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shooting himself through fright & another chap getting buried owing to the heaped up dirt from the shell. In the afternoon two companies went out to the hillside occupied by the enemy & gave them rather a bad scare. That morning the Turks sent proclamations across into our trenchs offering us good times provided we came across & joined them – they knew we were only hired soldiers & also that the British had deserted us & they had cut off our provisions & water & we had no more hope of getting more. We were offered nice things in Constantinople & I was sorely tempted to go, but as no provision was made concerning a harem I was relutantly compelled to remain & live with my comrades on ham & baked beans with wine. The navy guns & land batteries belched forth flame & shell & a good old time was going on down Achi Babi way. A number of Turkish reinforcements attempted to go below to the assistance of Achi Babi but were cut up by the score & our own men hopped out & made things buzz temporarily. We had work galore & were kept going till near on midnight when we were glad to fall down & sleep – even as we were – Casualties on