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The Turks succeeded in getting their guns into action for a very short while. One of the men of war in the Canal was hit; several houses in Ismaïlia suffered damage; but the invaders were soon driven away in confusion, leaving perhaps two thousand prisoners in the hands of the English. THE TURK SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THEIR GUNS INTO ACTION FOR A VERY SHORT WHILE ONE OF THE MEN OF WAR IN THE CANAL WAS HIT SEVERAL OF THE HOUSES IN ISMALIA SUFFERED DAMAGE BUT THE INVADERS WERE SOON DRIVEN AWAY IN CONFUSION LEAVING PERHAPS TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS IN THE HANDS OF THE ENGLISH
ainst the Canal came as near to fulfillment as it did. Twenty thousand soldiers actually crossed the desert in six days on scant rations, and with them they took two big guns, which they dragged by hand when the mules dropped from thirst and exhaustion. They also carried pontoons to be used in crossing the Canal. Guns and pontoons are now at rest in the Museum at Cairo. Just what took place in the attack is known to very few. The English have not seen fit to make public the details, and there was little to be got from the demoralized soldiers who returned to Beersheba. Piece by piece, however, I gathered that the attacking party had come up to the Canal at dawn. Finding everything quiet, they set about getting across, and had even launched a pontoon, when the British, who were lying in wait, opened a terrific fire from the farther bank, backed by armored locomotives and aeroplanes. "It was as if the gates of Jehannum were opened and its fires turned loose upon us," one soldier told me. L THAT THE TURKISH DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE CANAL CAME AS NEAR TO FULFILMENT AS IT DID TWENTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS ACTUALLY CROSSED THE DESERT IN SIX DAYS ON SCANT RATIONS AND WITH THEM THEY TOOK TWO BIG GUNS WHICH THEY DRAGGED BY HAND WHEN THE MULES DROPPED FROM THIRST AND EXHAUSTION THEY ALSO CARRIED PONTOONS TO USE IN CROSSING THE CANAL GUNS AND PONTOONS ARE NOW AT REST IN THE MUSEUM AT CAIRO JUST WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE ATTACK IS KNOWN TO VERY FEW THE ENGLISH HAVE NOT SEEN FIT TO MAKE PUBLIC DETAILS AND THERE WAS LITTLE TO BE GOT FROM THE DEMORALIZED SOLDIERS WHO RETURNED TO BEERSHEBA PIECE BY PIECE HOWEVER I GATHERED THAT THE ATTACKING PARTY HAD COME TO THE CANAL AT DAWN FINDING EVERYTHING QUIET THEY SET ABOUT GETTING ACROSS AND HAD EVEN LAUNCHED A PONTOON WHEN THE BRITISH WHO WERE LYING IN WAIT OPENED A TERRIFIC FIRE FROM THE FARTHER BANK BACKED BY ARMORED LOCOMOTIVES AND AEROPLANES IT WAS AS IF THE GATES OF JEHONHAM WERE OPENED AND ITS FIRES TURNED LOOSE UPON US ONE SOLDIER TOLD ME
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