dV_en»iie. y.-eah troof-s were aantskt at the front, and every inducement should oe given ; to m»n to enlist. But great tnro shovild , be e_errise.| m selecting the men. be- i -aiiee it -ia-1 hs-en found that old woun.l* | reteii.-ri through ari-idernt or otherwise! made themselves felt untler stree* of j modern warfare. iml_, perfectly sound men should be .lent. ! Lieutenant Mr! '..rmi-ii. of Auckland' who went away with ttie K.ftii P.em forcements. also returned by the VVil j loc-hra. He took in the big move . mint in August. He wan only in Caili poll thro,- days w-h.-n he wa_s shot through the nt»p«. r part of tbe right arm. the bullet then entering sits iup. His arm k practically us. lesvs at present Sergeant Neils. '.-.!)<> is well known iri A uck la nil. liaai is-rn badTy wounded in the mouth. a Ulilet na-. ,ng pern-en through tiie lower j_art of h_s jaw. He is able to get a.K>.it. out will i"N__jer m-tnently disfigured. A-HMKAD BARTU-TTS STRICTVRF> Aske-I ii iie ;>ia.l any remarks to make in reply to tfcie -tr., tur.-s lately J.aenod by Mr .Vjataneid I'.irtlett as rejtarda tinoperations atM.allipo-l. Maj-.r M naid he did -tot th.n. tile Engti«h w-ar corre-ipondeut aa- 'imte fair. Ip a n.im- ' of c-iscs be bad placed the troops 'n wrong |iO«itions, and given them credit for deede w-fti.-h had iss-n done by other troops. Mr ..-hincn.l P.artlctt wan on tiie headquarters ship nt I---IM.S pra.ti , callv all the lime. I ertainly be bad Is-en at the front, but no did not -tay there for any time. Most of his infor rnation via- obtained fr-an hs-ar-a;- lie had stated that it -» the A'.e-trali.irus [ who had broken the line at Sari Hair , by their ~r~-r..tiono in August, w-ncr. ait was the New Zi-nianders who ha-! , broken it-DISTINIHISIi-K*»4si:W ZKAIiA-NDKRs (Uy Tclesrapb nwn Corre.pondent.i DCNKDIN. Saturday. Two of three Ne.v Zeal.inders men tioned in a London cable as recipients of the I)S.(I. coin.- from J>unedin. ( aptiiin Kinn is a grandson of the late Mr. .lolin Sibl.ald. former owner of the Princess Theatre. He received his pn mary education at the Ca-ersham sschool. pursued thi profession of denti.st. and cave up a lucrative business a! Auckland to en.i-t with one of the early reinforcement*. Lieutenant McPlierson was educated at -\llanv Street vcbcKil. and subsc omntlv joined B Battery, of which he was a'popular tncmber. when he enlseted with the Kxpeditionary Korce. He «. at thi« time in ihe employ of Messrs. Murray. P.t.bort* and Co, -..:, moor.rig's a!! right if your skin .an stand it." {.rumbled Marjone, ashe looked into tiie mirror after the lov,-.ie-t drive, and. poor girl. 1 fell »i,rrv for her \\ md burn: '.vas no • name for it. >he was s,. arb-t. "Hut. mv dear girl, don't you put on. a face cream before' going out" I'd never dream of motoring without rubbing ■CREMODKKM.V well in before start ing. !t gets the skin ready to resist dust mid burning, and that- why 1 never ! burn." "<)li," said Marjorie, vvith a niiitT. "1 never touch my fare with ANY- • THlStl!" Hut the filiini.'st thing, next t day .lean (mv .-ist.-rl saw her in a •j.bennst's buying "f'KKMI iDKH.MA." und we know I'm a fact that slie !„ using t ii every drive -nice: ber skin looks no sl in c though -bed die rather than own L .| up to mo. Ilv'-the-bye, I've just heard I that if cheuiust.s run out v-.n can always got a jar by sending 2/6 to "C-RKMO--0. DERMA." P.O. Hoi B!>6. It always i. comvja back promptly.— i Ad.},

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