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25 August 1915
Wednesday 54 wks of soldiering
During last night & today things have been quiet along the fronts of No 3+4 Sections; a strong patrol of Cheshires worked down to farm last night & returned without casualties. a new front on Rhodendron spur was completed, the Northumberland F have entrenched between [indecipherable] Chair & our left picket of the 14 th Br our 11th Div line now runs from cross roads 92a between 2 & 5 West of [indecipherable] Kavalier thence to Australian Post The enemys arty opened fire at 10AM on our infantry near Q, they were engaged by the 2nd Bty effectively after firing 15 rds. The ninth corps reported 6 red objects like big cylinders visible from Lala Baba in Turks trenches 92.0.2. 4th Bty (1 tners) opened fire with 16 rds and finished em. The navy at 7pm shelled trenches on the summit of Chunuk Bair which were thought likely to be filling at that hour A sergt of Auckland Bn on Canterbury slope reports that he observed about 2000 Turks moving from Battleship Hill towards Walkers Ridge in march formation at 2015. Exceptionally heavy bombardment all day at Cape . Get news of a move being relieved at 10,00 AM this morrow morn.
26 August 1915
Thursday mail
Things have been comparatively quiet all day on all the fronts, only during the night the enemy made one demonstration on the left, our move was put off for 48 hours. Went down to the Beach this morning & nearly "caught" a piece of lead visited Henderson who supplied us with 4 tins of Milk. Late in the afternoon they shelled our bivouac for hours with Silent Peter, pieces flying everywhere, the Turks employed a new bomb on a long stick & fired on the rocket principle it makes a decent row coming down & gives very good warning of its approach. The 20th Bn have taken over Russells Top & we made a combined attack at 2000 oclock with excellent results. A 22 bag mail arrived today but again none for me from Nell or home which will have to be seen into The bombardment of the Straits is still being carried on & at times assumes a fierce artillery combat Holland went back to the Cape leaving [indecipherable] here the Navy from Suvla Bay having being shelling the Turks off & on all day & in some cases brought enfilade fire to bear on them.