Soldier fells of
Gallipoli Vi aria re
Letter Written in Trenrh Comes to
Seward and fells Vivid
Story.
A letter has just been received in
Seward which was written in a British
trench on Gallipoli peninsula and
which throws a vivid light on the
manner of lighting there. This let
ter was sent to F. W. ltdinm of Sow
ard and w as written by J. Simes Mer
ger who was a deacon of the church in
which Mr. Ishams daughter and hef
husband were members. The follow
ing is the letter:
“Gallipoli, 3rd Oct. ISM5.
“My dear George:
“It is getting near Sunday again
which is the day l usually write home.;
Well, we have been down in the Ketd
Camp >iuee Iasi Sunday and have en
joyed the time immensely. The weath
er has simply been splendid and we
have had bathing every day. 1 w a>
having a course of bombing for two
days which 1 thoroughly enjoyed*
Bombing is a thing on which they
place the utmost importance out here
and every man and odicer on the pen
insula is to have a course. Wo are in
structed in the construction of bombs,
how to throw them, and how to carry
out a bomb attack. They are murd
erous wea|H*ns ami you can clear a
trench in a very short time with them
if they are well thrown. There are a
great many kinds and everyone that is
brought out ha* some small improve
meat to make it more deadly. Oi
course the ones you throw cun only bt
used at very close quarters as they
are a fair weight and can’t be throwr
very far. They are mostly used aftei
an attack where we take an enemy’s
trench which is occupied. The ones
we tire with the rifle and catapult arc
very useful in the kind of warfare
we are carrying on just now as we
can quite easily put them into the
enemy’s trench from ours. You can
imagine the force of the explosion
when l tell that it can blow up about
ten yards of trench and kill every
thing within about a fifteen yard
»udius,
"Jim Adam, Ximmo and l have had
a very comfortable dug-out this time
which makes all the difference. It
was just an ordinary trench when we
started but we soon dug ledge* for
our beds and then my acquaintance
>hip with Geoige llrowti came in very
handy as he gave me plenty wood
and waterproof sheets to finish it. It
is U much better than sleeping m a
trench and quite worth all the labor
we extended on it. We have had bat
talion concerts three nights which
were quite a success. George IHm
and Charlie Thomson were prominent
performer*. George gave us among
others hi> old favorite ‘Annie Laurie
with ai’ old gusto* It was extraordin
ary to see hundred, of fellows all
sifting round in a circle singing for
all they were worth and the Turk*
only about four miles away. Not a
shell has fallen in the Rest Camp ah
■this week -o l think you will see that
my description of the situation is a
tittle more correct than Cathel’s.
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Tuesday. July 18. 8:15 p.m.
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had a great night on Tuesday when
we heard of the big French victory at
Souchcz. The word came in the after
noon so it was arranged that both in
the French and British lines there was
to be an outburst of cheering and the
bring of a general salute by the guns
at 7 o’e. We got all the men lined
up just before 7 and just at 7 the
signal was given by a long blast : i a
whistle. Immediately every Allied
throat and gun on the Peninsula let
go and I can tell you there was som»
noise. Each gun put about a dozen
shells into the Turkish trenches so
they had a hot time for about ten
minutes. What with this and the
cheering the Turks must have been
frightened out of their wits. They
op med a terrific rapid fire and kept ,i
up for about an hour. Every time
they hear a cheer they expect a Brit
ish attack. It was splendid news uml
J hope they can keep it tip now that
tin \ have g started. It w^uld be
lather a joke ir tr.o war was decided!
;u 1 ranee af*cr all and we were left
at a. stand still heie. Wv art all
anxiously waiting Bulgaria’s decision
vvlrch w\!« mak an enormous differ
ence to us out Ivo'v. V.e are still
sticking fast on this sid« of the hill
but are expecting good news from
further up the Peninsula some of these
days. It is f»om this part that the
war out here will he brought to a con
clusion. 1 think there must he some*
i thing big on today as we can hear the
^ naval guns fairly Idling them have
it just now. I believe the Scottish
Horse are up on that part. We have
been having a programme here this
week just much the same as we used
to have at Cambusbarron. We have
an hours’ physical in the morning and
then an hour’s platoon drill forenoon
and afternoon and a hath. 1 think
the men are much the better of!
for the exercise. When they are in
the trenches they get no exercise and
l am certain that this is the cause of
so much sickness. Well, the rainy
season has proved a myth up till now
hut no doubt it will come soon enough.
It was supposed to start in the middle
of Sept, for d weeks, but we have
never had a drop yet. The weather
just now is simply ideal, a warm sun
and a fne cooling breeze. We go up!
*
to the trenches again tomorrow fori
14 d. ys. We are yeti g to a didVrent
I art i is time. \ and i were
sent up ye>teek*\ to inspect the part
we are to occupy. We met quite a
lot of the ofT'cets who came out on
the Franconia with us. It was quite
nive seeing th'n again but they are
it »t looking half a: i t as we are. We
1■!ythered so long to them that it was
aiuust dark '»•;**•» we left and we
absolutely lost our way home and
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landed down among the French.
After a lot of haggling and trying
to air the French we knew wo manag
ed to land on a road \vt knew and ulti
mutely landed home after walking
miles further than we would have if
it had been daylight. Wo had Charlie
Thomson in for dinner the other night
and 1 think he quite enjoyed himself.
The menu was: green pea soup,
mince and onions, corn flour and apri
cots, sardines on toast and coffee, so
we had a we spread. We get a chance
to feed kind of half decent down here
but get no chance in the firing line.
We are all much thinner but 1 could
easily spare a lot. 1 feel absolutely
fit and 1 think I am the only one who
has not been at the Dr. for something
or other. I had better not bounce,
(Continued on page 2)
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