WITH THE AUSTRALASIANS.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13791, 11 June 1915, Page 5

WITH THE AUSTRALASIANS.

FIGHTING AT QUINN'S POST.

TROOPS IN-GOOD FETTLE

Sydney, June 10.

Captain Bean, official, 'correspondent: with the Australian forces, cabling from Alexandria on the Bth, says that the fighting is confined to the part■■ of the lino known as Quinn's Post. The Turks! sapped two holes outside our trenches, j and caused mine explosions, and turned thorn into bomb-proof shelters. Two parties of the Australian Light Horse attacked and occupied the shelters, but were only able to retain one trench beyond our left,, Which the New Zealanders took and held for 48 hours. This was afterwards enfiladed by artillery, ! and became untenable, and the New Zealanders retired to their old .positions. All the men are in splendid fettle and are well fed. Private Carroll, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, writing to a friend, states that after the landing his platoon rushed and occupied a trench on the hilltop, which they had to hold on the front from Sunday morning till Tuesday night. There was continuous machine gun fire and constant rushes^ "On Monday night the enemy shifted the big guns, which enfiladed us, and fairly blew the trench to pieces. On Thursday they charged, and we passed the word to die fighting. Our fire heaped them' up like rabbits in front of the trench. They got all but ono of us, including officers. For fully twenty minutes only one man was on his feet. Then we were reinforced. We had done our duty and held the position. Only sixty of us were in the trench."