WITH AUSTRALASIANS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 7

WITH AUSTRALASIANS

FIGHTING CONFINED TO SNIP* ING AND ARTILLERY. FLIES MORE ANNOYING THAN TURKS. (Received June 24, 10.50 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. Captain Bean, in a message dated from Gaba Tepe on the 15th, says that save for a few_ bomb exploits at Quinn's Post the fighting is confined to sniping and artillery duels. Our snipers lately have shown a marked superiority, which is daily increasing. Referring to the artillery, Captain Bean says that in the early days during the night attacks Turks were killed within teji yards of our guns. A gunner sat all night with his gun laid and the firing lever in his hand. Other guns were converted into glorified shot guns, with the shell fuses set at zero, so that they burst on leaving tho muzzle. Our artillery had plenty of targets in mule trains at a distance. It has been lately noticed that enemy troops are drilling behind Achi Baba. Apparently they are new recruits. The fighting is undoubtedly as difficult as in Flanders, but there is gradual progress. Captain Bean says that the European sources of information other than Retiter and Mr." Ashmead Bartlett are untrust' worthy. The men, including the New Zealanders, are in splendid spirits. Just now the flies are far more annoying than the Turks. The sea beach resembles Manly on a holiday.