Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-13 | Page 37 | 'What Hell' is All That Stopped Ghurkas

WHAT HAT THE HELL 1 IS ALL I THAT STOPPED By WILBUR 3 S. S FORREST United Press ress Staff Staff Correspondent Feb 1 By mail There mail There Is one language Just language language- language Just that one on one that is understood understood understood un un- I the iho wor world d ov over rt remarked an Australian ve Veteran er n of peninsula pe I in London today Proof of oi this happened at t Anza not long before we evacuated he added During paring the the- tremendous heat at Gallipoli our men used t to f cut clothing cloth ing ng down to the minimum and the were ex extremely remely resourceful in to inthis inthis I this matter They went about often otten j in shirts with the sleeves cut out and breeches abbreviated to the knees knees- looking indeed like anything but regulation reg regi soldiers One night several of our men melt so attired were wandering away from the lines when they suddenly found themselves surrounded SUrround d by a party of grim little The were doubtful doubtful- who the three parts bare men could be but to be on the safe sido side decided d they must musti bo be a species species cies cles of Turk a and d producing ng their nest nasty knives tte they advanced in a busi bust business business ness like way wag The Anzas yelled all sorts of things but the merely kept on ad Things were looking pretty black when the iho now stow fully tully appreciating ap the situation n began to swear shear fast and anti furiously I I think think-it think it was wasp ii h What the tits hell that saved sated them concluded the iho sol dier The heard it and were immediately They had heard such language before Only friends could swear like that They put ut away their knives and broad white toothed smiles lit their brown faces while in the meantime Query every ev ry member i of the Anzac party blessed the day I that he ho learner learned to cuss cuss