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transports in the vicinity changed their course ourselves included. Later we have heard that the destroyer paid the penalty, and was run ashore, so she won't do it again anyhow.
Last night as we lay in the dark, the following strains were heard to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers.
Onwards ragtime soldiers
Fed on bread and jam
For our b----- colonel
We don't care a damn.
See our gallant major
Strutting on ahead,
And our only prayer is –
May God strike him dead.
Chorus: – Onward etc.
This mor To day has been to a busy one, and all hands have been bustling – doing nothing. All blankets had to be rolled & and have been removed & stowed in the holds. Now at 3.30 pm comes the order
All blankets to be taken out and distributed. The attitude of the men is now a sort of amused contempt as they obey these orders, though some have not yet lost the habit of swearing at useless orders.
20th April 1915 Still in Lemnos Harbour, but I believe we are to sail at midday, and will probably land tonight, maybe under fire. The circus has been