Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 109
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[Page 109]
July 1915
Thursday 8th
There was a fair bit of shelling on both sides. The Turks were very keen on hitting a trawler which came in right close to draw their fire. They wasted about 20 shells on her. We went out digging at night & put down the first 2 ft of 150 yds of trench.
Friday 9th
Had a spell during the day. The monitor shelled a big hill between our position & Achi Baba. At night we went out again & improved the trenches.
Saturday 10th
The artillery was very lively today & shrapnel was falling everywhere. A few of the 7th got hit, a couple of them fatally. The "Lord Nelson" did some heavy bombarding on the same hill as the monitor shelled & the shell explosions were tremendous. I believe they were on to some big gun positions. Later a cruiser of the town class put in some broadsides just where we couldn't