When the Turkish column llrst
inov erl into position ami threatened
-hipping passing through the canal he
cause of the enormous range of their
< icrman-huilt suns, the British forces
had to content themselves with skirm
ishing with the enemy without any
particular means of defending ihe canal
from a suitable range. Since that
time, however, millions of sandbars
have been filled and placed in advan
tageous positions far to the Turkish
side of tlw desert strip, and non tlier*
is a line of parallel defenses the entire
length of the canal.
Big guns have been moved into posi
tion in permanent concealed concrete
pits. They are, in turn, defended b\
Runs of lesser caliber placed fan-shape
around each central point of defcn.e.
Bailmad line,; run into Cairo from
ever) ottllying portion of the desert
column, even from points I'OO mile* out
The iini" in w hich a train <'"? ? ?>*. i
Ihe distance is jealoit;-)!;. guarded !?.?
the military authorities. All transport
latioii of supplies is done at night.
How many men aie out in the desert
is hard tei estimate, but it is well
known that larg< drafts from India
have swelled llie number to n con
siderable size.
The ro?us which the Turks huill in
1015. when they advanced so chMe to
the canal Hint for a time it looked as
if neutral shipping would have to ahan- j
don it, arft now aU in possession of
the desert army.
Drown in the Mud
Shells Churn Up
on Field of Battle
Soldiers in France 1'all Into
Deep Holes and Slowly
Sink Down to
Death.
in 1:1.1.1s \simi:.\i>-n \hti.i:t i\
tlrltlvli War torrcfc|?oiidenl.
\t th' end ??f i'i last the armies
? ?n ill'- wo.itorii front sank deep inin i li.
