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What I kn cv of the evacuat.Lcn I have gat her e d from rAy chum!'! who ver-e lucky
enough t o ha ve been pre:ent. The Ne vfoundf .ende r e pr e pa r ed traps for the lln I'!USPf'!ct1n~
Turk, an d t he y ver-e In.ps tlult nee ded an extra eraeunt- of carefulnes s to
keep out of. "Tr i p beebe " 'Were laid allover No M8n' l!I-Land, an d IIn7 unf'ortunate
Ottoman ''who "tripped" and drew the pin from Ii. Mill t S gren~de had but five eeccnde
to say his prayers before t he e xplosibe sent hill. orf. Bomba vere put inlo
"Dixies" in such II way thOi t the lifting of the cov er mea nt Insb.nt deat.h, and
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~~n,. other ·~cut e · t;.;Oi P B-;:\1~:r;-1.se t . - P.\;ri- -='5t-O;~"s';' 0'1' -r ooa-',:l1d-~e d high on--' the ~a ch ,
'We r e eoe ke d vith petrol and burned. The last nlt;ht rifle s wer-e placed into
position in the front jfne, and by me8ns of a c l e ve r vat.er- device, ver-e mad e to
keep fir ing all night . This put the Turk off h i ~ guar d , and not till t he stor es
on the beach f h lr ed up end the Navy sent, t he i r ~eeti n ~ 5 di d they kn ov our boy s
'Jere l eavi n" Gallipoli behind. But the Newfoundland Re gi ment \l~ S not quite
f i ni shed \lith the Peni ns ul a y~ t, havinr. received or ders t o go over to Cape He l l e s
an d hold 'th ese lines until it \I~ !!I t hO\l~ht f i t to evacua t.e , The vho'leaeIe destruc t -
ion of stor es t o prevent them from falling lnt" t he ha nd s of t he enemy vas carried
out ver y systematically.
During the last days the Divl:'l1onal Cant e en was thrown
open t o all, an d the bcye did full justice
to the liberty of such a 'Well-~oc ked
l arder. But food alone did not ccepket e the contents of the ce nt.een , Clothing of
a l l kfnds, officers' equi pment, such a s revolvers, trenc h boots and coat. e , binoculars,
ccepa ee e e , charts, et.c , , all fell into the bands of the rank and file, but
orders ver-e i s sued that nothi ng 'Wa s t o be t.eken a'Jay.
Spl e ndi d mot or cy cles were eeasked int o scr ap ironl tom, of explosives were
placed in the IIline t unneled in the f ace of the cl i f f , also all flafllTRable materials,
end the last night, vhen the boys had t r i cke d the vily Turk f or t he second time J