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14 March
Church Parade, Captured German steamer arrives, big hole in her, we get a good haul of wheat & Flour
16 March
tried to carry out night attack, we have a bad time, very bad weather, heavy rain some boats reach shore, others stuck in mud some run into warships, sentry challenge them, Australians tell them to get –
Jacob "no comments", we get wet through boats take us anywhere
17
Climbing hills all day skirmishing
18th
Greek gets a bad handling by Tommies
Spry gives lecture on Turkey Inflexible badly injured Irresistible sunk Golith sunk
Invincible and Lord Nelson hit, Ocean sunk in Dardanelles, supply ship sunk Bouvet sunk
20th Saturday
Very rough home all day, as us,
Sunday
Church parade warm sunny day. HMS Sydney arrives with mail
22nd March
General Birdwood visits our ships, 20,000 troop arrive to date, waiting for 8 Regiments from china
24th
very rough boats leave, French ship arrives
25 March
Very rough Lecture by Major Hurcombe