PRIVATIONS AT THE FRONT

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14740, 20 October 1915, Page 3

PRIVATIONS AT THE FRONT

Bef ereuccs 'W . lipoli early in August,are,Wntam^* ll^ letter mitten.by (^rpoplJ.M.^ra^^ f the New Zealand Piyisional Signal, bervicfci "tfith\ the main Expeditionary Force, ■th;e- ; le*ter/fe -''aated' August Atobtivam^ii?: Peninsula-.'. :'■■;.''-■ -}->t .-..•'...:. s '':./""? ■ "We have- bad !a -Yery:''St*«n l io»B;*iin,e, and VontitfiiduS hard fighting siuce-I wrote last," sttvs:■ tlie' writer.-', ?k .week;afeo : our brigade advanced right up ;%e coun-. try,- taking the etieray by'surprise;/ and capturing hundreds of prisoners and- ISrg.e quantities of arras and ammunition;. * marched:ali niffliti and ai daybreak liabed a 'position, bn'a;hi£h'/crest'. AH day wIT were heavily attacked, ;but thjs Turks ':'fail«d-..tq-.moyeus,' .the' next'.uiglJ* we . were relieved, ,fidm '•'ss■ Imperial regiment;::but were socm rec&Jleq; ; . Then followed more seyere attacks'. Allthia time~-three -.nightsi-there was no sleep;, and no food, as everyone was:hard "After, remaiiiinff with our 'brigade rim two more.liigbtsf,was recalled, to h&dr quarters,; and; after ,ah exciting and lonely,: walk„.reached, there safely. "I ;was then sent: to join t'ue" Ghiirka; terSi' which, was operating father.:up country. 'Two -of : ji's set ■'. off, but wereiield<iU , the. road for two, tours byTurkisji sharp. . soooterS and iartilleiry/,Are., : \Y;hSn'..;,\se ;V , reached the Indians, ,there wf s- a jbelegrajn ordering nW to press oh: and- report; to. the Austrahans^fciie.' old. brigade with, I 'nad been for two .months- befprV-this iarf- batt'lei ■ We started off> and readied the<-. Außtrali'ansbefore dark. It waa'lik'e'aT-. riving -at, home to be buck "with them. ivow we'Aiayg had two qiiiet"days, aad are sleepihjg in an olive grove, which ,is nice arid 'cool •■ It is oyer two .weeks ' since niiy of lis had, our clot'itea off: or had a wash", but there'is plenty of watier in sigiit: '.t'Koro have been' time* wbji>h every irmu (>i tin, no matter how em"plove:i, Had io fix bayonets ' and • get'into the liVljt. ;■.. . ; |, . "Oiir: Maprfe iiayo made, a-groat nanie. They charged hill after hill, and /drove thei enemy 4yi n g- .The Maori wounded were as happy .as children, and quite proud of .'their , wounds- A' pretty charl?e was made by our boys supported ~ by' the Qliurkas.,.' It was' t'nrilling, and 'very successful. There' is a certain: hill here over:,which.-thousands;. .<)f cbaTgcdi'.'b^i l ; .lery, got right'jintq ffiem, andnijw t'nfre art manji thitjiiisands of-dead piled Up. The country here is mostly,- -high .'. h|Hs and. plenty .of. seriib. There are & . ffcw' farms, but e'verythiiig'aas gone to tuiii.'*,