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rifle fusillade has died down and only the occasional shot rings out. But the big guns & howitzers are booming out. The shots are all flying over our heads. Early in the day we had it very hot in our little corner several shells bursting over us & round about us.
The guns are still blazing away, each determined to have the last word. Generally our gunners win.
From present indications the Turks cant stand much more & I expect they will be soon retreating pell-mell to Constantinople. It'll be just lovely to have a hot bath agaiin & a shave & a shampoo & some fruit and other little luxuries. I had two tins of fruit a week ago off one of the boats - cost 4/- and lasted 2 meals for 6 hungry officers. Finish.
and just imagine the joy of lying on a bed of air. If this lasts I'll have corns on my shoulder blades & my hips.....
you will know now that war is not a nice thing... In a fight the only thing one thinks of is to kill as many of the enemy as possible. One wants to cheer