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Monday 17
Turks put new guns into position shelling Hell out of our new troops who are landing, Turks have a night off, Staff Major killed N Zealanders take trenches Turks 4 feet deep in trenches dead, had to leave it, getting Howitzers into position, 2nd Brigade return from Cape Helles only 16 hundred left
Tuesday 18th
Severe attack on us all night, we keep Turks off Burt Davey and Atwell killed also 4 others Turks come up in Droves, we get on parapet
Artillery severely bombard our trenches
trenches like a earthquake dirt allroads
Thursday 20
Turks come up again shot down as they approach our line, we go out and secure all the dead Turks Rifles and ammunition
Captain Cornish nearly captures Turk, Casey misses his Turk mahomeding and attacking 3 to many for Casey, dead Turk laying everywhere Casey shoots a W. Turk
Friday
General Bridges mortally wounded, Turks come in to arrange armistace, Von Sanders commands Turks, our Artillery cuts up there reinforcements Turks get armistac for next day
Turk Generals offsider will not go back
Saturday 22nd May
In firing line very quiet, schraps about use Trench mortar on Turks submarines about, dead Turks smell very bad
Sunday
Again searched Turk got more rifles and ammunition, Belts tomahawk