A DOCTOR'S LETTER.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15338, 23 July 1915, Page 8

A DOCTOR'S LETTER.

"SORRY FOR TEE MEN WHO CANNOT GET AWAY."

(SPECIAL TO "tITE rRESS.") DUNEDIN. July 22. Dr. Fred. Cameron, writing to relatives in Dunedin says:— I feel sorry for tho men in New Zealand who cannot get away. " The coiomale are tho men t o fight^—both Australians and New Zealauders —but our ranks are , getting sadly thinned. These lives and. limbs have not been wasted in vain; their sacrifices have covered New Zealand's name with glory. The Turks are putting up a splendid fight, but their methods are- very German, with their white ilag business, eto. 1 am afraid .vqu will think 1 am doing a terrible boast, but the bravery of the actual fiilitJHg iuen is almost more than equalled by UlO sirotclier-bearers. who get but admiration wherever they go. At, tirst the shelling was very much worse, but now many of their guns ivre silenced, and it is not sp bad. The fightiug is evidently quito similar to that in France, simply gaining the ground foot by foot. Our men in the trenches art , doing splendid work, and the artillery and Navy are knocking the Turks about badly. Our aoroplanes are also busy, and it is grand to watch them soaring .over on their way to the enemy trenches. Our trenches are very saio now that the men havo had timo to dig them out. We all feel very keenly for those in New Zealand bereaved by the fighting. The sight of their mates going down seems to urge the men on, and their comrades are well revenged. It is a very exciting life, and we arc all getting perfect "dabs" at dodging the shells which the Turks bestow upon us daily. lam not actually in the trenches myself, but go and see how the boys are getting on. I have an excellent dugout and wo take to these primitive residences like ducks to water. I have sce n tho great majority of the wounded just as they came down from the trenches. The wounds aro very terrible, but the courage and bravery tnat the" men display are something I can never forget. lam glad to say there has been a high percentage of fairly slight wounds, and these men will soon bG back again.