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few shells he had found laying in & out of our camp & received a great surprise when the Tar handed him out bread. I won't describe the taste. Today is Friday & the fortieth of our occupation here. Down south the big guns from the various war craft are bombarding the hills on which the enemy are entrenched & the rumbling reminds one of distant thunder. I believe they are going to endeavour to mine this particular hill because it is the key to Constantinople as far as the land troops are concerned & with its fall depends our hopes of going further north. Our own particular position is almost still this day but as this generally denotes fierce fighting & night attacks our reserves are all placed for the occasion. I took the opportunity of looking over the various burial grounds this afternoon & was visibly impressed with the increased number of graves. A good many by now have head boards & the various men undertake to carve the necessary formula & also add verse, etc., some of which are indeed queer & also tend towards giving the reader fits of queerness. I quote one as an example:
"Remember me as you pass near
As you are now, was I,
As I am now so may you be
Prepare yourself to follow me.