IRISH ROUT TURKS
Describing the charge of the Irish division on a Turkish hill to the left of the Suvla Bay position, a correspondent says :—
lhe Turks came out to meet them and most exciting bayonet fighting f 0 l! lowed on the saddle between the two crests. Bayonets were flashing and stabbing for several minuted before the lurks began to give way. Then they left the crest and ran down over the ridge, the Irishmen standing up and firing down on them, while at intervals British machine-guns on the hills behind drowned the sound of the-rifle fire, the gunners were able to get a clear view of the fleeing Turks."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16032, 25 September 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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111IRISH ROUT TURKS New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16032, 25 September 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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