BRITISH PLUCK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4

BRITISH PLUCK.

.... A TALE W ANZAC. '. ' . Axi. incident which. typifies the spirit whioh permeated all. ranks of. the various forces that foiight'-at; Gallipoli is told by. .Major Waite, D.5.0., who saw . a good dealrof fighting. at" Anzac . " : The? Albion, a largft British cruiser, m. engaging the Turkish forts, ran too close m and grounded m a ledge o£ rock. She -was under heavy artillery fire at the time, and her guns were replying with vigor. A^' soon -as she grounded, two river destroyers came to her assistance and tugged; their hardest, while .the Albion's, propellers did. their utmost;, but all? without avail. The destroyers* sought cover again, and the Albiou lay there, the target of all tlie. Turkish guns. She was heavily hit -m several places, but. the big ship did nottake her punishment quietly. ..Every available gun raked the* Tur&sh position. She appeared to spit' "fire' from every, gun port and ey^ry part of her decks. Her big gyns , delivered -{heir terrific blows, and every time onAof them fired the ship twisted ■ and sprang like a boxer" who gives way. a little after' planting -a body blow. . The Albion appeared to be hi? a serioiis plight.-. -Maiiy a man. m the.' trenches along the miles of Tpills almost wept because, he could not lielp yher. But. the ship. Was going, to die game, ..'■'" : • y. ; ' Then, ..the Canopus, a. sister , . ship, came out, . and the ten destroyers fol : lowed. «" Altogether,; tfjey -^hauled, and as they hauled they fc*lX.fouglTt'. : lhe:r ;guAs furiously. . At la'Mt !'JEJ|« ;?Albiojl moved and swerved away— into * deep" '.water, iand out of rangeripfJ.ihfttTp^jlh ■ guns, fighting still. He* ' rescue 'Was ■ greeted. by cheers that i*oll€&h al&tig the coast like the .sound "of, & breaking wave. m^y m iyfi jm fi ■ -,