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Australian soldiers in the boat that brought him off, so when I heard this I got two large tins of cigarettes & went down the gangway to the boat & said, "Believe there are two Australians here" & they both stood up & I gave them a tin each. They were quite pleased believe me as cigarettes are at a premium here.
The Queen Elizabeth is doing some great shooting. A Turkish steamer full of troops was reported coming down the Dardanelles, so she got its position & firing 5 miles across the land sank it in four minutes. She also got the position of a big gun in the hills which was well entrenched & let go 3 broadsides at it & blew the ridge it was behind, away & then finished the gun. Some Germans signalled to the Men 'o 'War to cease firing the other day, but as they have been doing a good bit of that sort of thing, they didn't mislead our men, who now have some secret signs. The second day of hostilities (Monday) was a very severe one & at one time it looked as if our boys would have to reembark & get away, but they weathered it through & are now pretty right, but they have had no sleep for 48 hours & tonight they are being relieved by naval reserves. There is also at present landing some Territorials & shrapnel is bursting right amongst them. The Turks are evidently ignoring the entrenched men & are endeavouring to prevent more from landing, but its no use, we are going to do it. This afternoon the Warships allowed the enemy to get a gun almost mounted on a