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the great day. I have considerable difficulty fixing my equipment in the dark. I am anxious, for I dont want to lose any of it as every article is necessary. I am munching bully beef & biscuits & washing it down with water at 4.30 a m when suddenly there is a crash & the bombardment has started. For 15 miles the horizon is stabbed aglow with sheets of flame, like the sky in Qland during a severe thunderstorm. The great warships have joined in from the Mediterranean and the noise is terrific. We jump to our horses heads but they only prick up their ears & go on munching. x(You can imagine my thoughts at this time.x) After about 20 minutes the firing slackens & almost dies away save for the ^crash of an occasional 60 pounder. Then we move off just as they the