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but I am getting ahead of myself we reached the firing line just in time to reinforce the 3rd Brigade who were being badly cut about, talk about a hail of bullets, its a marvel how any could live in such a storm of lead I was not long in getting a crack on the ankle but I was lucky for it was a spent piece of shrapnel that caught me, it stung a bit I can tell you I thought my foot was gone at least, I hobbled back a bit & got it bandaged up, & then I joined the boys again, about this time the Queen Elizabeth" let fly, & without a word of a lie the whole hills shook & trembled from the concussion of those mighty guns, I watched her fire all her 8.15 inch guns at once, & I thought the world surely had
come to an end for she was shooting over our heads, we heard the screams of those awful shells as they tore over our heads, we heard the scream of those awful shells as they tore over our heads, it put me in mind of a fast express train rushing through a deep cutting, close on their heels came the terrific report from those giant guns, & every thing trembled, I would not have cared to be within a ΒΌ of a mile when those monster shells burst just imagine if you can the effect of them, each one weighs just under a ton, I saw one broadside from her guns burst where these shells burst there were hundreds of Turks we could see them quite plainly, & were firing at them but after the smoke & dust had cleared away there was nothing to be seen at all, what were not killed by