Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 85

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15 May 1915
Saturday

Stand to arms at 4
Our sortie & field reconnaissance failed last night & the 2nd LH had 11 missing 12 killed 20 wounded. Turks digging in like fun & snipers deadly they got Gen Bridges through the thigh our arty gives them blazes & cuts their trenches to pieces. Mountain battery particularly good Turks getting very cheeky, no sign of the submarines & all the transports clear out [indecipherable] very busy again this morning on the beach and men whilst bathing have also a bath from shrapnel. A L Horse chap volunteered to go & fetch a wounded man from out of the enemy's lines he got there & did his job also more men sniped during morning and evening, had a go at them with a machine guns but could not see result of shooting artillery gives them fits with shell & shrapnel, snipers very quiet for a time. Gen Bridges critical Bed 10

16 May
Sunday

On duty all night
Rally's and sorties are the order all through, the 10th regain a m gun that was lost on Sunday last in the charge on razor back, at 5.30 AM the arty commenced the bombardment of razor back & the Turks got a wriggle on. LH man promoted to 2nd Lieut for gallantry of yesterday, casualties very light & snipers get a few more. Two more spies caught last night, dressed as New Z [indecipherable] they were timing the shells too short & playing the guns on our men. Rations increased & rum & tobacco to hand. Rumored that Italy have joined the allies. [indecipherable] help to exterminate 1 Bn of the enemy, they caught them on the march down one hill & up another just opposite Hells post Lizzie has been busy with her tonner's & is bombarding up the Dard's Bed 10