What Was Life Really Like In Gallipoli?
Sunday 15th July 1915
THE DAILY MAIL
A feature article on ...
Daily Life at Anzac Cove
War correspondent Mark Smith reports on the two days he spent in Gallipoli
So far all the information the public received on Gallipoli has been positive. It has been said that our soldiers live comfortably and we are showing no possibilities of defeat.
But what is life really like in Gallipoli?
The food and water are of a bad quality and insufficient, the medical facilities are primitive and hundreds of Anzacs die each day, their bodies rotting in the heat.
Does Winston Churchill know or care about the situation he placed the Anzacs in?
As a war journalist, I have spent two days in Gallipoli living and fighting with our brave soldiers. What I found was incredible and far from what has been reported in Australia. It is my duty as a reporter to inform the Australian public about Gallipoli by recounting my two days there. …show more content…
Turkish and Anzac soldiers worked side by side, lifting bodies from the piles of dead. Although the task was grim, soldiers of both sides smiled at each other, exchanging souvenirs, sweets and tobacco. For those few hours in no man's land, there was not the slightest sign of personal hostility. For nine hours there was peace on the battlefield and soldiers on both sides were allowed to behave not as enemies, but as fellow human beings. I was among the many soldiers who collected the dead. The stench was so bad that we had to stuff rags in our nostrils to kill the smell. At 4 pm, two red flares were firedand I hastily scrambled up the steep hill to my trench. Just before I jumped in, I waved back and a couple of Turks returned my greeting. Minutes later the gunfire started, both sides blazing away at each others trenches as if to say "The armistice is over, now it back to
THE DAILY MAIL
A feature article on ...
Daily Life at Anzac Cove
War correspondent Mark Smith reports on the two days he spent in Gallipoli
So far all the information the public received on Gallipoli has been positive. It has been said that our soldiers live comfortably and we are showing no possibilities of defeat.
But what is life really like in Gallipoli?
The food and water are of a bad quality and insufficient, the medical facilities are primitive and hundreds of Anzacs die each day, their bodies rotting in the heat.
Does Winston Churchill know or care about the situation he placed the Anzacs in?
As a war journalist, I have spent two days in Gallipoli living and fighting with our brave soldiers. What I found was incredible and far from what has been reported in Australia. It is my duty as a reporter to inform the Australian public about Gallipoli by recounting my two days there. …show more content…
Turkish and Anzac soldiers worked side by side, lifting bodies from the piles of dead. Although the task was grim, soldiers of both sides smiled at each other, exchanging souvenirs, sweets and tobacco. For those few hours in no man's land, there was not the slightest sign of personal hostility. For nine hours there was peace on the battlefield and soldiers on both sides were allowed to behave not as enemies, but as fellow human beings. I was among the many soldiers who collected the dead. The stench was so bad that we had to stuff rags in our nostrils to kill the smell. At 4 pm, two red flares were firedand I hastily scrambled up the steep hill to my trench. Just before I jumped in, I waved back and a couple of Turks returned my greeting. Minutes later the gunfire started, both sides blazing away at each others trenches as if to say "The armistice is over, now it back to