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allowed to approach, and a great sale business is effected. The result is that our biscuit & bully is supplemented by bread (at 1/- a loaf) figs, nuts, raisins, Turkish delight, etc. The figs in this part of the world are threaded like beads on a long strand of tough grass & are very good. They cost about 6d. a lb.
23rd Apr 1915.
Force Order
Special
General Headquarters
21st April 1915
Soldiers of France & of the King!
Before us lies an adventure unprecedented in modern war. Together with our comrades of the Fleet we are about to force a landing upon an open beach in face of positions which have been vaunted as impregnable.
T
he landing will be made good, by the help of God and the Navy, the positions will be stormed, and the War brought one step nearer to a glorious close.
"Remember" said Lord Kitchener when bidding adieu to your Commander, "Remember, once you set foot upon the Gallipoli Peninsula you must fight the thing through to a finish."
The whole world will be watching