A DAY AT THE DARDANELLES
AN OFFICER'S EXPERIENCES. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SHELLS. LONDON, June 19. An officer who was at the Dardanelles on recent dates writes: "There has been a great deal of firing from the trenches. The trenches are most interesting; they are.mostly deep enough to walk upright in without exposure. I went round with General Birdwood and Admiral Thursby one day. They fired at us a lot, but never got nearer than six inches. We saw the mountain guns at work. The enemy caught one" _pf the Australian guns a fair smack, and killed the officers, wounded seven men, 'and .killed 26 horses and mules. Subsequently we sat on the *6p of a hill where four days before it would have been highly unsafe to even lie. On returning we delayed to collect firewood.' This undoubtedly saved our '•lives, as four'shells suddenly burst 30 yards away. We bolted to a dugout. I was in a precious funk and felt like a tortoise on whose shell some one was tapping with 'a coal hammer."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 22 June 1915, Page 5
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175A DAY AT THE DARDANELLES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 22 June 1915, Page 5
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