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embarked a Naval officer came aboard and ordered the skipper to shift out to a position near the "Queen", as it was likely that the Turks would get our range and bombard us if we stayed where we were any longer; he utterly failed to understand why we had been ordered to leave the first position we had taken up. Without waiting to complete loading, but making the barges fast to the side, the anchor was heaved up and we steamed out & dropped anchor near the "Queen" at 4.45pm. It was well for us that no time was lost getting away
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