TURKS WILL NOT FACE THE BAYONET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2501, 30 June 1915, Page 8

TURKS WILL NOT FACE THE BAYONET

The refusal of the Turks to face the Australian bayonets is mentioned in a letter received by his parents from Private A. f\ M. M'Konzie, a Victorian, who was wounded at the first engagement m the Dardauulies. Writing from hospital, lie says: '"1 had the bad luck to get shot in the landing at the Dardanelles. I was very lucky in one way, as the wounds are all of a very slight nature. 1 was hit in ' tiiree placesthrough the left leg, above the left knee, the bullet going right through the flesh and missing the bone. The noxt place was tho left side, and then a bullet grazed my left arm. It Bounds a lot. but it was uot so bad as you would think. I suppose you hs.ve heard by now how we landed under fire. Well, it was very heavy fire that we under under. We were the second lot to land, following the 3rd Brigade We landed about 6 o'clock in tho morning under fire from the Turkish artillery. We drove the Turks right back about three miles inland, but, sad to say, we lost a lot of our fellows. The Turks are very poor figbtera—they just out- for their lives when we charged tnem with the bayonet. At present I am in the convalescent hospital at Beliopolis. There are hundreds here. We are in a big skating rink that is turned into a hospital in Luna Park —just like the Luna Park at St. Kilda".