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began to descend, one of our aeroplanes flew over the Turkish positions, adjoining the ridge that our men occupy, it circled around for awhile, then turned suddenly and flew back to the Ark Royal; immediately it turned around seven warships opened fire on the position; clods of earth could be seen flying into the air, and shrapnel burst in all directions; the beauty of the scene in the semi darkness is indescribable. At 7.30pm after each ship had fired about 30 rounds they ceased fire. The object of their bombardment was evidently to clear the ground for our men to advance,
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