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men chopping wood. There goes two Warships guns, so perhaps they are starting that attack now.
There is a Tug lying alongside of us & the Officer in charge of her told me that the Australian Submarine A.E.2. had got through to the Bosphorous & sunk a Turkish Battleship. Hope that it is correct.
Capt Kirby told us that the Australians got a bit out of hand for a start & rushed wildly up the hill & chased the Turks out of two lines of trenches with the bayonet, but owing to the Turkish batteries then opening fire on them with shrapnel, a lot were killed & wounded that may have been avoided. On another occasion they rushed the Turks with the bayonet & drove them out of a position, but followed too far & our Men 'O 'War thinking they were Turks, opened fire & killed & wounded a lot before they could be stopped.
10.50 p.m. The Bacchante just fired ten shots right where her searchlights are fixed each night, so evidently some Turks are prowling around. I scarcely like going to bed tonight, but I have left word with the Officer on watch to call me if this attack starts.
The village is still burning peacefully.
April 30th 9 a.m. The attack by our men did not take place last night & everything was fairly quiet till 5 oclock this morning when the Prince of Wales fired 5 shots from her 12 inch guns & rattled us considerably, as we are right alongside of