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17.5.15Mon. 17th. I heard last night on the telephone that Italy had joined the Allies. Last night was the quietest we have had & the firing was not near as heavy as usual. This morning the Turks got to work early with artillery onto the beach, & spent a good deal of ammunition before our guns silenced them. Yesterday afternoon our Artillery blew up some trenches on Quinns Hill but the Turks were busy during the night & had the trenches reformed this morning, but our artillery made a mess of them again. This hill we are holding is named Pope's Hill, & Fishermans Hut is the place we landed at. Our Artillery have been very busy all day & the Turks have been having a very rough time of it. Their trenches have been getting
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