June 26, 1915. 
LAND AND WATER, 
LIFE IN THE DARDANELLES. 
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From 
To the Editor of Land and Water. 
SiK,— I send you the following account of my experi- 
ences in the Dardanelles. I am writing this stretched out full 
length, watching a battle line some six miles long. I am not 
in the fight to-dav, but an occasional shell comes along just 
as a reminder. "Before I describe this wonderfully inte- 
resting sight I must tell you something of our landing 
in Gallipoli. We gained a footing at four points on 
the toe of the peninsula (simultaneously), each spot a little 
stretch of sandy beach some one mile apart. 
The landing was most bloody work. No troops in 
the world gave our own would have faced the storm 
of shot and shell poured on them from row upon row 
of Turkish trenches. The guns of our Fleet smashed up 
all the forts, bub had little or no effect on the men 
in the trenches. Little damage was done, so far as 1 
could see, to any Turkish trench by the ships' fire. Our men 
had to do all the trench clearing with rifle and bayonet, and 
they did it in fine style, too. But the cost was great. 
Pereonally I had several narrow squeaks while super- 
vising the disembarkation of my men, as shells dropped 
all round, and at my feet almost, but 
neither I nor anybody else was touched, 
you some interesting pereonal experiences, 
now trying to give you a general idea of ths 
I will leave personal things out. 
To resume my story, the landing on the other three 
points, W and X and Y Beaches, was carried out in 
the face of fierce opposition by the Inmskillings, K.O.b.li. s. 
Border, and Worcester Regiments. For the first two 
days a steady advance was made, and we held tiie 
peninsula right across from the Dardanelles to the ^gean 
Sea, and in those two days won some three miles inland (up 
the peninsula). All the way we had to face trench after 
trendi, and our fellows did extremely well in progressing so 
far The geography of the country is very interesting. Ex- 
cept Pt the landing-places the cliffs rise abruptly horn the 
shore to a height of 100 to 150 feet, and from the cliffs the 
by a miracle 
I could give 
but as I am 
whole landing. 
Officer's Letter. 
country rises gently for about half a mile. Then you look down 
83 it were from the rim of a saucer upon a beautiful green 
valley full of olive trees, vineyards, and young green corn.. 
There are many wells like those we see in pictures in illustrated 
Bibles, but there were no Rachels drawing water—all the 
people have fled before us, not a man, woman, or child is to 
be seen. Well, imagine, if you can, a great tree-dotted 
saucer some five miles in diameter, rising gradually on the 
far side from where we landed to a considerable height, some 
600 feet or thereabouts. It makes a grand stage for a fight, 
and we can watch every move of man and gun. 
The French are away on the right, and I watch them 
mass in hollows and ravines, then advance under the pound- 
ino- shelter of the 75 guns. The latter are served niag- 
nificently. The French infantry, as they deploy, find 
the ground to their immediate front swept yard by yard 
by the guns fired by their comrades a mile or two in 
rear of them. It is a stirring sight to watch the officers 
dash out and lead the men into a storm of fire. Then the 
Turks run like hares. Now the French are retiring over the 
hUl pelted by the Turks. The latter are in great force 
apparently, and too strong for the French. The latter are 
again reformed in the shelter of a cliff, and now they advance 
a^ain over the hill. Fortune go with them ! 
° I must now look at the British. The 88th Brigade is in 
touch with the French left and is near the right centre of the 
saucer. The 87th and 86th Brigades of the 29th Division 
extends across the rest of the saucer to the ^gean Sea. All 
face the hill I have already mentioned, called " Aclu Baba 
(good father), and march towards it in the face of fierce 
opposition. The Turks are entrenched on Achi Baba and on 
the slope up to it, and we barely hold half of the saucer. The 
rattle of the rifles makes a continuous roll and crackle. The 
Ghurkas are attacking the village now. I hope they will win 
it, but it is growing dusk and the shells burst all round the 
village It is now on fire and looks well as a picture. It will 
be my guide to-night, as I have to go out to the front trenches 
with ammunition after dark. 
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