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Show THE HEKALD-REPUBLICA- N, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1915 5 1 Joritiali Expe ditioii on itn Present Positionof Allied Troops Not Considered Very Promising Ut- Correspondent Gives His Impression of What Has Been Accomplished and the Great Task That Lies Before the Anglo-Frenc- h Forces; Must Yet Endure Many Trying Hardships V IIUUL-Hl.- While Turks Have Suffered Heavy Losses, Every Advantage of Terrain Is Still Held By Them, and What Success Their Enemy Gains Is Due to Their Superior and Accurate Gunfire I 4T- , :r - r-r- . ,. . ..... . k5I'H vfiT'lTmTfnmnii....,.,.. -.- JIH ,. i,.,,., - '''1'' .y - - -: l r... )( .JLJ1 . . - , vv sfcrj'$ -t- it-- x: immiiii.iiiimr pONSTAKTINOPLE. Oct. 30. The Iyition of the allied troops on front of the the Anafaria-Ari-BurnGallipoli prninsnla can hardly he as a promiinc one. Such nt pained by p.i5t vrn-- i the imprf-siou df-fcril- tho A?CKiatpl lurin? nn, riht-da- Prc-- s y w! rorrc?pcnlpnt stay in the war arena in qntion. Th factors upon whicif tl i" i" ha!rd nro a thorough of th? Turkt-- h nnd all; nnd trcncnr nd artillery thf statemrnts of Turkish officers aril nllied prison em of war. What i'' i the lrhapn of mori irnjrtance actions ivMi'.t of four major niilitnntvhirh orcttrrfd while the correspondent wa on thi front. They consiston-duM- on 1 po-tti- ed of nn nttark hy on t ho allies on a north of Kodjatche-riePazh on the afternoon of Aus-2an assault on Turkish trenrhes r. general localiiy on the in th a attack. on arnc nilit and - and 27. In rach on the aUi wrro driven hack with heavy losse. No permanent advantages were pained by them. Turk were by no The Iof3 rrear. liht in any of t!iee operation, but the allic. acting on the Their suffered heavily. lo;iet for th four actions are at ll,om to J.I.OtM dad and double that number of vrour.ded. The ground held by the allie wa roa-- t rrsion which that prt f eouhl b emmandd by their naval Turkish po-iti- n on 0, Au:t in-ta- to Ana-fart- n" of-th- e of-fensi- artillery. Thus far the allies have landed in the Ana fart a region about 115,000 men. a lare part of which force already ha leen u?ed up. It safe to Fiiy that they are today opposed by abut ir."JHf) Turk- who are actually entrenched, with about S0,0CO in reserve. Every advantaz of terrain i hqld by tlie Turk, whose trencher are located on higher jn"ound than those of the allies. With irnKrtaut positions lotf the allies today hold thennelves in the Anafarta reqrion solely by virtue of an iniixieEse artillery fire superiority., i- - - Without the support of some forty line ships, cruiser and torpedo boats, they would be thrown into the sea. There have been moments, however, when the Turkish troops in the Anafarta district have been hard pressed. An attack made by the allies on 26 and 27 in the direction of ended in terrible Kireteh Tepe. slaughter of I.ritish troop, some 3S0O dead brint; counted on August 28. Au'-rus- t I ritih prisoners assert that their position is n most trying one. Water is extremely scarce, in the Anafarta region, and it is said only one well is in the hands, of the British. The result is that water must be brought from the Inland of Imbros and even from $aloniki. One-hapint of water at noon is the only allowance of this necessity, prisoners state, that is lf given. Up to a week ago the food of the British soldiers consisted of six army biscuits, a preserved meat ration, some candy and jam. Poor health is the result of this diet. The correspondent talked to an English prisoner, who, unable to obtain medical assistance, had become so weak from dysentery that his comrades had to abandon him when tho Turks took the trench in which he was stationed. It is said there are many similar eases. To other handicaps of the alli?d troops must be added the great heat and ever-prese- nt It cannot dut. be said that the troops recently brought to the peninsula am first-clas- s material. Many of the men nro too young to endure the hardships of such a climate. The correspondent witnessed the total