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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
7
The Gallipoli peninsula endures as a wasteland where towns are razed and fields lie fallow. Allied bombardment devastates villages along the Dardanelles as shells scarred coastlines reveal massive artillery preparations and the ongoing struggle to direct guns with limited visibility and harsh weather conditions.
Four members of Company A, Texas National Guard, qualified as expert riflemen at Camp Mabry in Austin. Bart G. Miller and Eerman C. Chuinners earned expert rifleman, Prank Gaermette and Ja Mueller named marksmen. The unit performed amid competition with San Antonio battalion, with Miller pleased by the showing despite Sunday conditions.
A battered field report in flowing observer prose describes the Dardanelles terrain and siege, detailing shelling near a tent, the landscape scarred by blasts, and Turkish stoicism. It notes aerial bombardments, the difficulty of downing aircraft, and the harsh weather and pine scented surroundings masking ongoing peril.
A jagged OCR fragment evokes a battlefield scene with rifles, machine guns, and grenades. It references a port, a spire, ancient hills, and a sentry in a tower reading a map to set angles and degrees, hinting at a narrative of historic conflict.
A 12 year old boy named Hal Butter aged 12 was struck by a automobile at the corner of Second and Main streets in Kenedy. He sustained bruises about the head and the ankle but later reports indicated injuries were slight.
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