AUSTRALASIAN TRENCHES.
OFFICER'S IMPRESSIONS. GEN. BIIRDWOOD UNDER FIRE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, June 20. An officer at the Dardanelles writes under a recent date: " I have been a great deal in the firing trenches. They 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. The Turks fired on us a lot, but never got nearer than six inches. I saw the mountain guns at. work. The enemy caught one of the Australian guns a ' fair smack,' killed the officers, wounded seven, and killed 26 horses and mules. " Subsequently we sat on top of a hill where four days before it was highly unsafe even to lie. When returning our party delayed to collect V. some firewood, and this undoubtedly >.: saved' our lives, as four shells' suddenly burst 30yds away. I bolted .-■;,. for a dug-out in a precious funk, .. and felt like a; tortoise on whose :■ shell' someone was tapping with a f? coal hfimmer." ' ''v.-?- "-,<?'. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 8
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174AUSTRALASIAN TRENCHES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 8
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