annihilation of a British company which had penetrated n Turkish trench, but was destroyed because its flank was left uncovered. Whether this was due to the impulsiveness of the men or to the negligence of others could not be learned. When the Associated Press correspondent left the Gallipoli peninsula, after an eight-da- y stay on the front, the allied troops at Seddul Bahr, on the tip of the peninsula, had been in active for more .than three weeks. Their position was no more favorable than that of their comrades' in the Anafarta region, as described here- n iE3 in fore. Field Marshal Liman von Sanders, the German' officer in command of the Turkish forces, gave his idea of the general situation as follows: "I am too old to be an optimist, but I believe I am absolutely confi-de- n that unless something extraordinary occurs, we shall hold the allies where they are." The field marshal is G5 years old. So far as concerns the allied forces at 'eddul Bahr, it apparently has been demonstrated that it is next to impossible for them to advance, with operations conducted within the range of reasonable and permissible sacrifice of men. In other words, it is still possible to dislodge the Turks, but to do so would cause too great a loss to tho allies. On that front, as at Anafarta, the Turks have used every means to better their positions. Though both fields of action are small, the Turks have dug hundreds of kilometers of fire line and communicating trenches. El Jid Tepe, in the Seddul Bahr region, hasleen the objective of the allies. Heavy guns stationed on its summit, they argued, could easily silence the forts at Tchanak Kale and Kilid Bahr. A survey of the ground, however, raises a serious question whether this theory is correct. The Turks, however, took no chances and defended the elevation successfully. The landing at Ari Burnu, in the northern zone, had a two-fol- d purpose, It was the time to threaten the rear of the Turkish forces at Seddul Bahr and also to place the Kodjatche-rce- n Dagh at the disposal of the heavy allied batteries. From the Kodjatchc-me- ii Dagh the works at Kilid Bahr pnd Tchanak Kale could have been bombarded effect' ely as could have been the Kilia and Akbach bays, now serving as supply bases for the Turkish troops. Kodjatchemen Dagh was occupied by the British, but lost again. Kireteh Tope was to serve as a flank position V7 - t y V- "' T "TTTi 'TTiV''" ''"TSIZZISSSSSSSSSSSISSSSIS .1- X - It- - v , - Z s...- - i a ' ". ' "'mi i' I. Lit'f(WMJi'JfG(IJ ;'" V m'Ti '"""i" " '" ' " .1 l . Tryj Ei " ' , t . j9J ' against possible Turkish attacks on the allied lines in and south of the Anafarta plain. It,too, was retaken by the Tuil&. From a strictly military point of view, political considerations disregarded, the allies on the peninsula are in a less favorable condition today than they wero ou April 26, when the first landing took place. The .Turks in the Anafarta region for the greater part are Anatolian peasants sturdy, tough, inured to ever hardship of war and not plagued by the nerves of their .higher strung antagonists. Many of them are clad in rags, not a few are armed with single shot rifles and most of them wear slippers instead of shoes. Their food, although plain, is substantial and wholesome, and their water supply is ample. w'..- -. w.jw!..Miir-.-- ? V$ - . v""VV r.i....i. ....I... 1" ti v r mmnmm III i m Itni.! -- ' j m OCENES taken on Gallipoli with the allied: forces in their struggle to drive back the Turks and gain possession' of Constantinople. Upper left, big guns being disembarked by the Australian contingent; right '.top,, destruction-wroughon Turkish fort by the big field guns and naval pieces of the allied forces; center, allied troops being conveyed from their transports to land at Gallipoli, and one of the allied warships' garbed in her new war jiaint, lying in tbe Dardanelles. In the center is Gen. Ian Hamilton, who has commanded the British operations on the Gallipoli peninsula since the landing of troops arid .who. recently was recalled to, England, giving way to General Munro. " |